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  • Most of the monks study Buddhaís words, meditate and pray in their small houses. Oulsal shares his one room house with one more monk..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Most of the monks study Buddhaís words, meditate and pray in their small houses. Oulsal shares his one room house with one more monk..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Pilgrims in front of a monk's home..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Tibetan families consider an honor to have a child tha choses to become a monk..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Turning the large prayer wheel at the end of the pilgrims route..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • The pilgrimage is mainly to follow the pilgrimís route around the monastic village. Some of them choose to follow the route doing prostrations towards the village and the temples..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Prayers left at the grasslands, by monks and pilgrims..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • To hire a tricycle is a very common way of transportation in Xiahe.LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • The frond of the female monastery..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • The white stupas dominate the landscape. On the pilgrims route..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Turning the large prayer wheel at the end of the pilgrims route..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Touching the holly statues for bliss is part of the pilgrimage..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Pilgrims relaxing and praying in the monastery garden. Many pilgrims that come from Tibetan villages spend their nights on the monasteryís yards. .LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Pilgrims relaxing and praying in the monastery garden. Many pilgrims that come from Tibetan villages spend their nights on the monasteryís yards..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Pilgrims relaxing on the monastery garden. Many pilgrims that come from Tibetan villages spend their nights on the monasteryís yards. .LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • In the garden of the monastery.LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • In the garden of the monastery..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • In the garden of the monastery..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Everything becomes red under a red tent in the garden of the monastery. There, monks have loud philishophical debates every afternoon..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou
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  • On the street between the houses of the monnks..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • The East side of the monastic village is occupied by the monksí houses..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • View of the monastery..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou
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  • Tibetan families consider an honor to have a child tha choses to become a monk..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Monks offer snacks to the children..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • The pilgrimage is mainly to follow the pilgrimís route around the monastic village. .LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Pilgrims pray counting the beeds of their mala..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • The garden of the monastery were every afternoon, monks have philosophical debates and play a philosophical (as Oulsal said) game that follows them..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Tibetan monks are generally very pleasant to foreigners..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Monastery yard..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Bridge over the Dasha river with prayer scarves and prayer flags..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Pilgrim relaxing by Dasha river..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou
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  • Oulsal. Tibetans rent horses for horse-riding at the grasslands..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Monks offer snacks to the children..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • View of the monastery..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • The pilgrimage is mainly to follow the pilgrimís route around the monastic village. .LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
    24 pilgrims.jpg
  • On the pilgrims way there are hundreds of prayer wheels to turn..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Pilgrims relaxing on the monastery garden. Many pilgrims that come from Tibetan villages spend their nights on the monasteryís yards. .LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Everything becomes red under a red tent in the garden of the monastery. There, monks have loud philishophical debates every afternoon..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou
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  • Streets of the monastery..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • Morning on the streets of the monastery..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou
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  • Pilgrims devote prayer scarves to the Buddhist divinities.LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou
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  • Oulsal at the grasslands near the monastery, aproximately 3000m hight. There, the Tibetans bring their Yak to feed. .LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • The garden of the monastery were every afternoon, monks have philosophical debates and play a philosophical (as Oulsal said) game that follows them..LAMBRANG MONASTERY IN XIAHE - CHINA.copyright: Androniki Christodoulou.
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  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Small ceremony for the washing of Buddha's handkerchief.
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  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Rehearsing the ceremony for Buddha's birthday.
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  • LIVING ZEN - HOSHINJI MONASTERY, OBAMA-JAPAN..Rehearsing the ceremony for Buddha's birthday.
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  • Little Buddha statues in the main building of Ishiyamadera temple where lady Murasaki  started writing "The Tale of Genji" , a 1000 years ago...
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  • TOYAMA MEDICINE.Budha holding a medicine pot at Gohyaku-rakan (500 acheivers of nirvana) in Toyama's Chokenji temple. .Chokeiji Temple is situated in Kureha Hills in the suburbs of Toyama City. 500 stone disciples of Buddha are placed side by side quietly on the eastern hillside of the temple. Some of them are standing, and others are sitting. It is said that none of them has the same expression. This area is noted for its cherry blossoms in spring and the colored leaves in fall, which attract many tourists every year..Toyama prefecture is located near the center of Japan and is approximatelythe same distance from the three largest cities in Japan-Tokyo,Nagoya,andOsaka. Toyama's pharmaceutical tradition has a more than 300 years history. As it is located on the Japan sea, it is facing China and has been an importer of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge which it developed through the years. There are now approximately 100 manufactures and over 100 factories in Toyama in terms of pharmaceutical products and Toyama prefecture acquires a steady reputation as Japan's medicine manufacturing base.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang teaching foreignTaijquan teachers and students during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is a world famous Chinese Taijiquan teacher, who was born and rased in Chenjiagou. Since 1990 he left China and started promoting Taiji around the world. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang teaching Chinese Taijiquan teachers during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is a world famous Chinese Taijiquan teacher, who was born and rased in Chenjiagou. Since 1990 he left China and started promoting Taijiquan around the world. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Women bathing in the women-only "Maya no yu" (Maya is the name of Buddha's mother - hot spring) of the Takaragawa onsen (hot spring) in Gunma prefecture north of Tokyo - JAPAN 8 July 2006
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  • Women bathing in the women-only "Maya no yu" (Maya is the name of Buddha's mother - hot spring) of the Takaragawa onsen (hot spring) in Gunma prefecture north of Tokyo - JAPAN 8 July 2006
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang teaching Chinese Taijiquan teachers during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is a world famous Chinese Taijiquan teacher, who was born and rased in Chenjiagou. Since 1990 he left China and started promoting Taijiquan around the world. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Poster with members of the Chen family with the  four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou at the bottom of it. I is located in the center of the village very near the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School.
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  • Women bathing in the women-only "Maya no yu" (Maya is the name of Buddha's mother - hot spring) of the Takaragawa onsen (hot spring) in Gunma prefecture north of Tokyo - JAPAN 8 July 2006
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang teaching foreignTaijquan teachers and students during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is a world famous Chinese Taijiquan teacher, who was born and rased in Chenjiagou. Since 1990 he left China and started promoting Taiji around the world. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang teaching Chinese Taijiquan teachers during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is a world famous Chinese Taijiquan teacher, who was born and rased in Chenjiagou. Since 1990 he left China and started promoting Taijiquan around the world. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang teaching Chinese Taijiquan teachers during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is a world famous Chinese Taijiquan teacher, who was born and rased in Chenjiagou. Since 1990 he left China and started promoting Taijiquan around the world. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang teaching Chinese Taijiquan teachers during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is a world famous Chinese Taijiquan teacher, who was born and rased in Chenjiagou. Since 1990 he left China and started promoting Taijiquan around the world. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang during a demonstration at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is a world famous Chinese Taijiquan teacher, who was born and rased in Chenjiagou. Since 1990 he left China and started promoting Taiji around the world. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou.
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