After six years of hardship, working to find the right spiritual path and practising on his own to seek enlightenment, Prince Siddhartha reached his goal of enlightenment when he was thirty five…
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The Guru, by Dalai Lama
Wishing the Dalai Lama a happy birthday.
There is a saying in Tibetan: ‘Although your realization is high, like that of a divine being, you should maintain your way of life in conformity with other people.’
Digitising manuscripts at Gangtey Monastery in Bhutan
Since the decline of Buddhism in Tibet, Mongolia and other parts of the Northern Buddhist world, the Kingdom of Bhutan has come to be seen as the last bastion of Mahayana Buddhism. With its long history of isolation and independence, Bhutan has remained a unique repository of the cultural and religious wealth of the Buddhist Himalaya. Its secluded monasteries and temples today represent a literary treasure trove that is largely unharmed and still unexplored.
Sexual Desire, by The Dalai Lama
Then, on the desire side we shall see, if we analyse it, that attachment develops owing to seeing something beautiful — beautiful colour, beautiful shape, beautiful hair, nose, eyes, mouth — it is like that, isn’t it? Now, there are two types of love and compassion and one type is conditioned — ‘beautiful face, beautiful body, beautiful sound,’ — that kind of love is greatly conditioned. As soon as these conditions disappear, then no more love!
Tibetan Images, Monasteries, and Monks from Ulaanbaatar
Images of Tibetan Buddhist religious rituals and artefacts from Ulaanbaatar Mongolia. Photographs taken around 1930.
Ceremonial musical instruments from Tibet and Mongolia
More wonderful old (1930s) photographs of ceremonial musical instruments from Tibet and Mongolia. From British Library #endangeredarchives project…
Photographs of the 1903 Francis Younghusband led mission to invade Tibet
Mission Tibet [1903-1904] Click any photo to view full size gallery. The photographs are of Tibet when the Francis Younghusband led the mission to invade Tibet. In 1903 a substantial army was assembled in Sikkim and camped some 15 miles… Read More ›
An old Buddhist text written in Yi language
Sutra on expelling evils and begging fortunes. Click any photo to view full size gallery. Date: acclaimed 1745. Language: Yuanyang dialect, Yi language. Photographs from the British Library #endangeredarchives project. Thanks to @bl_eap More posts about the #endangeredarchives project.
