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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.
Dhammikarama Burmese Temple established in 1803. The oldest and only Burmese temple in the state.
Penang, Malaysia 🇲🇾
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.
I attended the Mallow Candles Festival, participants can write their wishes on the bottom of the candles and then leave them floating on water
The Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum at night in Chinatown in Singapore. I found this historic Buddhist Temple to be most amazing.
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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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A Kinh Vietnamese style shrine was attached to the giant fig tree in the Kon Tum market.
I suppose the tree is special, sacred, and worshipped by Kinh Vietnamese migrants. Animistic beliefs are commonly found all over East Asia.
The plate in the left reads "(May) gold and jade fill the hall," a dream of merchants.
Portrait of a young Buddhist monk in Angkor Wat (Cambodia).
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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.
Title from William Blake
Model: Esther
Inspiration credit totally goes to Robert Cornelius and his Dust to Dust series.
Last spring we were invited by priests to visit Koyasan, the birthplace of Shingon Buddhism in Japan. We stayed overnight at a temple. Highlights of the visit were walking at night along the Okunoin Cemetery to the mausoleum of Kukai, the founder of Shingon, and participating in a Goma Ritual. Walking along the 2 km path through the cemetery was a spiritual experience, and not scary at all.
This cemetery is probably the oldest in Japan, with moss covered tombstones as old as 1200 years. It is a privilege to get buried here among the 300'000 graves, but if accepted it'll cost you at least US$1M.
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