EDITOR'S NOTE:The author wasblessed with a rarechance to be with31 Living Buddhas,kampo abbots andsutra teaches-hail-ing from Tibet andthe areas inhabitedby the Tibetans inSichuan,Qinghai,Gansu and YunnanProvince...EDITOR'S NOTE:The author wasblessed with a rarechance to be with31 Living Buddhas,kampo abbots andsutra teaches-hail-ing from Tibet andthe areas inhabitedby the Tibetans inSichuan,Qinghai,Gansu and YunnanProvinces,andrecorded the follow-ing stories．展开更多
Entering any Tibetan Buddhist monastery one may feel overwhelmed, struck with awe. But the worshipping seems much more pleasant at the Sepa Monastery which is hidden in deep mountains on the right bank of Tongtian Ri...Entering any Tibetan Buddhist monastery one may feel overwhelmed, struck with awe. But the worshipping seems much more pleasant at the Sepa Monastery which is hidden in deep mountains on the right bank of Tongtian River—the upper reach section of the Yangtze, in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province. A closer observation can tell that the pleasant feeling comes from the brightness inside the main hall of the monastery, as well as from the lush woods around its buildings, which present a sweet greenness rarely seen展开更多
Most of thefamous monas-teries in Tibetare found inmountainous gullies withlittle of no tree cover. How-ever, this is not the casewith Razheng Monastery,which lies under luxurianttrees.
THE 20-square-meter classroom is decked with golden cloth and the atmosphere is thick with the strong smell of animal glue. A shrine to Buddha sits at the entrance of the classroom and religious music softly plays in ...THE 20-square-meter classroom is decked with golden cloth and the atmosphere is thick with the strong smell of animal glue. A shrine to Buddha sits at the entrance of the classroom and religious music softly plays in the background. Teacher Pedma painted Tibetan thangka embroidered scrolls with his students inside a courtyard in Beijing＇s Huairou District on June 1.展开更多
WU Quan （pseudonym） made up her mind to follow a Buddhist path after she watched the animated film Renunciation - released by Longquan Monastery, sometimes known as Dragon Spring Monastery. in Beijing.
LESHAN,A small city in eastern Sichuan Province,is famous for its 71-meter-tall statue of the Buddha,which since A.D.713 has stood watch where three rivers,the Minjiang Qingyi-jiang and Daduhe,meet.The site attracts t...LESHAN,A small city in eastern Sichuan Province,is famous for its 71-meter-tall statue of the Buddha,which since A.D.713 has stood watch where three rivers,the Minjiang Qingyi-jiang and Daduhe,meet.The site attracts thousands of tourists every year.展开更多
Origin-Ancient India I was shocked by its beauty and mysterious attraction at my first sight on a Zhazha from a documentary broad- casted by CCTV.I had never imaged that so many kinds of pattern and Buddha embossment ...Origin-Ancient India I was shocked by its beauty and mysterious attraction at my first sight on a Zhazha from a documentary broad- casted by CCTV.I had never imaged that so many kinds of pattern and Buddha embossment can be con-展开更多
LIVING BUDDHA QUXILiving Buddha Quxi was born into a poor Tibetan peasant family in Guide County,Qinghai Province in 1934.When he was three,the 9th Panchen Erdeni determinedhim to be the reincarnated soul boy of the 3...LIVING BUDDHA QUXILiving Buddha Quxi was born into a poor Tibetan peasant family in Guide County,Qinghai Province in 1934.When he was three,the 9th Panchen Erdeni determinedhim to be the reincarnated soul boy of the 3rd Living Buddha Quxi Pandit,and he wasgiven he religious name of Quxi Lobtsang Huadain Longrou Gyarnco. An enthrone-ment ceremony was held in Tar Monastery on April 15,1936,and he was tonsured inthe monastery on April 15,1943.展开更多
文摘EDITOR'S NOTE:The author wasblessed with a rarechance to be with31 Living Buddhas,kampo abbots andsutra teaches-hail-ing from Tibet andthe areas inhabitedby the Tibetans inSichuan,Qinghai,Gansu and YunnanProvinces,andrecorded the follow-ing stories．
文摘Entering any Tibetan Buddhist monastery one may feel overwhelmed, struck with awe. But the worshipping seems much more pleasant at the Sepa Monastery which is hidden in deep mountains on the right bank of Tongtian River—the upper reach section of the Yangtze, in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province. A closer observation can tell that the pleasant feeling comes from the brightness inside the main hall of the monastery, as well as from the lush woods around its buildings, which present a sweet greenness rarely seen
文摘Most of thefamous monas-teries in Tibetare found inmountainous gullies withlittle of no tree cover. How-ever, this is not the casewith Razheng Monastery,which lies under luxurianttrees.
文摘THE 20-square-meter classroom is decked with golden cloth and the atmosphere is thick with the strong smell of animal glue. A shrine to Buddha sits at the entrance of the classroom and religious music softly plays in the background. Teacher Pedma painted Tibetan thangka embroidered scrolls with his students inside a courtyard in Beijing＇s Huairou District on June 1.
文摘WU Quan （pseudonym） made up her mind to follow a Buddhist path after she watched the animated film Renunciation - released by Longquan Monastery, sometimes known as Dragon Spring Monastery. in Beijing.
文摘LESHAN,A small city in eastern Sichuan Province,is famous for its 71-meter-tall statue of the Buddha,which since A.D.713 has stood watch where three rivers,the Minjiang Qingyi-jiang and Daduhe,meet.The site attracts thousands of tourists every year.
文摘Origin-Ancient India I was shocked by its beauty and mysterious attraction at my first sight on a Zhazha from a documentary broad- casted by CCTV.I had never imaged that so many kinds of pattern and Buddha embossment can be con-
文摘LIVING BUDDHA QUXILiving Buddha Quxi was born into a poor Tibetan peasant family in Guide County,Qinghai Province in 1934.When he was three,the 9th Panchen Erdeni determinedhim to be the reincarnated soul boy of the 3rd Living Buddha Quxi Pandit,and he wasgiven he religious name of Quxi Lobtsang Huadain Longrou Gyarnco. An enthrone-ment ceremony was held in Tar Monastery on April 15,1936,and he was tonsured inthe monastery on April 15,1943.
