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Modern architecture buildings, Galadari Hotel and BOC building and Twin Towers World Trade Centre, central Colombo, Sri Lanka, Asia

Bas relief scenes from life in the Vijayanagar Empire on the Mahanavami Dibba within the royal enclosure at Hampi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka, India, Asia

Holy Sadhu meditating high above traffic congestion and street life in the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Scenic view of a village in Lahaul valley near Udaipur on the Bank of River Chander Bhaga, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Young woman weaving in a village where both Khmu and Hmong live, in mountain massif near Nong Khiaw, Luang Prabang Province, Laos

Auto rickshaw (Tuk tuk travelling through the tea plantations near Munnar, Western Ghat, Kerala, India

Wheel of life wall art, Tikse (Tiksay) gompa (monastery), Tikse (Tiksay), Ladakh, Indian Himalaya, India, Asia

Religious pictures of Lord Shiva and wife Parwati on sale at stall by the Golden Temple in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Body of dead Hindu woman carried in procession in street for funeral pyre cremation by the Ganges, Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Hindu men and women queue to visit Temple at Vijaya Nagaram Ghat during Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, India

Hindu pilgrims queue to visit Vishwanatha Temple (Birla Temple) during Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, India

Indian Hindu men and women queue to visit Temple during Festival of Shivaratri in the holy city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Religious pictures of Lord Shiva and wife Parwati on sale at stall by the Golden Temple in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Religious icon on display during Festival of Shivaratri in temple window in the city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Hindu pilgrims queue to visit Vishwanatha Temple (Birla Temple) during Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, India

Indian Hindu pilgrims queue to visit the Golden Temple during Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, Northern India

Indian man sells oranges at market stall in alleyway in the city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Hindu Temple at Vijaya Nagaram Ghat during annual Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, India

Women selling flowers and herbs for temple offerings by The Golden Temple during Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, India

Hindu religious icons above Hindu Temple at Kedar Ghat during Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, Northern India

Indian women looking in shop window of jewellery shop in the city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Woman selling flowers and herbs for temple offerings by The Golden Temple during Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, India

Indian Hindu pilgrims queue to visit the Golden Temple during Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, Northern India

Aside from a life of simplicity focus on divine, many sadhus engage in a diverse array of practices both internal external in order to attain higher states of awareness consciousness. This sadhu chosen hatha yoga shows results--a well-disciplined, strong body--while holding kukkuta asana, or cock posture. India

Monks offer butter lamps. Bodgaya, india. Monks offer butter lamps in front of mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Reflection. Tibetan peoples home, rajpur, india. India. I remember this body when it a childs as it gradually took form of a youth. very limb is twisted worn. It is my body, it delights even my eyes.,seventh dalai lama, meditations on ways of impermanence. tradition regards meditation on death impermanence only as a useful technique keeping mind intensely focused. It also sees it as a method unlocking deepest secrets of life

Monks offer butter lamps. Kalachakra initiation, bodhgaya. India. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddhas enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Monks offer butter lamps. Bodgaya, india. Monks offer butter lamps in front of mahabodhi temple marks site of buddhas enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

India. Lotus. When finally your life forces disintegrate, watch elements of body dissolve, then, like remeeting an friend, eagerly greet clear light of death.,seventh dalai lama, advice to an abboto

A woman subsistence farmer cooking on a traditional clay oven, using rice stalks as biofuel in the Sunderbans, Ganges, Delta, India. the area is very low lying and vulnerable to sea level rise. All parts of the rice crop are used, and the villagers life is very self sufficient, with a tiny carbon footprint.

Budhist lamas in prayer, bodhgaya, india. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Monks offer butter lamps prayer, kalachakra initiation, bodhgaya. India. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

India. Mural depicting the life of thomas, at the saint thomas museum ernakulum. Thomas performing a miracle (making diamonds out of water) in palayur. In the footsteps of saint thomas: visiting the eight churches founded by the apostle in kerala after he arrived in 52 ad

India. As buddha it in verse in dharmapada, component things impermanent. When acquires realization of this truth naturally releases bonds of unhappiness. This is of purification freedom

India. Mural depicting the life of thomas, at the saint thomas museum ernakulum. Thomas arriving at coimbatore in 52 ad and meeting brahmins. In the footsteps of saint thomas: visiting the eight churches founded by the apostle in kerala after he arrived in 52 ad

India. Mural depicting the life of thomas, at the saint thomas museum ernakulum. Thomas with his cross in kokkamangalam. In the footsteps of saint thomas: visiting the eight churches founded by the apostle in kerala after he arrived in 52 ad

Carrier, resting and chatting through phone, in Nai Sarak street, near Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, India

Gandhi Smriti Museum, the home of Mahatma Gandhi for last 144 days of his life, before he was shot on January 30th 1948. The Footsteps Represent His Last Walk Before his Death, Delhi, India.