Dhamekh stupa, Buddhist pilgrimage site, Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Dhamekh stupa, Buddhist, pilgrimage site, Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

The Tibetan Karma Tharjay Buddhist Monastery, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, Asia

Flower offerings and devotees in the Cloister Walk of the Buddhist Mahabodhi Mahabihara Temple (Great Stupa), Bodh Gaya, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bihar, India, Asia

Thai temple and monastery, Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Thai temple and monastery, Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Monk on path to Mulgandha Kuti Vihar (temple), Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Pilgrims in front of the Dhamekh Stupa, Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Temple, Mulagandha Vihara, Sarnath, India, Asia

Buddha sculpture dating from the Gupta period in the 5th century, from Sarnath Museum, Uttar Pradash, India, Asia

Sri Lankan Buddhist visitors at Dhamakh Stupa at Sarnath ruins near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Buddhist monks pass prayer flags at Mulagandhakuti Vihara Temple at Sarnath near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Buddhist monk praying as he walks around Dhamakh Stupa at Sarnath ruins near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Indian girls in shoe shop with cobbler at work at Sarnath near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Indian man displays sari fabric at silk factory at Bressler near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Buddhist monks visiting Dharmarajika Stupa at Sarnath ruins near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Indian girls in shoe shop with cobbler at work at Sarnath near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Indian man working loom at silk factory making textiles and saris at Bressler near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Indian woman stallholder selling sweets and toys at Sarnath near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Old colonial architecture period house at Sarnath near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Lighted candles offering Buddhist prayers at Dharmarajika Stupa at Sarnath near Varanasi, Northern India

Ashoka Lion, Sarnath Museum, near Varanasi (formerly Benares), Uttar Pradesh State, India, Asia

Buddhist visitors applying gold leaf as traditional offering at Dhamakh Stupa at Sarnath ruins near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Buddhist prayer flags at Mulagandhakuti Vihara Temple at Sarnath near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Detail of Gupta designs on Dhamek Stupa, Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Buddhist monk passes prayer flags at Mulagandhakuti Vihara Temple at Sarnath near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Dharmekh stupa, dating from the 5th century, Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Detail of Gupta designs on Dhamekh Stupa, Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Dhamekh Buddhist stupa at Sarnath, near Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Bodhgaya, kalachakra, india. holiness 14th dalai lama conferring giving kalachakra initiation in sarnath, india. Because of profundity, kalachakra initiation be bestowed only by most realized of tibets lamas. Rays of lightÀÜat heart of lama-inseparable from kalachakra-draw in. Entering mouth pass through center of body, through vajra path enter mothers lotus, melting into a luminous drop which dissolves into emptiness. From within emptiness arises a jewel from which arise as a deity embraced by consort mamaki.

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

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

Receiving kalachakra initiation in sarnath, india

Dancing skeletons, lord of charnal grounds remind us of inevitable passage into death

Relief at the Dhamek Stupa, Buddhist holy place Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Excavations at the Dhamek Stupa, Buddhist holy place Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia