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  • Usually played in pairs for morning and evenings calls to prayer, preludes, and processions, two western nuns following Tibetan-Buddhism play their Rag-Dung (brass trumpets) in a garden at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. One nun looks across to check finger positions of her fellow-player and they are sat cross-legged on the lush grass surrounded with flowers and tall plants. The Rag-Dung is the most spectacular of Tibetan ritual copper horns and some are up to twenty feet long. With a deeply resonant sound it is relatively easy to play. Those following this branch of Buddhism 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.
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  • Bending forward as a mark of humility and respect for his deity, a young follower of Tibetan-Buddhism adjusts a prayer bowl in front of an effigy of Buddha at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. This young western man wears traditional Tibetan monk's clothes and many here have had a troubled youth, sometimes escaping a criminal past so arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreats and self-purification, 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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  • Surrounded by books and holy relics, a monk follower of Tibetan-Buddhism engages in Puja, or prayer, at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. This young western man wears traditional Tibetan monk's clothes, prays in a caravan adapted to become a woodland home in the woodland near the Centre. He 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 celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2007.
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  • A follower of Tibetan-Buddhism engages in Puja, or prayer, at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. This young western man wears traditional Tibetan monk's clothes, is adorned with tattoos and has his head shaven. He 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 celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2007.
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  • Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 21st March 2016 in Mo Bye village, Shan 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 dressed as princes are led on horseback through the village. Joining the procession are the boys’ families, the parents carrying the monastic robes for the novices and the sisters or young village girls carrying flowers and ceremonial boxes.
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  • Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 21st March 2016 in Mo Bye village, Shan 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 dressed as princes are led on horseback through the village. Joining the procession are the boys’ families, the parents carrying the monastic robes for the novices and the sisters or young village girls carrying flowers and ceremonial boxes.
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  • Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 21st March 2016 in Mo Bye village, Shan 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 dressed as princes are led on horseback through the village. Joining the procession are the boys’ families, the parents carrying the monastic robes for the novices and the sisters or young village girls carrying flowers and ceremonial boxes.
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  • Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 21st March 2016 in Mo Bye village, Shan 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 dressed as princes are led on horseback through the village. Joining the procession are the boys’ families, the parents carrying the monastic robes for the novices and the sisters or young village girls carrying flowers and ceremonial boxes.
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  • Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 21st March 2016 in Mo Bye village, Shan 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 dressed as princes are led on horseback through the village. Joining the procession are the boys’ families, the parents carrying the monastic robes for the novices and the sisters or young village girls carrying flowers and ceremonial boxes.
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  • Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 21st March 2016 in Mo Bye village, Shan 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 dressed as princes are led on horseback through the village. Joining the procession are the boys’ families, the parents carrying the monastic robes for the novices and the sisters or young village girls carrying flowers and ceremonial boxes.
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  • A crucifix hanging from ceiling inside Peterborough cathedral, one of the finest Norman cathedrals in England. Founded as a monastic community in 654 AD, it became one of the most significant medieval abbeys in the country, the burial place of two queens and the scene of Civil War. Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. UK
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  • Tibetan buddhist monks collect drinking water from a well inside the monastic complex of Atsog Monastery, deep inside rural Xinghai County, Qinghai province, China
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  • The tiny historic street of Austin Friars in the City of London during the coronavirus pandemic on the 2nd May 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Many of the scenes in Wolf Hall revolve around Cromwells home at Austin Friars in the heart of the City of London. Founded as an Augustinian Friary in the 1260s, the site remained a monastic complex until 1538, when Cromwell was instrumental in its dissolution.
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  • Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 21st March 2016 in Mo Bye village, Shan 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 dressed as princes are led on horseback through the village. Joining the procession are the boys’ families, the parents carrying the monastic robes for the novices and the sisters or young village girls carrying flowers and ceremonial boxes.
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  • Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 21st March 2016 in Mo Bye village, Shan 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 dressed as princes are led on horseback through the village. Joining the procession are the boys’ families, the parents carrying the monastic robes for the novices and the sisters or young village girls carrying flowers and ceremonial boxes.
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  • Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 21st March 2016 in Mo Bye village, Shan 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 dressed as princes are led on horseback through the village. Joining the procession are the boys’ families, the parents carrying the monastic robes for the novices and the sisters or young village girls carrying flowers and ceremonial boxes.
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  • Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 21st March 2016 in Mo Bye village, Shan 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 dressed as princes are led on horseback through the village. Joining the procession are the boys’ families, the parents carrying the monastic robes for the novices and the sisters or young village girls carrying flowers and ceremonial boxes.
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  • Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 21st March 2016 in Mo Bye village, Shan 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 dressed as princes are led on horseback through the village. Joining the procession are the boys’ families, the parents carrying the monastic robes for the novices and the sisters or young village girls carrying flowers and ceremonial boxes.
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  • The tomb of Hadyn Keeton (1847–1921) a cathedral organist, buried inside Peterborough cathedral, one of the finest Norman cathedrals in England. Founded as a monastic community in 654 AD, it became one of the most significant medieval abbeys in the country.
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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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  • Pa-O men dancing in the procession during a Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 21st March 2016 in Mo Bye village, Shan 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 dressed as princes are led on horseback through the village. Joining the procession are the boys’ families, the parents carrying the monastic robes for the novices and the sisters or young village girls carrying flowers and ceremonial boxes.
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  • Shinbyu Novice Ceremony on 21st March 2016 in Mo Bye village, Shan 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 dressed as princes are led on horseback through the village. Joining the procession are the boys’ families, the parents carrying the monastic robes for the novices and the sisters or young village girls carrying flowers and ceremonial boxes.
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  • A crucifix hanging from ceiling inside Peterborough cathedral, one of the finest Norman cathedrals in England. Founded as a monastic community in 654 AD, it became one of the most significant medieval abbeys in the country, the burial place of two queens and the scene of Civil War. Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. UK
    UK-Peterborough-Cathedral-7668.jpg
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