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QuanYin004.jpgQuan Yin041664 viewsKnown as the goddess of Mercy. Translated into Chinese, the name is "Kuan Shih Yin"or Quan Yin
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15_tara.jpgThe 21 Taras (15)1658 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).
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Bhutan_22.jpgBhutan - Buddhist Himalayan Kingdom (41) 1650 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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Ksitigarbha04.jpgKsitigarbha Bodhisattva041649 viewsKsitigarbha Bodhisattva or in Chinese: Ti Tsang P'usa
Ti Tsang P'usa is an extremely popular Bodhisattva among the Chinese and Japanese Buddhists.
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Bhutan_03.jpgBhutan - Buddhist Himalayan Kingdom (24) 1643 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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18_tara.jpgThe 21 Taras (18)1642 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).
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Bhutan_18.jpgBhutan - Buddhist Himalayan Kingdom (37)1639 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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Bhutan_42.jpgBhutan - Buddhist Himalayan Kingdom (58) 1633 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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1.jpg1. Ten Oxherding Pictures 1632 viewsSEEKING THE OX
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lohan16.jpgLohan: PANTHA, the Younger1626 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
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