Man reading Buddhist scriptures, Golden temple, Patan, Nepal, Asia

Novice Buddhist monk reading Buddhist scriptures in the light of a window in one of the many temples of Bagan, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Tibetan Buddhist monks studying Buddhist scripture in Drepung Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhist monks studying Buddhist scripture in Drepung Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Novice Buddhist monk reading Buddhist scriptures in the light of a window in one of the many temples of Bagan, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

A Buddhist monk reads a volume of Kagyur Rinpoche, Hemja, Nepal, Asia

A Buddhist monk studies scripture in his temple of Wat Damnak, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhist ceremony, Swayambhunath temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

One of many marble slabs containing text and commentary from the Tripitaka, Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

A young nun studying, Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Scriptures written in Japanese on wooden tiles at a temple; Kyoto, Kansai, Japan

Hand crafted and painted door in Buddhist Monastery, Sikkim, India