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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.
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.
Panorama of the Himalayas and the ancient village with Buddhist gompa in the vicinity of salty mountain lake Tso Kar in the soft light of the setting sun (Ladakh, northern India).
Please, see the illustrated Tso Kar story.
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That's what it felt like to me, climbing that long stone staircase to the top of the mountain.
Yamadera, Japan
Standing on Itsukushima Shrine one is surrounded by Shinto and Buddhist Shrines dating back centuries. This view shows the proximity of Gomado Hall, part of the Daiganji Temple.
Daigo-ji Kyoto Japan. 醍醐寺 京都市.
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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.
Katog Dorjeden Gompa ཀ་ ཏོག་ དོར་ ཇེ་ དེན་ དགོན་པ་
Katok Monastery (Tibetan: ཀཿ་ཐོག་རྡོ་རྗེ་གདན་, THL Katok Dorjé Den), also transliterated as Kathok or Kathog Monastery, is one of the six principal ("mother") monasteries of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located in Baiyu County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan, Katok Monastery is located 4,000m above sea level on the eastern flanks of a mountain range in Baiyu County, Garze, Sichuan. The entire monastery complex is approximately 700m above the valley floor and is accessed by a dirt road containing 18 hairpin turns. The nearest town is Horpo (Chinese: 河坡; pinyin: Hépō), 17 km to the north.
Katok Monastery was founded in 1159 by a younger brother of Phagmo Drupa Dorje Gyalpo, Katok Dampa Deshek, at Derge, the historic seat of the Kingdom of Derge in Kham. Katok Monastery's third abbot, Jampa Bum (1179-1252), whose 26-year tenure as abbot ended in 1252, "is said to have ordained thousands of monks from across Tibet, and especially from Kham region of Minyak (mi nyag), Jang ('byang), and Gyémorong (rgyal mo rong)." The original gompa fell into disrepair and was rebuilt on the same site in 1656 through the impetus of tertöns Düddül Dorjé (1615–72) and Rigdzin Longsal Nyingpo (1625-1682/92 or 1685–1752). Katok Monastery held a reputation of fine scholarship. Prior to the annexation of Tibet in 1951, Katok Monastery housed about 800 monks. Katok was long renowned as a center specializing in the oral lineages (as opposed to terma) and as a center of monasticism, although both of these features were disrupted under Longsel Nyingpo (1625–1692). According to The Tibetan Buddhist Resource Centre, disciples of Kenpo Munsel and Kenpo Jamyang compiled a Katok edition of the oral lineages (Wylie: bka' ma shin tu rgyas pa (kaH thog)) in 120 volumes in 1999: "[T]wice the size of the Dudjom edition, it contains many rare Nyingma treatises on Mahayoga, Anuyoga, and Atiyoga that heretofore had never been seen outside of Tibet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katok_Monastery
During our around the world adventures Cesca and I visited some of the most important Buddhist monuments and temples that exist in Asia. We visited many places including Bihar the birthplace of Buddhism and the tree of enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, Tibetan temples in Shangri la, Mountain temples in Thailand, Vietnamese temples deep within caves, classic monuments in Laos and Cambodia, the Zen gardens of Japan, the old Buddhism that still exists in China and witnessed amazing artworks in India, including the final resting place of the Buddha’s remains.
From a grand collection of over 50 thousand photos we have selected our favourites and I converted them into wallpapers suitable for computers.
You can download this set from www.outsidecontext.com/2009/07/16/the-buddhist-wallpaper-...
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!
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.
Dear friends, I send you my blessings for the new year, Bes ~
"I release all things from the past year that has caused any negative attachment.
I prepare and welcome new changes, new lessons and new adventures.
I welcome new opportunities to grow emotionally, mentally and spiritually."
- The Buddha Way
Chortens of Hundar set over the slope of the mountain ridge...taken in Nubra valley in Ladakh Himalayas, India
Thailand is a land that is replete with Buddhist iconography from the North to the South. Buddhism arrived here most probably overland via Burma from Patliputra in India.
Whereas Buddhism suffered in India due to internecine conflict with Hinduism and its preachers, Thailand as well a whole host of countries like Burma, Laos, Cambodia etc retained much of the teachings and tenets of the religion and vast swathes of the population practice Buddhism in letter and spirit.
Chiangmai in the North of Thailand is comparatively peaceful and away fom the commercial tourism hotspots of Bangkok, Phuket and the beaches of the South.
Phra Upakhut in Chiangmai is located close to the Night Market and is not a very crowded place as a few tourists come in here. It is also called the Temple of a Thousand Buddhas.
Upakhut is a legendary personality in Thai Buddhist lore as a Protector of the faith who is supposed to have come from India/Burma specially. Though I could not locate the exact statue depicting the Monk with the Pot ( there is one in comments from Doi Suthep ) but he does appear in the alcove of the cheddi pictured here..
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