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Buddhism in India

This is the Chinese Disabled Performing Arts Troupe (they are deaf). I got this from my grand-ma. I found it very beautiful & interesting. She told me it took them over 10 whole years to get to such a high level of perfection.

This is from a GlobeAware volunteer trip I took to Thailand at the end of 2006. The music choice may seem odd but wait till the end and you shall be enlightened.

The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa 200 B.C. to circa A.D. 1000) and Polonnaruwa (from about 1070 to.... more

This is a dance performed by young monks at Ganden Sumtseling Gompa, a monastery located north of the city of Zhongdian (Shangri-La) in Yunnan province on the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. The dance begins with one monk emerging from the main temple. He performs a routine that initially faces the temple,.... more

Opening ceromony for the Dragon Mountain Monastery Crestone Colorado

Photographic Slide Show of Buddhist Temples and National Parks set to Tranditional Nothern Thai Folk Music. Photographs taken by Glenn and Sophie, Novermber 2003. This is an up-dated version with additional photos, music, new editing and higher resolution.

After a long building process Dragon Mountain Monastery conducts equinox ceremony

The practice of Buddhism is very much about becoming a better human being. To be a better human being means being able to help others as well as oneself, avoiding negative patterns of behavior and embracing positive ones. The pictures with the ruins are from Sarnath, the place where Buddha give his first lessons.

Buddhist Sutras in Pali and English to images of Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity. Inspired by the book Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh