The Nun
From her place of harmony and grace on an upper floor, an elderly Nun observes the spiritual activity in the Nunnery’s courtyard below
Ani Tsankhung Nunnery is a nunnery of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism in the city of Lhasa, Tibet.
It was built in the 15th century on a site that had been used for meditation by a 7th century Tibetan King.
The nuns support themselves through donations and manufacturing items such as clothing and printed texts.
The youngest nuns are sixteen. The young women live on the ground floor and the older people live upstairs.
The nuns are poor, dependent on alms given for their prayers, and on manufacturing goods for sale. Their work includes sewing, weaving and making handicrafts. They also have a small workshop where they print religious texts.
(From a 2011 trip to Tibet - Canon PowerShot Camera, 1/800 @ f/2, ISO 400, processed to taste)
The Nun
From her place of harmony and grace on an upper floor, an elderly Nun observes the spiritual activity in the Nunnery’s courtyard below
Ani Tsankhung Nunnery is a nunnery of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism in the city of Lhasa, Tibet.
It was built in the 15th century on a site that had been used for meditation by a 7th century Tibetan King.
The nuns support themselves through donations and manufacturing items such as clothing and printed texts.
The youngest nuns are sixteen. The young women live on the ground floor and the older people live upstairs.
The nuns are poor, dependent on alms given for their prayers, and on manufacturing goods for sale. Their work includes sewing, weaving and making handicrafts. They also have a small workshop where they print religious texts.
(From a 2011 trip to Tibet - Canon PowerShot Camera, 1/800 @ f/2, ISO 400, processed to taste)