 Most viewed - Image Library |
Bhutan_38.jpgBhutan - Buddhist Himalayan Kingdom (55) 2278 viewsIn 2005 the Australian monk Ven S Dhammika was invited to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan and spent ten days visiting the countries monasteries, shrines and temples. We present some of the pictures he took while in this rarely visited land and hope you enjoy them.
|
|
20_tara.jpgThe 21 Taras (20)2261 viewsThe 21 Taras [Tibetan style] (Tibetan, Sgrol-ma)
It was not until the adoption of the Yogachara system, taught by Asanga in the fourth century AD, that the feminine principle began to be venerated in Mahayana Buddhism. Around the sixth century, the goddess Tara was considered as a Sakti of Avalokitesvara (sometimes as his wife).
|
|
QuanYin007.jpgQuan Yin072258 viewsKnown as the goddess of Mercy. Translated into Chinese, the name is "Kuan Shih Yin"or Quan Yin
|
|
Bhutan_45.jpgBhutan - Buddhist Himalayan Kingdom (61) 2250 viewsIn 2005 the Australian monk Ven S Dhammika was invited to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan and spent ten days visiting the countries monasteries, shrines and temples. We present some of the pictures he took while in this rarely visited land and hope you enjoy them.
|
|
IMG0004.jpgOn theWay to Meditation, Southern Germany2246 viewsSangha - Monks and Nuns in the Buddhist Community
|
|
Bhutan_19.jpgBhutan - Buddhist Himalayan Kingdom (38) 2237 viewsIn 2005 the Australian monk Ven S Dhammika was invited to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan and spent ten days visiting the countries monasteries, shrines and temples. We present some of the pictures he took while in this rarely visited land and hope you enjoy them.
|
|
Bhutan_04.jpgBhutan - Buddhist Himalayan Kingdom (25) 2232 viewsIn 2005 the Australian monk Ven S Dhammika was invited to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan and spent ten days visiting the countries monasteries, shrines and temples. We present some of the pictures he took while in this rarely visited land and hope you enjoy them.
|
|
Ksitigarbha07.jpgKsitigarbha Bodhisattva072218 viewsKsitigarbha Bodhisattva or in Chinese: Ti Tsang P'usa
Ti Tsang P'usa is an extremely popular Bodhisattva among the Chinese and Japanese Buddhists.
|
|
lohan14.jpgLohan: VANAVASA2217 viewsLegend has it that the first portraits of the 18 Lohans were painted by a Buddhist
monk Guan Xiu, in 891 A.D. Guan Xiu lived in Chengdu, the capital of a small
|
|
Bhutan_02.jpgBhutan - Buddhist Himalayan Kingdom (23) 2212 viewsIn 2005 the Australian monk Ven S Dhammika was invited to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan and spent ten days visiting the countries monasteries, shrines and temples. We present some of the pictures he took while in this rarely visited land and hope you enjoy them.
|
|
| 350 files on 35 page(s) |
 |
|
|
20 | |
|
|
|
Social Bookmarks
