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Monk's Rest by E. Blunden Shadbolt, Hillside Road, Pinner Hill.
Photo taken on a 20th Century Society tour of North London's 'Metroland' on 25th July 2009.
At the Sutaungpyei Pagoda atop Mandalay Hill. It's a popular tourist spot at sunset, and monks like the engage with them, to practice their English. And maybe get used to Western mannerisms like hand gestures?
A statue of a monk in a corner of a lonely monastry somewhere in the outer area in Bagan.
Please keep in mind:
Burma (Myanmar) is ruled by a military junta. In 1990 Aung San Suu Kyi was elected by the people and imprisoned for the next 20 years after the election by the military.
In 2010 a election was staged to keep the military leaders in their current positions. People are starving and are forced to work.
All the pictures you may see in my stream are very onesided, as it is prohibited to take pictures of the military and the police. Also I just do not take pictures of poor people on the streets and there are a lot of very poor people in Burma.
The Burmese people are the nicest people I ever met and should be supported, even if I don´t really know how.
The country needs support. I posted some links to some international organizations helping Burma.
Burma is NOT the usual travel destination! Even if I am avoided all governement fees as far as possible (partly in long hours of bus travel) I still can´t say that I am sure travelling the country helps the people or should be boycotted as proposed by some people.
The government just moved the capital to Naypyidaw. When I saw it from the bus passing it, I had tears in my eyes seeing how the "Generals" collect the money building fancy buildings and streets around them with people starving. I was so shocked that I did not even took a picture...
- Unicef
and of a smaller German organisation (I met one of the responisbles during my trip)
This is an incomplete list, I´ve also seen www.doctorswithoutborders.org and there are others.
Please help, the burmese people need it.
Burma. Monks chating.
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Whilst on my morning run warming up for training (with camera as it was my last day), this monk approached me asking if I could photograph him and his temple! You never know what is round the corner in Thailand!
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at school with the monks... this little fellow is 10yo and wanted to practice his english
Buddhist Monks releasing birds next to Zhi Mountain (Zhishan) Cultural and Ecological Garden, Taipei, Taiwan
In East Asian Buddhism and particularly in China, the release of animals, particularly birds or fish, into their natural environment became an important way of demonstrating Buddhist piety. In China it was known as fang sheng. This practice is based on a passage in the Mahāyāna Sūtra of Brahma's Net (Ch: Fanwang Jing), which states that "...all the beings in the six paths of existence are my parents. If I should kill and eat them, it is the same as killing my own parents. ... Since to be reborn into one existence after another is the permanent and unalterable law, we should teach people to release sentient beings." In the later Ming dynasty, societies "for releasing life" were created, which built ponds in which to release fish that were redeemed from fishermen for this purpose. They also bought other animals which were sold in the markets and released them.
Source: Wikipedia
the kid monks had a huge hose inside the temple, presumably to wash the rugs and the floors, but when we were walking by they were having a water fight! boys will be boys.
Monk Haven is a small cove near to the village of St Ishmaels. It consists of striking red sandstone pebbles backed by a large 12 foot wall and flanked by low sandstone cliffs. A stream flows across the beach. Access is via the coast path, or by following the narrow lane (signposted Monk Haven) on the west side of St Ishmaels.
This small cove is so named because it was here that Cornish and Irish monks would land and proceed on foot to St David's. They gave thanks for their safe arrival at the church at St Ishmael's. The cove has a massive wall at its head with rings set into it for tying up boats.
In the mist you can just about make out the ferry coming back from Rosslare in Ireland.
At dawn hundreds of monks and novices emerge from the monasteries of Loikaw to collect alms among the pious Buddhists of the town.
The Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus), also known as the Quaker Parrot, is a species of parrot that originated in the temperate areas of Argentina and Brazil in South America. It is the only member of the genus Myiopsitta. This parrot is, on average, 29 cm long with a 48 cm wingspan, and weighs 100 g. Females tend to be 10-20% smaller. It has bright green upperparts. The forehead and breast are pale grey and the rest of the underparts are very-light green to yellow. The flight feathers are dark blue, and the tail is long and tapering. The bill is orange. The call is a loud and throaty graaa or skveet. Domestic breeds have produced colors other than the natural plumage; these include white and blue in place of green.
ghly intelligent, social birds.