Famous painting indicating the way to Nirvana, Simtokha Dzong, Bhutan, Asia

Young Buddhist monks at window, Gangte Goempa, Bhutan, Asia

Tourist and locals trekking in Bhutan

Farmer's home with prayer flags, Bhutan

Paro Dzong and ancient watchtower, Paro, Bhutan

Young Buddhist monks chatting, Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, Wangdue Phodrang (Wangdi), Bhutan, Asia

Young Buddhist monk studying scripts in class at Chimi Lhakhang Temple, Punakha Valley, Bhutan, Asia

Thimpu Dzong, Thimpu, Bhutan, Asia

Taktshang Goemba (Tiger's Nest) Monastery, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Phallus above house door to ward off evil spirits, Jankar, Bumthang Valley, Bhutan, Asia

Punakha, Bhutan, Asia

Punakha, Bhutan, Asia

Young shop owner, village of Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan, Asia

Wood carving students, Thimpu, Bhutan, Asia

Young Buddhist monk at window, Gangte Goempa, Bhutan, Asia

Horsemen taking a break, Bhutan

Druk Wangyal Chorten, Bhutan, Asia

Centre of Taschichhodzong, seat of government and main monastery, Bhutan, Asia

Punakha Dzong, Punakha, Bhutan, Asia

Punakha Dzong, Bhutan, Asia

Farmer, Bhutan, Asia

National memorial Chorten, Thimpu, Bhutan, Asia

Two boys in front of white wall at Ura Lhakhang, Ura village, near Jakar, Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia

Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Offerings for dzong, Bhutan, Asia

Buddhists playing the flute at religious festivity, Paro Tsechu, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Decorated and decorative doorway, Ugyen Pelri Palace, Paro, Bhutan

Prayer wheels at Tashichho Dzong in Thimpu, Bhutan

Chalet-style houses and farmland, Bhutan

Rinpung Dzong Fortress Monastery courtyard, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Main junction on Norzin Lam in the city centre, Thimpu, Bhutan, Asia

Young Buddhist monk in red robes backlit by evening sunlight at the Jakar Dzong, Jakar, Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia

Two boys in front of white wall at Ura Lhakhang, Ura village, near Jakar, Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia

Farmed fields in mountainous landscape, eastern Bhutan, Asia

Trashi Chhoe Dzong, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia

Drukgyel Village, Bhutan, Asia

Rice terraces, Bhutan, Asia

Buddhist festival (Tsechu), Trashi Chhoe Dzong, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia

Mobile shrine, Bhutan, Asia

Royal palace processional musicians at |Tashichho Dzong,Thimpu, Bhutan

Masked dancers at Buddhist monastery, Ura, Bhutan, Asia

Chillies drying on the roof of a house in the hills in Bhutan, Asia

Trulshig rinpoche, blesses. Tulshig rinpoche blesses. Tulshig rimpoche s followers believe that he, like many other lamas, reassumes a human body after death in order to return to disciples. previous incarnation of tulshig rimpoche spent several years at dzarongpu monastery (highest monastery in world located at 16,500’ within sight of northern side of mt everest) served as of ngawong tenzin teachers. He promised to return in next life, so at tulshig s death ngawong tenzin norbu sought found reincarnation. current tulshig rimpoche then came to monastery studied with ngawong tenzin norbu. relationship between teacher student, in which a teacher returns to study from former student, maintains lineage over generations. Bhutan

Purchang (cremation palace) of h.h. Dilgo khyenste. Bhutan. H.h. Dilgo khyentse rinpoche (1910-1991), tutor to present dalai lama revered as of greatest exponents of dzogchen- teachings of great perfection. Khyentse rinpoche®s purchang (cremation palace), satsam chorten, below paro takstang, bhutan, november 4, 1992 never forget swiftly this life will be over, like a flash of summer lightning or wave of a hand. that have opportunity to practice dharma, do waste a single moment on anything else, practice with your energy.oe h.h. Dilgo khyenste rinpoche, heart treasure of enlightened ones my delight in death is, greater than delight of traders at making vast fortunes at, or of lords of gods vaunt their victory in battle or of those sages have entered rapture of perfect meditative absorbtion. So just as a traveler sets on road when time come to go, i will remain in this world no longer, will dwell in stronghold of great bliss of deathlessness. -longchenpa, fourteenth- century dzogchen master

Nyingmapa gangte monastery with young monks letting some steam after morning prayer. During a visit to phobjikha valley, pema lingpa prophesised that a monastery named gang-teng (hill) would be built on this site that teachings would be spread from there. temple founded here in 1613 by gyalse pema thinley, grandson mind reincarnation of pema lingpa

Bhutanese mother uses traditional kira to carry child

Bhutanese, school childre

Bhutan. Prayer flags. supreme guru is someone is drunk with experience of three higher trainings. qualified is someone confidence, energy, intelligence compassion, is mindful of shortcomings of worldly life transcended wordly concerns. -vajra verses of whispered tradition by indian mahasiddha naropa

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Overhead view of crowd celebrating Paro Festival, Paro, Paro District, Bhutan

Mixed Race mother and sons spinning prayer wheels

Mixed Race mother and son riding horses

Mixed Race brothers kneeling on bench examining wall paintings

Mixed Race boy leaning on pillar

Asian woman smiling at market

Mixed Race boy standing near prayer wheels

Mixed Race mother hugging sons in doorway

Asian boy leaning on fence post

A buddhist monk, dressed i9n bright red, descending a flight of stairs inside a Bhutanese temple. Shot in Bhutan.

A Bhuddist monk at Punaka Temple in Bhutan.

A boy monk, dressed in bright colors, shot inside a Bhutanese monistary. Bhutan.

Bhutan, Kingdom, Himalaya, convent Takstang near Paro (Tiger's Lair), said to be built by Guru Rinpoche getting there on the back of a flying tiger

Punakha Dzong (Pungthang Dechen Dzong), Bhutan, Himalaya

Bhutan, Kingdom, Himalaya, capital Thimphu, pupils leaving school

Celebration at Punakha Dzong (Pungthang Dechen Dzong), Bhutan, Himalaya

Landscape near Lhakhang temple, Chorten and prayer flags, Punakha, Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan, South Asian

Tiger's Nest Monastery in the cliffside of Paro valley, Taktshang Goemba, near Paro, the Himalayas, Kingdom of Bhutan

Dancers at the Tashichho Dzong monastery festival, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia

Dancer at Mask Dance, Religious Tsechu Monastery Festival, Gasa District District District Tshechu Festival, Gasa, Himalaya Region, Kingdom of Bhutan

Buddhist tiger nest monastery Taktshang on steep rock face, Tiger's Nest, Paro District, Himalayas, Kingdom of Bhutan

Fool, jester at the Mask Dance, religious Tsechu Monastery Festival, Gasa District District District Tshechu Festival, Gasa, Himalaya Region, Kingdom of Bhutan

Maskers at the Tashichho Dzong monastery festival, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia

Dancers and spectators at the Tashichho Dzong monastery festival, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia

Tiger's Nest Monastery in the cliffside of Paro valley, Taktshang Goemba, near Paro, the Himalayas, Kingdom of Bhutan

Monks playing tibetan horns, Chimi Temple, Punakha District, Bhutan, Asia

Dancers and spectators at the Tashichho Dzong monastery festival, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia

Dancer at Mask Dance, Religious Tsechu Monastery Festival, Gasa Tshechu Festival, Gasa District, Himalaya Region, Kingdom of Bhutan

Dancers and spectators at the Tashichho Dzong monastery festival, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia

Buddhist tiger nest monastery Taktshang on steep rock face, Tiger's Nest, Paro District, Himalayas, Kingdom of Bhutan

Fools, jesters with phallus symbol at the mask dance, religious Tsechu monastery festival, Gasa district Tshechu Festival, Gasa, Himalaya region, Kingdom of Bhutan

A man with cymbals at a temple festival, Mongar District, Himalayas, Kingdom of Bhutan

Decorated colourful heavy goods lorry TATA in mountain road, Bhutan, South Asia

Monks playing tibetan horns, Chimi Temple, Punakha District, Bhutan, Asia

Religious festivity with male visitors and dances, Paro Tsechu, Bhutan, Asia

Dancers at the Tashichho Dzong monastery festival, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia

Close up of a traditional dress at religious festivity with male visitors and dances, Paro Tsechu, Bhutan, Asia

Monks playing Gyalings, Chimi Temple, Punakha District, Bhutan, Asia

Girls wearing the traditional Kira dress in Paro, the Himalayas, Kingdom of Bhutan

Taktsang Monastery, 3120m, also known as Tiger's Nest, Paro, Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan, South Asia

Four monks in red robes, ornate wooden wall, Buddhist Tango Goemba Monastery near Thimphu, Kingdom of Bhutan

River Paro Chhu and the Tsong of Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Bhutan, Kingdom, Himalaya, Rinpung Dzong with National Museum

Good carrier truck on the national highway, Bhutan, South Asia

Taktsang Monastery, 3120m, also known as Tiger's Nest, Paro, Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan, South Asia

Traditional Bhutanese motif, Four Harmonious Friends or Thunpa Pushi, Phuentsholing, Bhutan, South Asia

Buddhist pilgrim holding a prayer wheel, Thimpu, Bhutan, Asia

Paro Rimpong Dzong, the monastery in which the Hollywood film Little Buddha by Bernardo Bertolucci was filmed, Paro, Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan, South Asia

Taktshang Goemba, Tiger's Nest Monastery, Bhutan, Asia

Yellow, ripe rice fields, Paro valley, Paro, Bhutan, Asia