The first day photographing the paintings and caves at Ajanta, which didn’t go as well as hoped.
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 A trip to one of the most secluded group of caves we have visited in Maharasthra. Read More: Pitalkhora Caves, near Kannad, Maharasthra  Publication of the first complete translation of this collection of 140 Dharma terms, and their factors. Read More: Publication of Dharma-Sangraha, The Dharma Collection  New photographs on the Photo Dharma website published from a syncretic, Chinese Traditional/Mahāyāna Temple on the Malaysian coast.  The hidden Karmavibhanga reliefs at Borobudur are now available on the Photo Dharma website Read More: The Karmavibhanga Reliefs on Photo Dharma  Photographs of the 84 Guan Yin Statues at Wat Khao Rup Chang illustrating the Great Compassion Mantra. Read More: The 84 Statues of Guan Yin on Photo Dharma  A large Temple complex featuring many unusual Thai folk-style reliefs of the Buddha in unusual postures. Read More: New Album showing unusual Buddha Relief Carvings on Photo Dharma  Publication of photos from a visit to Wat Yannanva in Bangkok, which has many fine statues and a large collection of relics. Read More: Statues and Reliquaries at Wat Yannava in Bangkok on Photo Dharma  Publication of two new short chanting texts on the Ancient Buddhist Texts website; the Prajñāpāramitā-Hṛdaya, the Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom, and the Tigumbacetiyathomanā – Praise of the Tigumba Shrine.  Report on the photoshoot trip to the remote temple of Banteay Chhmar in North-West Cambodia. Read More: Trip to Banteay Chhmar  A video based on a talk looking at the spread of Buddhist Civilisation throughout Asia from the earliest times till around 1,200 years after its beginning. Read More: Bhante Anandajoti: 4. The Spread of Buddhist Civilisation through Asia  Leave a commentCategories: Talks, Video Tags: Afghanistan, Angkor, Asoka, Cambodia, Culture, Himalayas, Hindu Sites, History, India, Indonesia, Java, Mahayana, Maps, Sri Lanka, Tipitaka, Translation  Video of the China Disabled Peoples Performance Art Troupe, with their lead dancer, Tai Lihua, performing the famous Buddha with a Thousand Hands dance, recorded for German TV in 2008. Read More: Buddha With A Thousand Hands (2008)  Thich Nhat Hanh has always been one of my true Buddhist heroes and the quintessential teachings are contained in these guidelines, which were first formulated during the Vietnam War. Read More: The Fourteen Guidelines of Engaged Buddhism  This is a wonderful rendition of the third Great Compassion Mantra as found in the Chinese tradition with some beautiful images uploaded with the victims of the Japanese Tsunami in mind.  The Journey of Xuanzang is a lavishly illustrated 12-part biography of the great Chinese traveler and translator Xuanzang, based on Records of the Western World and A Biography of the Tripitaka Master. Read More: The Journey of Xuanzang: An Introduction  Buddhism holds that the universe and all creatures in it are intrinsically in a state of complete wisdom, love and compassion; acting in natural response and mutual interdependence. Read More: Gary Snyder: Buddhist Anarchism  According to the traditional biography of Aśvaghoṣa, which was translated into Chinese by Kumārajīva, he was originally a wandering ascetic who was able to defeat all-comers in debate. Read More: The Traditional Life of Aśvaghoṣa  This is a beautiful recitation of a translation of the Heart Sūtra by Marina Lighthouse, along with some atmospheric black and white photographs from Borobudur and elsewhere. Read More: The Heart Sutra recited by Marina Lighthouse  Tomorrow I start posting the 12-part Silk Road series. I found this series about 2 years ago, and have watched it all the way through three times by now, and individual episodes at other times. Read More: Introduction to The Silk Road Series  Earlier in the month I went for a tour of some of the temples in Bukit Mertajam and will be publishing the results over the next couple of weeks. Read More: Glasswork at the Vaidurya Buddhist Lodge, Bukit Mertajam |
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