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  • A Buddhist man on silent retreat in a private cabin at the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, East Sussex, England. As the last light from a summer's day fades into night, the cabin (a converted garden shed), the practicing Buddhist stands against the internal lamp light, pausing to think and contemplate about his life and its meaning. Long grass from a private meadow is for the sole use of someone in retreat, a period of a few days or perhaps a week, separated from the pressures of modern life. Rivendell was once a Victorian country rectory for the local vicar in this East Sussex village, it now houses facilities for the spiritual and the peaceful, having escaped for a brief time, the pressures of modern life. Beyond are two Buddhas on a tapestry and as a statue. The community web address is www.rivendellretreatcentre.com.
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  • Buddhists meditate in silence for 30 minutes in their Shrine Room at the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, England. A middle-aged man and a younger woman sit in a meditative cross-legged position in order to relax their bodies and free their minds for this period of inner-contemplation. In the middle on a polished parkay floor is a model of their retreat centre, a house now run by the Triratna Buddhist Community. Once a Victorian country rectory for the local vicar in this East Sussex village, it now houses facilities for the spiritual and the peaceful, having escaped for a brief time, the pressures of modern life. Beyond are two Buddhas on a tapestry and as a statue. The community web address is www.rivendellretreatcentre.com.
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  • Buddhists meditate in silence for 30 minutes in their Shrine Room at the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, England. A middle-aged man and a younger woman sit in a meditative cross-legged position in order to relax their bodies and free their minds for this period of inner-contemplation. Their retreat centre is a Victorian house now run by the Triratna Buddhist Community. Once a Victorian country rectory for the local vicar in this East Sussex village, it now houses facilities for the spiritual and the peaceful, having escaped for a brief time, the pressures of modern life. Beyond are two Buddhas on a tapestry and as a statue. The community web address is www.rivendellretreatcentre.com.
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  • Buddhists meditate in silence for 30 minutes in their Shrine Room at the Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, England. A middle-aged man and a younger woman sit in a meditative cross-legged position in order to relax their bodies and free their minds for this period of inner-contemplation. In front of the couple is a model of their retreat centre, a house now run by the Triratna Buddhist Community. Once a Victorian country rectory for the local vicar in this East Sussex village, it now houses facilities for the spiritual and the peaceful, having escaped for a brief time, the pressures of modern life. Beyond are two Buddhas on a tapestry and as a statue. The community web address is www.rivendellretreatcentre.com.
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  • The Buddha seen as part of a shrine in the prayer room of Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist retreat centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. A Buddhist shrine provides a focal point for Buddhists when they are meditating, practising puja (worship) and for gatherings of Buddhists studying together. Shrines can vary from a small, simple shrine in the home or garden of a Buddhist, through to the large, ornate shrines or temples found across the globe. At the Samye Ling monastery, most visitors are westerners in this peaceful location for spiritual cleansing and often to find answers to their complicated, modern lives. And many here have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation.
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  • A visiting Lama teacher of Kagyu Tibetan-Buddhism greets a westerner baby and its father in the Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist retreat centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. Touching the child on its head, the Lama smiles and appears the archetypal kind leader of the Buddhist religion. The dad and baby are western visitors in this peaceful location for spiritual cleansing and often to find answers to their complicated, modern lives. And many here have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu School celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2007.
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  • A Buddhist monk at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park on 1st February 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. At a time when the fear of nuclear attack appeared to be escalating the offer of a Peace Pagoda to promote world peace and harmony the pagoda was offered to the people of London by the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist Order as part of the 1984 Greater London Council GLC Peace Year.
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  • Buddhist Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park on 1st February 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. At a time when the fear of nuclear attack appeared to be escalating the offer of a Peace Pagoda to promote world peace and harmony the pagoda was offered to the people of London by the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist Order as part of the 1984 Greater London Council GLC Peace Year.
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  • A portrait of the Tibetan-Buddhist Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche standing in gardens of Samye Ling Buddhist Centre, Scotland. Looking relaxed and at peace with himself, the spiritual leader wears the robes and necklace of a Buddhist monk with a background of green grasses and reeds. Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche is a lama in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and abbot of the Samye Ling Monastery, Scotland, the first and largest of its kind in the West.
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  • Family members shave the boys head and the hair is caught in a white cloth held by their parents at a Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 28th March 2016 in the Intha ethnic minority village of Paya Ny in Kayah State, Myanmar. In Myanmar, it is customary for boys to enter the monastery as a Buddhist novice between the age of ten and 20 years old although they can be as young as four, for at least one week. During the ceremony, which lasts two or sometimes three days, the boys are dressed and made-up to be a prince and paraded through the village before being ordained as novice monks.  head and the hair is caught in a white cloth held by their parents. at a Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 28th March 2016 in the Intha ethnic minority village of Paya Ny in Kayah State, Myanmar. In Myanmar, it is customary for boys to enter the monastery as a Buddhist novice between the age of ten and 20 years old although they can be as young as four, for at least one week. During the ceremony, which lasts two or sometimes three days, the boys are dressed and made-up to be a prince and paraded through the village before being ordained as novice monks.
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  • Buddhist monks collecting alms at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Pha That Luang is the national symbol and most important religious monument of Laos. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held here for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The procession of laypeople begins at Wat Si Muang in the city centre and proceeds to Pha That Luang to make offerings to the monks in order to accumulate merit for rebirth into a better life. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Buddhist monks collecting alms at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Pha That Luang is the national symbol and most important religious monument of Laos. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held here for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The procession of laypeople begins at Wat Si Muang in the city centre and proceeds to Pha That Luang to make offerings to the monks in order to accumulate merit for rebirth into a better life. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Family members shave the boys head and the hair is caught in a white cloth held by their parents at a Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 28th March 2016 in the Intha ethnic minority village of Paya Ny in Kayah State, Myanmar. In Myanmar, it is customary for boys to enter the monastery as a Buddhist novice between the age of ten and 20 years old although they can be as young as four, for at least one week. During the ceremony, which lasts two or sometimes three days, the boys are dressed and made-up to be a prince and paraded through the village before being ordained as novice monks.  head and the hair is caught in a white cloth held by their parents. at a Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 28th March 2016 in the Intha ethnic minority village of Paya Ny in Kayah State, Myanmar. In Myanmar, it is customary for boys to enter the monastery as a Buddhist novice between the age of ten and 20 years old although they can be as young as four, for at least one week. During the ceremony, which lasts two or sometimes three days, the boys are dressed and made-up to be a prince and paraded through the village before being ordained as novice monks.
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  • Buddhist monks collecting alms at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Pha That Luang is the national symbol and most important religious monument of Laos. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held here for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The procession of laypeople begins at Wat Si Muang in the city centre and proceeds to Pha That Luang to make offerings to the monks in order to accumulate merit for rebirth into a better life. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Buddhist monks collecting alms at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Pha That Luang is the national symbol and most important religious monument of Laos. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held here for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The procession of laypeople begins at Wat Si Muang in the city centre and proceeds to Pha That Luang to make offerings to the monks in order to accumulate merit for rebirth into a better life. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Buddhist monks collecting alms at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Pha That Luang is the national symbol and most important religious monument of Laos. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held here for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The procession of laypeople begins at Wat Si Muang in the city centre and proceeds to Pha That Luang to make offerings to the monks in order to accumulate merit for rebirth into a better life. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Buddhist monks collecting alms at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Pha That Luang is the national symbol and most important religious monument of Laos. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held here for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The procession of laypeople begins at Wat Si Muang in the city centre and proceeds to Pha That Luang to make offerings to the monks in order to accumulate merit for rebirth into a better life. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Buddhist monks collecting alms at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Pha That Luang is the national symbol and most important religious monument of Laos. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held here for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The procession of laypeople begins at Wat Si Muang in the city centre and proceeds to Pha That Luang to make offerings to the monks in order to accumulate merit for rebirth into a better life. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Buddhist prayer beads sit on top of sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading and chanting sutras at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • Buddhist monks reading a newspaper at the Vajra Vidya Institute for Buddhist studies in Sarnath, India
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • As one enters the monastic complex, ones is welcomed by a shrine and a standing Buddha with a raised hand in a gesture of reassurance and blessing to visitors, The "parasol" over his head indicates the supremacy of Buddhism. The central figure of the Manfeilang Monastery ( of the Dai denomination) is the White Pagoda  which lies on elevated ground on the banks of the Mekong river in south west Yunnan province.  Dai monasteries are built in the centre of a village or as in this case outside  on higher ground.<br />
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Built in 1204, the Manfeilang monastery complex is in fact a cluster of nine pagodas or stupas, to enshrine what is purported to be the Buddha’s footprint. The whole ensemble forms a fusion of Southeast Asian Buddhist style with typical Dai architecture. It is popular for Buddhist pilgrims from the surrounding region which attracts thousands during the Tan Ta Festival in late October early November each year.  In this region and in these Dai and Sino-Burmese monasteries, Theravada Buddhism is the religion that is practiced.
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  • As one enters the monastic complex, ones is welcomed by a shrine and a standing Buddha with a raised hand in a gesture of reassurance and blessing to visitors, The "parasol" over his head indicates the supremacy of Buddhism. The central figure of the Manfeilang Monastery ( of the Dai denomination) is the White Pagoda  which lies on elevated ground on the banks of the Mekong river in south west Yunnan province.  Dai monasteries are built in the centre of a village or as in this case outside  on higher ground.<br />
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Built in 1204, the Manfeilang monastery complex is in fact a cluster of nine pagodas or stupas, to enshrine what is purported to be the Buddha’s footprint. The whole ensemble forms a fusion of Southeast Asian Buddhist style with typical Dai architecture. It is popular for Buddhist pilgrims from the surrounding region which attracts thousands during the Tan Ta Festival in late October early November each year.  In this region and in these Dai and Sino-Burmese monasteries, Theravada Buddhism is the religion that is practiced.
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  • The central figure of the Manfeilang Monastery ( of the Dai denomination) is the White Pagoda  which lies on elevated ground on the banks of the Mekong river in south west Yunnan province.  Dai monasteries are built in the centre of a village or as in this case outside  on higher ground.<br />
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Built in 1204, the Manfeilang monastery complex is in fact a cluster of nine pagodas or stupas, to enshrine what is purported to be the Buddha’s footprint. The whole ensemble forms a fusion of Southeast Asian Buddhist style with typical Dai architecture. It is popular for Buddhist pilgrims from the surrounding region which attracts thousands during the Tan Ta Festival in late October early November each year.  In this region and in these Dai and Sino-Burmese monasteries, Theravada Buddhism is the religion that is practiced.
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  • The central figure of the Manfeilang Monastery ( of the Dai denomination) is the White Pagoda  which lies on elevated ground on the banks of the Mekong river in south west Yunnan province.  Dai monasteries are built in the centre of a village or as in this case outside  on higher ground.<br />
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Built in 1204, the Manfeilang monastery complex is in fact a cluster of nine pagodas or stupas, to enshrine what is purported to be the Buddha’s footprint. The whole ensemble forms a fusion of Southeast Asian Buddhist style with typical Dai architecture. It is popular for Buddhist pilgrims from the surrounding region which attracts thousands during the Tan Ta Festival in late October early November each year.  In this region and in these Dai and Sino-Burmese monasteries, Theravada Buddhism is the religion that is practiced.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ajanta cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. The site consists of approx. 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE, which are ornately decorated and incredibly well preserved, boasting cave paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
    _MG_6858.jpg
  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
    _MG_6839.jpg
  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
    _MG_6852.jpg
  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
    _MG_6817.jpg
  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
    _MG_6731.jpg
  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
    _MG_6707.jpg
  • The UNESCO world heritage site of the Ellora cave complex on 12th December 2009 in Maharashtra state, near Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring incredibly well preserved Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments and artwork, dating from the 600–1000 CE period.  It is described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art.
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  • An European female tourist walking at Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
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  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047934.jpg
  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047912.jpg
  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047919.jpg
  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047902.jpg
  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047895.jpg
  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047859.jpg
  • The villagers of Ban Mouanghoun rise early for the daily Buddhist alms giving ceremony (tak bat) donating sticky rice to the monks for their one meal of the day, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. This is an ancient, religious tradition and those who give alms earn merit for their next life. Lao Buddhists are very devout and almost every Lao man joins a monastery, or temple, for at least a short period of time. Many men also become monks for the rest of their lives. The village will be relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower project Dam 5.
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  • Portrait of a young novice Buddhist monk wearing an orange robe before a ceremony at the 480 year old temple in Ban Mouanghoun, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Although there are several villages with temples along the Nam Ou river, the remote and roadless Ban Mouanghoun is the only village in this area with its own resident monks who are also required to perform ceremonies at all the local villages. Lao Buddhists are very devout and almost every Lao man joins a monastery, or temple, for at least a short period of time. Many men also become monks for the rest of their lives. Ban Mouanghoun will be relocated due to the construction of the Nam Ou Cascade Hydropower project Dam 5.
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  • Buddhist priest in Lung Shang Temple, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Mu Ze Latso with a friend, also from the Mo Suo minority visit a Buddhist temple in Yongning town, north west Yunnan Province, close to Tibetan and Sichuan border.<br />
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Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.
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  • Monks practicing Tibetan-Buddhism meditate with dorje bells in the Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist retreat centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. They are a western visitors, many of whom have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu School celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2007. Dorje is a common male name in Tibet and Bhutan. Dorje can also refer to a small sceptre held in the right hand by Tibetan lamas during religious ceremonies.
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  • A nun practicing Tibetan-Buddhism meditates in silence at a shrine. Seen in almost silhouette, the young woman engages in Puja, or prayer, at the Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist retreat centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. She is a western visitor, many of whom have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu School celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2007.
    samye_ling_buddhism02-16-07-1997.jpg
  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047909.jpg
  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047903.jpg
  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047887.jpg
  • Borobudur Temple on the 24th October 2019 in Java in Indonesia. Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency. It’s the worlds largest Buddhist temple, consisting of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
    Java_2019-1047898.jpg
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