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the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
Pagan deity worshiped by Buddhists
1100-1200 AD, Song Dynasty China
pawlonia wood with pigments
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
Avery Brundage Collection
20230416_135508
Om mani padme hum es probablemente el mantra más famoso del budismo. Se piensa que recitando el mantra ya sea a viva voz o mentalmente, invoca la poderosa y benevolente atención de Chenrezig, la expresión de la compasión de Buda. Se dice que ver el mantra escrito tiene el mismo efecto, por lo que puede encontrarse en lugares donde sea bien visible, incluso grabado en piedras. Lo mismo ocurre haciendo girar la forma escrita del mantra en una rueda de oración, así que existen muchos de estos cilindros con "om mani padme hum" escrito repetidas veces en su interior.
La foto fue tomada en el monasterio budista Dag Shang Kagyu de Panillo (Pirineos de Huesca). 24-05-2013.
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It was named after Mount Potala, the abode of Chenresig or Avalokitesvara.The Potala Palace was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to Dharamsala, India after an invasion and failed uprising in 1959. Today the Potala Palace has been converted into a dead museum by the Chinese.
Lozang Gyatso, the Great Fifth Dalai Lama, started the construction of the Potala Palace in 1645
The building is made by Tibetans and measures 400 metres east-west and 350 metres north-south, with sloping stone walls averaging 3 m. thick, and 5 m. (more than 16 ft) thick at the base, and with copper poured into the foundations to help proof it against earthquakes.Thirteen stories of buildings – containing over 1,000 rooms, 10,000 shrines and about 200,000 statues – soar 117 metres (384 ft) on top of Marpo Ri, the "Red Hill", rising more than 300 m (about 1,000 ft) in total above the valley floor.Tradition has it that the three main hills of Lhasa represent the "Three Protectors of Tibet." Chakpori, just to the south of the Potala, is the soul-mountain (bla-ri) of Vajrapani, Pongwari that of Manjushri, and Marpori, the hill on which the Potala stands, represents Chenresig or Avalokiteshvara.
Avalokiteshvara sous son aspect Simhanada « au rugissement du lion »
Chine,
fin 18e-début 19e siècle
Détrempe sur toile
H. 179 cm ; L. 85,5 cm
don Joseph Hackin (1938),
Paris, Musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet,
Oeuvre présentée dans l'exposition : "Médecines d’Asie, l’art de l’équilibre". Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet, Paris
Conçue comme une expérience originale, un voyage introspectif entre corps et surnaturel, Médecines d’Asie est la première exposition majeure consacrée en France aux trois grandes traditions médicales asiatiques : indienne, chinoise et tibétaine. À travers un parcours scénographique par-delà les frontières et le temps, l’exposition transporte le visiteur dans un univers où se rencontrent pratiques médicales millénaires et œuvres d’art exceptionnelles, évoquant la méditation et le chamanisme, l’équilibre des énergies et la pharmacopée, le massage et l’acupuncture, l’astrologie et l’exorcisme...
This is the longest Mani stone wall in the world ( estemated 1500 m ) ; it's located in Sershul County. Dza Patrul Rinpoche began its construction.
Mani walls
Along the paths of regions under the influence of Tibetan Buddhism the traveller is often confronted with Mani walls. These stone structures are a compilation intricately carved stone tablets, most with the inscription "Om Mani Padme Hum" which loosely translates to "Hail to the jewel in the lotus".[4] These walls should be passed or circumvented from the left side, the clockwise direction in which the earth and the universe revolve, according to Buddhist doctrine.
They are sometimes close to a temple or chorten, sometimes completely isolated and range from a few metres to a kilometre long and one to two metres high. They are built of rubble and sand and faced with mani stones engraved in the elegant Tibetan script.
Mani stones are stone plates, rocks and/or pebbles, inscribed with the six syllabled mantra of Avalokiteshvara (Om mani padme hum, hence the name "Mani stone"), as a form of prayer in Tibetan Buddhism. The term Mani stone may also be used in a loose sense to refer to stones on which any mantra or devotional designs (such as ashtamangala) are inscribed. Mani stones are intentionally placed along the roadsides and rivers or placed together to form mounds or cairns or sometimes long walls, as an offering to spirits of place or genius loci. Creating and carving mani stones as devotional or intentional process art is a traditional sadhana of piety to yidam. Mani stones are a form of devotional cintamani.
Bayon's 54 Gothic towers are decorated with 216 gargantuan smiling faces of Avalokiteshvara.
Known as the 'face temple' thanks to its iconic visages, these huge heads glare down from every angle, exuding power and control with a hint of humanity.
This was precisely the blend required to hold sway over such a vast empire, ensuring the disparate and far-flung population yielded to his magnanimous will.
As you walk around, a dozen or more of the heads are visible at any one time, full face or in profile, sometimes level with your eyes, sometimes staring down from on high.
Angkor Thom ("Great City"), located in present-day Cambodia, was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire. It was established in the late twelfth century by King Jayavarman VII. It covers an area of 9 km², within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his successors. At the center of the city is Jayavarman's state temple, the Bayon, with the other major sites clustered around the Victory Square immediately to the north.
Angkor Thom is in the Bayon style. This manifests itself in the large scale of the construction, in the widespread use of laterite, in the face-towers at each of the entrances to the city and in the naga-carrying giant figures which accompany each of the towers.
The faces on the 23 m towers at the city gates, which are later additions to the main structure, take after those of the Bayon and pose the same problems of interpretation. They may represent the king himself, the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, guardians of the empire's cardinal points, or some combination of these. A causeway spans the moat in front of each tower: these have a row of devas on the left and asuras on the right, each row holding a naga in the attitude of a tug-of-war.
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On the road from Paro to Thimphu, Western Bhutan.
Tachog Lhakhang Dzong is located in Paro valley on the way to Thimphu.
Drupthob Thangtong Gyalpo, also known as Chakzampa, the "Iron Chain Maker" was the man who built the iron chain bridges in Bhutan in the late 1300s, and is said to have built 108 of these bridges many of them are still in use today, showing how strong and durable the bridges are.
Tachogang means ‘temple of the hill of the excellent horse’. It is said that while Thangtong Gyalpo was meditating here, he had a vision of the spiritual horse Balaha, an emanation of Avalokiteshvara. He decided there upon to build a temple at this spot, in addition to one of his famous iron bridges later carried away by floods in 1969. The traditional style bridge with iron chains was restored in 2005.
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Mani stones are stone plates, rocks and/or pebbles, inscribed with the six syllabled mantra of Avalokiteshvara (Om mani padme hum, hence the name "Mani stone"), as a form of prayer in Tibetan Buddhism. The term Mani stone may also be used in a loose sense to refer to stones on which any mantra or devotional designs (such as ashtamangala) are inscribed. Mani stones are intentionally placed along the roadsides and rivers or placed together to form mounds or cairns or sometimes long walls, as an offering to spirits of place or genius loci. Creating and carving mani stones as devotional or intentional process art is a traditional sadhana of piety to yidam. Mani stones are a form of devotional cintamani.
"Om Mani Padme Hum" which loosely translates to "Hail to the jewel in the lotus".
The One Pillar Pagoda (Chùa Một Cột) is a historic Buddhist temple in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. It is regarded alongside the Perfume Temple, as one of Vietnam's two most iconic temples.
The temple was built by Emperor Lý Thái Tông, who ruled from 1028 to 1054. According to the court records, Lý Thái Tông was childless and dreamt that he met the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, who handed him a baby son while seated on a lotus flower. Lý Thái Tông then married a peasant girl that he had met and she bore him a son. The emperor constructed the temple in gratitude for this in 1049, having been told by a monk named Thiền Tuệ to build the temple, by erecting a pillar in the middle of a lotus pond, similar to the one he saw in the dream.
The temple was located in what was then the Tây Cấm Garden in Thạch Bảo, Vĩnh Thuận district in the capital Thăng Long (now known as Hanoi). Before the pagoda was opened, prayers were held for the longevity of the monarch. During the Lý Dynasty era, the temple was the site of an annual royal ceremony on the occasion of Vesak, the birthday of Gautama Buddha. A Buddha-bathing ceremony was held annually by the monarch, and it attracted monks and laymen alike to the ceremony. The monarch would then free a bird, which was followed by the people.
The temple was renovated in 1105 by Emperor Lý Nhân Tông and a bell was cast and an installation was attempted in 1109. However, the bell, which was regarded as one of the four major capital works of Vietnam at the time, was much too large and heavy, and could not be installed. Since it could not be tolled while left on the ground, it was moved into the countryside and deposited in farmland adjacent to Nhất Trụ Temple. This land was widely inhabited by turtles, so the bell came to be known as Quy Điền chung, which means Bell of the Turtle Farmland. At the start of the 15th century, Vietnam was invaded and occupied by the Ming Dynasty. In 1426, the future Emperor Lê Lợi attacked and dispersed the Chinese forces, and while the Ming were in retreat and low on weapons, their commanding general ordered that the bell be smelted, so that the copper could be used for manufacturing weaponry.
The temple is built of wood on a single stone pillar 1.25 m in diameter, and it is designed to resemble a lotus blossom, which is a Buddhist symbol of purity, since a lotus blossoms in a muddy pond. In 1954, the French Union forces destroyed the pagoda before withdrawing from Vietnam after the First Indochina War, It was rebuilt afterwards.
Einer der Türme mit den berühmten Steingesichtern. Sie zeigen in alle vier Himmelsrichtungen. Es gibt über 200 von diesen meterhohen Steingesichtern in der Tempelanlage.
Angkor Thom, Bayon, Tempel von Angkor, Siem Reap, Kambodscha
Outre les fresques, ce qui étonne le plus , c'est le grand nombre de tours de ce temple-montagne. Il en reste 37( sur peut être 54 ) La grande majorité est ornée de visages sur les 4 faces correspondant aux points cardinaux...mais certaines en possèdent moins , et la tour centrale en possède plus. Au total un peu moins de 200 visages scrutent l'horizon.
Ces visages pourraient donc représenter le Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara ou bien Brahma car la plupart des statues de Bouddha ont été martelées sous le règne de Roi Jayavarman VIII qui imposa l'hindouisme et remania le temple consacré par son prédécesseur à Bouddha.ou bien le roi lui même
Lorsque l'on est sur la terrasse supérieure, on passe juste à côté des visages....impressionnant .
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The most popular Tibetan pilgrimage site in the old town is this lovely stupa, a small copy dating from around 1650 of the great Swayambhunath complex. Just as at Swayambhunath, there is a two-storey pagoda to Harti, the goddess of smallpox, right behind the main stupa. The entrance is flanked by metal lions atop red ochre concrete pillars, just a couple of minutes' walk south of Thamel.
Various statues and smaller chaityas (small stupas) stand around the temple, including a fine standing Avalokiteshvara statue enclosed in a glass case and protective metal cage in the northeast corner. Avalokiteshvara carries a lotus flower in his left hand, and the Dhyani Buddha Amitabha is seen in the centre of his crown.
View of Namche Bazaar from a path nearby village of Khunde, Solukhumbu, Nepal.
Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ[1] (Sanskrit: ओं मणिपद्मे हूं, IPA: [õːː məɳipəd̪meː ɦũː]) is the six-syllabled Sanskrit mantra particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari form of Avalokiteshvara (Tibetan Chenrezig, Chinese Guanyin), the bodhisattva of compassion. Mani means "jewel" or "bead" and Padma means "the lotus flower", the Buddhist Sacred Flower.
It is commonly carved onto rocks or written on paper which is inserted into prayer wheels, said to increase the mantra's effects.
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This round, flat stone is inscribed across two rows with the syllables of a mantra, carved in Tibetan script. Mantras are groups of sacred syllables and sounds that have particular power. The mantra of the bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara, the patron deity of Tibet, is the famous Om mani padme hum. The sound 'om' precedes most prayers in Buddhist and Hindu ritual. The remainder of this Buddhist mantra can be translated as 'Oh you in whose lotus is a jewel'. This is an invocation of Mahavidya, the great goddess of knowledge. This magical sound is believed to reverberate throughout the entire universe as the triumphant power of freedom.
The mantra is found all over Tibet, printed on paper scrolls, carved on architectural panels or inscribed on stones such as this one. Often the characters are picked out in brightly coloured paint. Mani or jewel stones such as this are carved and deposited as votive objects all over the sacred landscape of Tibet. They may be built into stone cairns, especially at the summits of mountain passes or at the entrances to settlements. Huge groups of them may be found together, all with the same mantra repeated over and over again.
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Prayer flags are several meters high with mantras and portraits of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara facing Drophan Ling Gompa, surrounded by beautiful nature in the Table Mountain Nature Reserve, Poland. Gompa Drophan Ling of the Polish Buddhist Khordong Association is the Buddhist centre of Bhutanese and Tibetan traditions in Poland.
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Karsha is the largest and most important monastery in Zanskar. It is attributed to Padmasambhava, and there are ancient rock-carvings at the site. The oldest remaining structure, an Avalokiteshvara temple, Chuk-shik-jal, contains wall paintings which seem to associate it with the era of Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055).
The One Pillar Pagoda (Chùa Một Cột) is a historic Buddhist temple in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. It is regarded alongside the Perfume Temple, as one of Vietnam's two most iconic temples.
The temple was built by Emperor Lý Thái Tông, who ruled from 1028 to 1054. According to the court records, Lý Thái Tông was childless and dreamt that he met the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, who handed him a baby son while seated on a lotus flower. Lý Thái Tông then married a peasant girl that he had met and she bore him a son. The emperor constructed the temple in gratitude for this in 1049, having been told by a monk named Thiền Tuệ to build the temple, by erecting a pillar in the middle of a lotus pond, similar to the one he saw in the dream.
The temple was located in what was then the Tây Cấm Garden in Thạch Bảo, Vĩnh Thuận district in the capital Thăng Long (now known as Hanoi). Before the pagoda was opened, prayers were held for the longevity of the monarch. During the Lý Dynasty era, the temple was the site of an annual royal ceremony on the occasion of Vesak, the birthday of Gautama Buddha. A Buddha-bathing ceremony was held annually by the monarch, and it attracted monks and laymen alike to the ceremony. The monarch would then free a bird, which was followed by the people.
The temple was renovated in 1105 by Emperor Lý Nhân Tông and a bell was cast and an installation was attempted in 1109. However, the bell, which was regarded as one of the four major capital works of Vietnam at the time, was much too large and heavy, and could not be installed. Since it could not be tolled while left on the ground, it was moved into the countryside and deposited in farmland adjacent to Nhất Trụ Temple. This land was widely inhabited by turtles, so the bell came to be known as Quy Điền chung, which means Bell of the Turtle Farmland. At the start of the 15th century, Vietnam was invaded and occupied by the Ming Dynasty. In 1426, the future Emperor Lê Lợi attacked and dispersed the Chinese forces, and while the Ming were in retreat and low on weapons, their commanding general ordered that the bell be smelted, so that the copper could be used for manufacturing weaponry.
The temple is built of wood on a single stone pillar 1.25 m in diameter, and it is designed to resemble a lotus blossom, which is a Buddhist symbol of purity, since a lotus blossoms in a muddy pond. In 1954, the French Union forces destroyed the pagoda before withdrawing from Vietnam after the First Indochina War, It was rebuilt afterwards.
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Nangsan Mountain, Gyeongju, 8th Century (Unified Silla Period)
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Ancient prayer wheel at Karsha Gompa.
Karsha is the largest and most important monastery in Zanskar. It is attributed to Padmasambhava, and there are ancient rock-carvings at the site. The oldest remaining structure, an Avalokiteshvara temple, Chuk-shik-jal, contains wall paintings which seem to associate it with the era of Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055).
Eins der meterhohen, berühmten Steingesichtern an einen der Türme.
Angkor Thom, Bayon, Tempel von Angkor, Siem Reap, Kambodscha
Chiu Khar བྱིའུ་མཁར། / Jiu Gön བྱིའུ་དགོན།
Founding (1350 (probable)) > Nyingma (1850 - ) > Drukpa Kagyü (1350 (probable) - 1850 (probable)) བྱིའུ་མཁར། > Jiukhar - Chiu Khar > byi’u mkhar - Byi’u mkhar བྱིའུ་དགོན། > Jiu Gön > byi'u dgon Jiu Khar (`Sparrow Monastery བྱིའུ་ མཁར་ byi'u mkhar) also spelled Chiyu Gonpa at the lake`s western gateway sits atop a conical outcrop of red rock. Originally founded by the Drukpa Kagyu lama Kyapgon Gangriwa, inside there is a small shrine and cave where Padmasambhava meditated with his consort Yeshe Tsogyel before leaving this world. Various revered objects are to be found inside the cave, such as the granite rocks with clear imprints of Padmasambhava`s hands and feet. Above the cave there is a small temple containing (L-R): the reliquary stupa of Tsewang Lama who was responsible for rebuilding the complex during the 1980s, images of Vajrasattva, Padmasambhava, surmounted by a small Avalokiteshvara, and an old Padmasambhava, flanked by Mandarava and Yeshe Tsogyel. The spiritual practices followed here combine the termas of the Dudjom Tersar tradition and those of Jatson Nyingpo with Drukpa Kagyu liturgies. Above the temple there is a small protector chapel. At Jiu Gon there is the source of the Sutlej River, known as the Ganga-chu or Langchen Khabab. When the fortunes of Tibet are low, it is almost dry, as is the present situation. The only water that remains is the brackish cusp of hot springs behind Jiu Gonpa, where a glass-roofed bathhouse has been constructed. The Tibetans have also created several open-air stone bath where you can wash yourself and your clothes in the clean hot water. www.footprinttravelguides.com/c/2848/tibet/&Action=pr...
Oops, too many Bayon Temple gothic tower shots.
Bayon's 54 Gothic towers are decorated with 216 gargantuan smiling faces of Avalokiteshvara.
Known as the 'face temple' thanks to its iconic visages, these huge heads glare down from every angle, exuding power and control with a hint of humanity.
This was precisely the blend required to hold sway over such a vast empire, ensuring the disparate and far-flung population yielded to his magnanimous will.
As you walk around, a dozen or more of the heads are visible at any one time, full face or in profile, sometimes level with your eyes, sometimes staring down from on high.
Between Chiu Gompa and Kailash is 33km (straight line)
Chiu Gompa lies near the lake Mapham Yutso (Tibetan name) or Manasarovar tso (Hindi name)
The ancient Chiu Gompa Monastery, which has been built right onto a steep hill. It looks as if it has been carved right out of the rock.
In the background Mt Kailash or as Tibetans cal it Gangs Rin-po-che, meaning "precious jewel of snows" གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།
Chiyu Gonpa also spelled Jiu Gonpa (`Sparrow Monastery`) at the lake`s western gateway sits atop a conical outcrop of red rock. Originally founded by the Drukpa Kagyu lama Kyapgon Gangriwa, inside there is a small shrine and cave where Padmasambhava meditated with his consort Yeshe Tsogyel before leaving this world. Various revered objects are to be found inside the cave, such as the granite rocks with clear imprints of Padmasambhava`s hands and feet. Above the cave there is a small temple containing (L-R): the reliquary stupa of Tsewang Lama who was responsible for rebuilding the complex during the 1980s, images of Vajrasattva, Padmasambhava, surmounted by a small Avalokiteshvara, and an old Padmasambhava, flanked by Mandarava and Yeshe Tsogyel. The spiritual practices followed here combine the termas of the Dudjom Tersar tradition and those of Jatson Nyingpo with Drukpa Kagyu liturgies. Above the temple there is a small protector chapel.
At Jiu Gon there is the source of the Sutlej River, known as the Ganga-chu or Langchen Khabab. When the fortunes of Tibet are low, it is almost dry, as is the present situation. The only water that remains is the brackish cusp of hot springs behind Jiu Gonpa, where a glass-roofed bathhouse has been constructed. The Tibetans have also created several open-air stone bath where you can wash yourself and your clothes in the clean hot water.
At the Met (Meter Museum of Art) :
The Bodhisattva Kannon (Avalokiteshvara)
Heian period (794-1185), mid-11th century
Cypress wood
Kannon is a compassionate bodhisattva and one of the most popular and most frequently depicted deities in Japanese Buddhism. Here he wears flowing robes and is draped with sashes. Originally, its surface would have been decorated with layers of lacquer, pigments, and most likely gold leaf.
--- The Met
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It was named after Mount Potala, the abode of Chenresig or Avalokitesvara.The Potala Palace was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to Dharamsala, India after an invasion and failed uprising in 1959. Today the Potala Palace has been converted into a dead museum by the Chinese.
The building is made by Tibetans and measures 400 metres east-west and 350 metres north-south, with sloping stone walls averaging 3 m. thick, and 5 m. (more than 16 ft) thick at the base, and with copper poured into the foundations to help proof it against earthquakes.Thirteen stories of buildings – containing over 1,000 rooms, 10,000 shrines and about 200,000 statues – soar 117 metres (384 ft) on top of Marpo Ri, the "Red Hill", rising more than 300 m (about 1,000 ft) in total above the valley floor.Tradition has it that the three main hills of Lhasa represent the "Three Protectors of Tibet." Chakpori, just to the south of the Potala, is the soul-mountain (bla-ri) of Vajrapani, Pongwari that of Manjushri, and Marpori, the hill on which the Potala stands, represents Chenresig or Avalokiteshvara.
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The One Pillar Pagoda (Chùa Một Cột) is a historic Buddhist temple in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. It is regarded alongside the Perfume Temple, as one of Vietnam's two most iconic temples.
The temple was built by Emperor Lý Thái Tông, who ruled from 1028 to 1054. According to the court records, Lý Thái Tông was childless and dreamt that he met the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, who handed him a baby son while seated on a lotus flower. Lý Thái Tông then married a peasant girl that he had met and she bore him a son. The emperor constructed the temple in gratitude for this in 1049, having been told by a monk named Thiền Tuệ to build the temple, by erecting a pillar in the middle of a lotus pond, similar to the one he saw in the dream.
The temple was located in what was then the Tây Cấm Garden in Thạch Bảo, Vĩnh Thuận district in the capital Thăng Long (now known as Hanoi). Before the pagoda was opened, prayers were held for the longevity of the monarch. During the Lý Dynasty era, the temple was the site of an annual royal ceremony on the occasion of Vesak, the birthday of Gautama Buddha. A Buddha-bathing ceremony was held annually by the monarch, and it attracted monks and laymen alike to the ceremony. The monarch would then free a bird, which was followed by the people.
The temple was renovated in 1105 by Emperor Lý Nhân Tông and a bell was cast and an installation was attempted in 1109. However, the bell, which was regarded as one of the four major capital works of Vietnam at the time, was much too large and heavy, and could not be installed. Since it could not be tolled while left on the ground, it was moved into the countryside and deposited in farmland adjacent to Nhất Trụ Temple. This land was widely inhabited by turtles, so the bell came to be known as Quy Điền chung, which means Bell of the Turtle Farmland. At the start of the 15th century, Vietnam was invaded and occupied by the Ming Dynasty. In 1426, the future Emperor Lê Lợi attacked and dispersed the Chinese forces, and while the Ming were in retreat and low on weapons, their commanding general ordered that the bell be smelted, so that the copper could be used for manufacturing weaponry.
The temple is built of wood on a single stone pillar 1.25 m in diameter, and it is designed to resemble a lotus blossom, which is a Buddhist symbol of purity, since a lotus blossoms in a muddy pond. In 1954, the French Union forces destroyed the pagoda before withdrawing from Vietnam after the First Indochina War, It was rebuilt afterwards.
Eine Frau schiebt ihr Fahrrad durch das Westtor in der Stadtmauer von Angkor Thom. Es liegt ein Kilometer von der Tempelanlage entfernt. Es trägt wieder ein meterhohes Steingesicht des Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.
Angkor Thom, Bayon, Tempel von Angkor, Siem Reap, Kambodscha
A Tibetan Buddhist nun at the great Boudhanath Stupa, Boudhanath, Nepal.
This photo reminds me of the quote by the famous Tibetan yogi Milarepa:
Fearing death I went to the mountains.
Over and over again I meditated on death's unpredictable coming
And took the stronghold of the deathless unchanging nature.
Now I am completely beyond all fear of dying.
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Oops, too many Bayon Temple gothic tower shots.
Bayon's 54 Gothic towers are decorated with 216 gargantuan smiling faces of Avalokiteshvara.
Known as the 'face temple' thanks to its iconic visages, these huge heads glare down from every angle, exuding power and control with a hint of humanity.
This was precisely the blend required to hold sway over such a vast empire, ensuring the disparate and far-flung population yielded to his magnanimous will.
As you walk around, a dozen or more of the heads are visible at any one time, full face or in profile, sometimes level with your eyes, sometimes staring down from on high.
Oh My Buddha, more Bayon Temple gothic tower shots.
Bayon's 54 Gothic towers are decorated with 216 gargantuan smiling faces of Avalokiteshvara.
Over 2000 faces carved on the 54 tower give this temple its majestic character. The faces with slightly curving lips, eyes placed in shadow by the lowered lids utter not a word and yet force you to guess much,
Known as the 'face temple' thanks to its iconic visages, these huge heads glare down from every angle, exuding power and control with a hint of humanity.
As you walk around, a dozen or more of the heads are visible at any one time, full face or in profile, sometimes level with your eyes, sometimes staring down from on high.
Angkor Thom located in present-day Cambodia, was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer Empire. It was established in the late twelfth century by King Jayavarman VII. 170 It covers an area of 9 km², within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his successors. At the centre of the city is Jayavarman's state temple, the Bayon, with the other major sites clustered around the Victory Square immediately to the north. The site is one of the major tourist attractions of southeast Asia.
Angkor Thom (Khmer: អង្គរធំ) is the transform name from another alternative name of Nokor Thom (Khmer: នគរធំ), which is believed to be the correct one, due to neglect of calling it in incorrect pronunciation. The word Nokor (Khmer: នគរ, Nôkô) is literally derived from Sanskrit word of Nagara (Devanāgarī: नगर), which means City, combining with Khmer word Thom (Khmer: ធំ, Thum), which means Big or Great so as to form Nokor Thom then being altered to current name of Angkor Thom.
Angkor Thom was established as the capital of Jayavarman VII's empire, and was the centre of his massive building program. One inscription found in the city refers to Jayavarman as the groom and the city as his bride.: 121
Angkor Thom seems not to be the first Khmer capital on the site, however. Yasodharapura, dating from three centuries earlier, was centred slightly further northwest, and Angkor Thom overlapped parts of it. The most notable earlier temples within the city are the former state temple of Baphuon, and Phimeanakas, which was incorporated into the Royal Palace. The Khmers did not draw any clear distinctions between Angkor Thom and Yashodharapura: even in the fourteenth century an inscription used the earlier name.: 138 The name of Angkor Thom—great city—was in use from the 16th century.
The last temple known to have been constructed in Angkor Thom was Mangalartha, which was dedicated in 1295. Thereafter the existing structures continued to be modified from time to time, but any new creations were in perishable materials and have not survived.
The Ayutthaya Kingdom, led by King Borommarachathirat II, sacked Angkor Thom, forcing the Khmers under Ponhea Yat to relocate their capital southeast to Phnom Penh.: 29
Angkor Thom was abandoned some time prior to 1609, when an early western visitor wrote of an uninhabited city, "as fantastic as the Atlantis of Plato".: 140 It is believed to have sustained a population of 80,000–150,000 people.
The Poem of Angkor Wat composed in Khmer verse in 1622 describes the beauty of Angkor Thom.
Angkor Thom is in the Bayon style. This manifests itself in the large scale of the construction, in the widespread use of laterite, in the face-towers at each of the entrances to the city and in the naga-carrying giant figures which accompany each of the towers.
The city lies on the west bank of the Siem Reap River, a tributary of Tonle Sap, about a quarter of a mile from the river. The south gate of Angkor Thom is 7.2 km north of Siem Reap, and 1.7 km north of the entrance to Angkor Wat. The walls, 8 m high and flanked by a moat, are each 3 km long, enclosing an area of 9 km². The walls are of laterite buttressed by earth, with a parapet on the top. There are gates at each of the cardinal points, from which roads lead to the Bayon at the centre of the city. As the Bayon itself has no wall or moat of its own, those of the city are interpreted by archaeologists as representing the mountains and oceans surrounding the Bayon's Mount Meru.[8]: 81 Another gate—the Victory Gate—is 500 m north of the east gate; the Victory Way runs parallel to the east road to the Victory Square and the Royal Palace north of the Bayon. It is around 30 minutes from central Siem Reap.
The faces on the 23 m towers at the city gates, which are later additions to the main structure, take after those of the Bayon and pose the same problems of interpretation. They may represent the king himself, the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, guardians of the empire's cardinal points, or some combination of these. A causeway spans the moat in front of each tower: these have a row of devas on the left and asuras on the right, each row holding a naga in the attitude of a tug-of-war. This appears to be a reference to the myth, popular in Angkor, of the Churning of the Sea of Milk. The temple-mountain of the Bayon, or perhaps the gate itself,: 82 would then be the pivot around which the churning takes place. The nagas may also represent the transition from the world of men to the world of the gods (the Bayon), or be guardian figures. The gateways themselves are 3.5 by 7 m, and would originally have been closed with wooden doors.: 82 The south gate is now by far the most often visited, as it is the main entrance to the city for tourists. At each corner of the city is a Prasat Chrung—corner shrine—built of sandstone and dedicated to Avalokiteshvara. These are cruciform with a central tower, and orientated towards the east.
Within the city was a system of canals, through which water flowed from the northeast to the southwest. The bulk of the land enclosed by the walls would have been occupied by the secular buildings of the city, of which nothing remains. This area is now covered by forest.
Most of the great Angkor ruins have vast displays of bas-relief depicting the various gods, goddesses, and other-worldly beings from the mythological stories and epic poems of ancient Hinduism (modified by centuries of Buddhism). Mingled with these images are actual known animals, like elephants, snakes, fish, and monkeys, in addition to dragon-like creatures that look like the stylized, elongated serpents (with feet and claws) found in Chinese art.
But among the ruins of Ta Prohm, near a huge stone entrance, one can see that the "roundels on pilasters on the south side of the west entrance are unusual in design."
What one sees are roundels depicting various common animals—pigs, monkeys, water buffaloes, roosters and snakes. There are no mythological figures among the roundels, so one can reasonably conclude that these figures depict the animals that were commonly seen by the ancient Khmer people in the twelfth century.
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The mahakalas literally black grandparents belong to a class of deities very special Vajrayana: protectors of education, or Dharmapalas in Sanskrit.
As much this path of Vajrayana lamas are the source of blessings and yidams one of fulfillment as the Dharmapalas symbolize the source of the awakened Buddha activities.Therefore, they are also called protectors of primordial wisdom. In essence, they are emptiness and dynamism is compassion. And dynamism of the ultimate nature can be expressed in four distinct bias: peace, growth, power and intensity. Where peaceful means and reason alone are no longer sufficient or adapted to a situation, even stronger coercive means may be employed. This is what we find, again only on a symbolic level, these wrathful manifestations of enlightened mind. In the manner in fact the severity can be expressed, if conditions allow, by parents of their young child and only for his own good.
The different aspects of mahakalas "Bernakchèn, that the black cloak" , "Tchadroukpa, the 6-arm" , or "Goeunkar, white who watches" ) so all have a symbolic genesis that relates to the Buddha, or the one who personifies pure and universal compassion, Avalokiteshvara or Chenrezig.
In Vajrayana, meditations and rituals Mahakala are thus very effective both to protect a spiritual transmission lineage of any kind of degeneration and meditating obstacles it may encounter during his meditations, but also to gather the favorable circumstances the practice of Dharma.