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Bhutan_47.jpgBhutan - Buddhist Himalayan Kingdom (63) 2086 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.
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lama_tsongkapa02.jpgLama Tsongkapa 022083 viewsLama Tsongkapa 02
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white_tara.jpgWhite Tara Thangka2068 viewsWhite Tara Thangka
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lohan01.jpgLohan: PINDOLA2067 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
kingdom, the Former Shu, formed at the decline of the Tang Dynasty in what is
today's Sichuan Province. He was adept at the scholarly pursuits of painting,
calligraphy and poetry.
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QuanYin005.jpgQuan Yin052056 viewsKnown as the goddess of Mercy. Translated into Chinese, the name is "Kuan Shih Yin"or Quan Yin
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02lotus-bud2.jpgLotus bud 022054 viewsLotus bud 02
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thai-buddha_09a.jpg09 Thai Buddha Image2052 views09 Thai Buddha Image
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Amithaba002.jpgAmithabha Buddha022014 viewsAMITABHA: Buddha of Boundless Light of the Western Paradise
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lohan10.jpgLohan: PANTHA1960 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
kingdom, the Former Shu, formed at the decline of the Tang Dynasty in what is
today's Sichuan Province. He was adept at the scholarly pursuits of painting,
calligraphy and poetry.
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Amithaba003.jpgAmithabha Buddha031956 viewsAMITABHA: Buddha of Boundless Light of the Western Paradise
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