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Buddhism is an Indian religion.Is the fourth largest religion in the world, with more than 520 million followers or more than 7 percent of the world's population and is known as Buddhism.Buddhism consists of diverse traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices which are based on the basic teachings of Siddhartha Gautama and his explained philosophy.It originated as a labor tradition in ancient India between the 6th and 4th centuries BC and spread to most parts of Asia. The three main existing branches of Buddhism are generally recognized by scholars: Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana.
Der Dalai Lama und andere erleuchtete Buddhisten, zeigen sich in Orange. Im Buddhismus ist Orange die Farbe der höchsten Stufe der menschlichen Erleuchtung.
The Dalai Lama and other enlightened Buddhists, show up in orange. In Buddhism, orange is the color of the highest level of human enlightenment.
It was in Bagan, Myanmar This old man hanging around the place, collecting trash plastic bottles. Paid him a little to act for us. Placed a small battery portable studio light behind and infront of him.
Lamayuru is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Lamayouro, Leh district, Ladakh, India. It is situated on the Srinagar-Leh highway 15 kilometres east of the Fotu La at a height of 3,510 metres. It is currently affiliated with the Drikung Kagyu school of Buddhism.
The Drikung history states that the Indian scholar Naropa (956-1041 CE) allegedly caused a lake which filled the valley to dry up and founded Lamayuru Monastery. The oldest surviving building at Lamayuru is a temple called Seng-ge-sgang, at the southern end of the Lamayuru rock, which is attributed to the famous builder-monk Rinchen Zangpo (958-1055 CE). Rinchen Zangpo was charged by the king of Ladakh to build 108 gompas, and certainly many gompas in Ladakh, Spiti Valley and the surrounding regions, date from his time.
The oldest gompas, those dating from Rinchen-zang-po's time — Alchi and Lamayuru, and the less accessible Wanla, Mang-gyu and Sumda — belonged at the time of their foundation to none of these Tibetan schools, whose establishment they antedate. They were at some stage taken over by the Ka-dam-pa, and when it fell into decline they were taken over again, this time mostly by the Ge-lugs-pa. The exception was Lamayuru, which was for some reason claimed by the Dri-gung-pa"
The gompa consisted originally of five buildings, and some remains of the four corner buildings can still be seen.
Lamayuru is one of the largest and oldest gompas in Ladakh, with a population of around 150 permanent monks resident. It has, in the past, housed up to 400 monks, many of which are now based in gompas in surrounding villages.
The Drikung history states that the Indian scholar Naropa (956-1041 CE) allegedly caused a lake which filled the valley to dry up and founded Lamayuru Monastery. The oldest surviving building at Lamayuru is a temple called Seng-ge-sgang, at the southern end of the Lamayuru rock, which is attributed to the famous builder-monk Rinchen Zangpo (958-1055 CE). Rinchen Zangpo was charged by the king of Ladakh to build 108 gompas, and certainly many gompas in Ladakh, Spiti Valley and the surrounding regions, date from his time.
The oldest gompas, those dating from Rinchen-zang-po's time — Alchi and Lamayuru, and the less accessible Wanla, Mang-gyu and Sumda — belonged at the time of their foundation to none of these Tibetan schools, whose establishment they antedate. They were at some stage taken over by the Ka-dam-pa, and when it fell into decline they were taken over again, this time mostly by the Ge-lugs-pa. The exception was Lamayuru, which was for some reason claimed by the Dri-gung-pa"
The gompa consisted originally of five buildings, and some remains of the four corner buildings can still be seen.
Lamayuru is one of the largest and oldest gompas in Ladakh, with a population of around 150 permanent monks resident. It has, in the past, housed up to 400 monks, many of which are now based in gompas in surrounding villages.
Detail from an eye-catching and dazzling 2010 optical illusion installation with sand and pigments beneath which lie pages of Baruch Spinoza's Ethics, suffused with eucalyptus oil....from artist Job Koelewijn (1962) titled 'Nursery Piece'.
The work is likened to a ritual mandala, painstakingly built up. I read that the artist tried to make a connection between the philosophies of Spinoza and Buddhism. The powerful optical effect, twinned with the scent, is an aid to absorbing Spinoza's wisdom.
But it was hard for me to concentrate on this idea - as even though I was standing still looking down on this piece, the moving optical effect made me feel I was all at sea. I could only look at it for short moments at a time.
500 x 400 cm.
Seen at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
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Delighted to say that this image won the first position in this year's HIPA awards in Dubai, in 'Life in Colour' category. Details - www.hipa.ae/en/life-in-colour-2014-2015/winners
A monk’s maroon robe is often deemed as a symbol of asceticism and a sober life devoid of zest. But these young monks in richly coloured robes manifest the true essence of practice, about living in the moment with fullest exuberance and oblivious to everything else, much unlike the greyness of the walls behind them.
This photograph was made in Ki Gompa, a monastery of Tibetan Buddhist traditions in the Indian Himalayas, where I was staying and documenting the way of life of the monks. Every evening, young monks were allowed a time off and gathered at an open ground to play. One such evening, these boys began giggling and chasing each other, some of them climbing over a platform about 5 feet high, when this image was made.
Daigo-ji Kyoto Japan. 醍醐寺 京都市.
Taken19/07/2011. Upload 19/04/2015.
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His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje.
The date stamp on the photo says 1 20 '92. I am not sure if this is correct as His Holiness would have been six years old at that time. His recognition and installation at Tsurphu Gompa took place when he was seven years old.
The photo was given to me by Lama Karma Tsewang in Taiwan in 2002.
Title from William Blake
Model: Esther
Inspiration credit totally goes to Robert Cornelius and his Dust to Dust series.
Taken for the temple's media library, I really liked how the result turns out
-please treat the photo(s) of Buddha/Bodhisattva with respect, thank you!
A young woman, covered in marble dust, puts the finishing touches on a marble Buddha statue in Mandalay, Myanmar.
tempio rupestre di Mulkirigala (conosciuto anche come Mulkirigala Raja Maha Vihara) è un antico tempio buddista situato nei pressi della cittadina di Mulkirigala, nel sud dello Sri Lanka.
Mulkirigala rock temple (also known as Mulkirigala Raja Maha Vihara) is an ancient Buddhist temple located near the town of Mulkirigala in southern Sri Lanka.
Shigisan Chougosonshiji Temple in Nara Prefecture Ikoma-gun Heguri-cho.
Even in both the year 582 AD and the year 910 AD, both ShotokuTaishi and Myouren Superior are transmitted, but the year of creation is unknown, The principal image is Bishamonten (Tamonten).
Honzan of the Shigisan Shingon Buddhism.
ShotokuTaishi prayed for the victory of the war with the tiger's year, the tiger's day, the tiger's moment the statue of Bishamonten After the victory by that protection, many temples of tigers are settled in this temple.
This place is located on the slope on the south side and the sunrise is a beautiful place.
奈良県生駒郡平群町にある信貴山 朝護孫子寺。
西暦582年とも西暦910年とも聖徳太子とも命蓮上人ともいわれているが創建年は不明、本尊は毘沙門天。
信貴山 真言宗の本山。
聖徳太子が、寅の年、寅の日、寅の刻に戦の勝利を毘沙門天の像を作り祈願し
その加護によって勝利したことにちなみ境内では虎の像が数多く安置されている。
この地は南側の斜面に位置していて、日の出が美しい場所です。