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Buddhist ceremony, Swayambhunath temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
Catholic friar holding rosary and prayer book, Popenguine, Thies, Senegal, West Africa, Africa
Orthodox monk in Aghiou Pavlou monastery church on Mount Athos, Greece, Europe
Catholic monk, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific
Buddhist monk at Huating Temple, China
Monk and statue, Xieng Khuan (Buddha Park), Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Three novice monks in village near Kengtung (Kyaingtong), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia
Monk in front of the Buddhist monastery on Mount Popa, Myanmar, Asia
Buddhist monk in prayer in Buddhist Temple, Karon Beach, Phuket Island, Phuket, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Buddhist monastery, Lashio area, Shan State, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia
Novice monk ceremony, Wat Xieng Jai, Maung Sing, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Statue of Buddhist monk, Fo Guang Shan temple, Bussy St. George, Seine et Marne, France, Europe
Monk, Ladakh, India, Asia
Old man and prayer wheel, Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
Young Buddhist monk, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Buddhist conference, Paris, France, Europe
Orthodox monk on Mount Athos, Greece, Europe
Saint-Guenole procession at Landevennec Abbey, Finistere, Brittany, France, Europe
Young Buddhist monks at window, Gangte Goempa, Bhutan, Asia
Buddhist monk praying at Shwedagon Paya (Shwedagon Pagoda), Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia
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
Monk with umbrella crossing a bamboo bridge, Myaungma, Irrawaddy Delta, Myanmar (Burma), Asia
Buddhist monk outside Wat Benjamabophit (Marble Temple), Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Monk, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Monk, Tu An pagoda altar, Bonneville, Haute Savoie, France, Europe
Buddhist ceremony, Linh Son pagoda, Joinville le Pont, France, Europe
Tibetan monk, Paris, France, Europe
Monk's sandals, Paris, France, Europe
Pottery workshop at Sainte-Marie de la Pierre qui Vire Catholic abbey, St. Leger Vauban, Yonne, France, Europe
Young Buddhist monk at window, Gangte Goempa, Bhutan, Asia
Monk sitting on steps, Angkor Wat, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Buddhist monk cleaning paving outside a small temple near the famous U Bein teak bridge, Amarapura, near Mandalay, Myanmar (Burnma), Asia
Young monk in Wat Preah Ang Monastery, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Portrait of two young monks during Buddhist Lent in Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Monk, Wat Ho Siang, Luang Prabang, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Regong art, Qinghai, China, Asia
Ethiopian monk's cross, Paris, France, Europe
Beatitude Community chapel, Emmaus-Nicopolis, Israel, Middle East
Procession at Landevennec Abbey, Finistere, Brittany, France, Europe
Monk, Danyi Dzogbegan, Togo, West Africa, AFrica
Buddhist ceremony, Wat Velouvanaram, Bussy St. George, Seine et Marne, France, Europe
Monks, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Alms, Vincennes, France, Europe
Buddhist monk, Bongeunsa temple, Seoul, South Korea, Asia
Monk and statues, Xieng Khuan (Buddha Park), Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Wesak day celebration, Paris, France, Europe
Young Buddhist monk in red robes backlit by evening sunlight at the Jakar Dzong, Jakar, Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia
Vajra and bell, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
Monk reading, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Monk at Koutloumoussiou monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mount Athos, Greece, Europe
Monk holding rosary, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
Orthodox monk on Mount Athos, Greece, Europe
Monk's rosary, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
Praying monk, Jogyesa Temple, Seoul, South Korea, Asia
Mass in Saint Gervais Catholic church run by a monastic community, Paris, France, Europe
Monk in Dzogbegan Benedictine Abbey, Danyi Dzogbegan, Togo, West Africa, Africa
Monk in Dzogbegan Benedictine Abbey, Danyi Dzogbegan, Togo, West Africa, AFrica
Buddhist monk near Swayambhunath offering to bless people at a roadside altar, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
Novice monk ceremony, Maung Sing, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Monk at Citeaux abbey, St. Nicolas les Citeaux, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France, Europe
Monk at Koutloumoussiou monastery on Mount Athos, Greece, Europe
Painting of monk and tiger, Seoul, South Korea, Asia
Prayer call, Ganagobie Monastery church, Ganagobie, Alpes de Haute Provence, France, Europe
Monks in mourning parade for the late King Sihanouk outside Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Close up of a monk dancing in full traditional costume in monastery courtyard, Hemis Festival, Hemis, Ladakh, India, Asia
Buddhist monks, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Young Buddhist monk, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Sunday Mass in Haifa Melkite Cathedral, Haifa, Israel, Middle East
Monks in mourning parade for the late King Sihanouk outside Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Wesak day celebration, Paris, France, Europe
Serbian monk at Koutloumoussiou monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mount Athos, Greece, Europe
Easter candle and praying monk, Evian, Haute Savoie, France, Europe
Buddhist monks, Paris, France, Europe
Buddhist ceremony in a Cambodian pagoda, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Wesak day celebration in Khanh Anh temple, Evry, Essonne, Ile-de-France, France, Europe
Buddhist ceremony, Swayambhunath temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
Buddhist ceremony, Swayambhunath temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
French doctor examining monk, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Buddhist ceremony, Wat Velouvanaram, Bussy St. George, Seine et Marne, France, Europe
Buddhist ceremony, Swayambhunath temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
Buddhist ceremony, Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
Buddhist ceremony, Paris, France, Europe
Monk praying in the monastery, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Sang sang rimpoche uses the dorje, a sacred ritual object to make the first decisive cut into the sand mandala on the last day of the mani rimdu festival. chiwang monastery, solu khumbu, nepal. solu khumbu, nepal
Thupten choeling nuns prepare butter-salt tea at nunnery-kitchen. solu khumbu, nepal
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
Tens of thousands of buddhist pilgrims from around the world traveled to bodhgaya, a town in northern india, to hear exiled tibetan spiritual leader hh dalai lama give the kalachakra-religious teachings. Pilgrim take rickshaw to the main temple in bodhgaya. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, bihar, india
Fire ritual at chiwang monastery during the mani rimdu festival. these monks circumambulate the pyre after its ignition. one holds a long book wrapped in a felicitous scarf. the purifying fire takes the offering and raises them towards the sky in smoke. the circumambulatory ritual also recalls the way disciples showed respect for the buddhas body. solu khumbu, nepal
Nepal. Sonam & boom praying at charnel grounds. Humla. Vajrayana is tantric mahasiddha, lives fearlessly in terrifying places like remote jungles charnel grounds. nyingma lamas perform ritual at cremation grounds. lama rattles damaru, a small ritual drum to have origins in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bones dried human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. other lama, boom blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers
Chatral senge dorje rinpoche seated on a tiger skin, yonglesho, Nepal
Buddhist monks prostrating at maha bodhi temple complex in bodhgaya. Prostration is a gesture used in buddhist practice to show reverence to the triple gem (comprising the buddha, his teachings, and the spiritual community) and other objects of veneration. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india
Monk beating traditional drum called gong, int he courtyard of chiwang monastery during mani rimdu festival. chiwang monastery, solu khumbu, nepal
Monk prostrating in front of maha bodhi temple. Bodhgaya prostration is a gesture used in buddhist practice to show reverence to the triple gem (comprising the buddha, his teachings, and the spiritual community) and other objects of veneration. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india
Religion, ethiopia. Monk (in pink, abba gebra kidan) staying in the caves near the churches of lalibela
Portrait of a novice monk, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Young monk, Ayutthaya Historical Park, Ayutthaya, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Monks at Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Monk in Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon, Ayutthaya Historical Park, Ayutthaya, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia