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A water carrier for the gods—the Kamandalu in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions
Often called a kundi or kundika, particularly in Buddhist literature, some of the earliest known examples of the kamandalu ...
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Videos: 100 'Peaceful and Wrathful' Deities Emerge from Millions of Grains of Sand
It features 42 peaceful and 58 wrathful deities, whom Tibetan Buddhist adherents are said to visualize as emanations of their own "Buddha-nature." Visualization practice helps devotees master feelings ...
AP PHOTOS: Wrathful deities are invoked in a Tibetan Buddhist dance in a monastery in north India
BAIJNATH, India (AP) — Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone courtyard to the sound of drums, cymbals and long horns. Behind them ...
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P.E.I. monastery showcases Tibetan Buddhist art pieces
The walls are lined with vibrant, striking tapestries. Shades of gold, orange and red stand out from the swaths of green and ...
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Himachal Pradesh: Tibetan Buddhist monks perform traditional Cham at Tsechu Fair in Mandi
Tibetan Buddhist monks performed the traditional Cham (lama dance) at the Tsechu Fair in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, to ...
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Wrathful deities are invoked in a Tibetan Buddhist dance in a monastery in north India
Behind them towered the wrathful Buddhist diety Mahakala with his crown of skulls, carrying a bowl of blood and the legendary weapon Vajra. The cham dance is performed in this monastery in the ...