MONKS & NUNS

Monks & Nuns

Chiwong Monks. Solu, Nepal.
Chiwong Monks during Mani Rimdu Festival. Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
Lo Manthang Monks.
3 day long Tiji Festival is celebrated in Lo Manthang in April. Buddhist puja and different kind of Masked dances are performed which is concluded by destroying of evil spirits outside Lo Manthang Kingdom. Mustang, Nepal.
Lo Manthang Monks.
3 day long Tiji Festival is celebrated in Lo Manthang in April. Buddhist puja and different kind of Masked dances are performed which is concluded by destroying of evil spirits outside Lo Manthang Kingdom. Mustang, Nepal.
Lo Manthang Monks.
3 day long Tiji Festival is celebrated in Lo Manthang in April. Buddhist puja and different kind of Masked dances are performed which is concluded by destroying of evil spirits outside Lo Manthang Kingdom. Mustang, Nepal.
Lo Manthang Monks.
3 day long Tiji Festival is celebrated in Lo Manthang in April. Buddhist puja and different kind of Masked dances are performed which is concluded by destroying of evil spirits outside Lo Manthang Kingdom. Mustang, Nepal.
Lo Manthang Monks.
3 day long Tiji Festival is celebrated in Lo Manthang in April. Buddhist puja and different kind of Masked dances are performed which is concluded by destroying of evil spirits outside Lo Manthang Kingdom. Mustang, Nepal.
Lo Manthang Monks.
3 day long Tiji Festival is celebrated in Lo Manthang in April. Buddhist puja and different kind of Masked dances are performed which is concluded by destroying of evil spirits outside Lo Manthang Kingdom. Mustang, Nepal.
Lo Manthang Monks.
3 day long Tiji Festival is celebrated in Lo Manthang in April. Buddhist puja and different kind of Masked dances are performed which is concluded by destroying of evil spirits outside Lo Manthang Kingdom. Mustang, Nepal.
Lo Manthang Monks.
3 day long Tiji Festival is celebrated in Lo Manthang in April. Buddhist puja and different kind of Masked dances are performed which is concluded by destroying of evil spirits outside Lo Manthang Kingdom. Mustang, Nepal.
Lo Manthang Monks.
Nuns of Ngagyur Nyingma Buddhist Nunnery. Thimpu, Bhutan
Lo Manthang Monks.
Chiwang Monks check out Hassel Blad Camera. Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
Lo Manthang Monks.
3 day long Tiji Festival is celebrated in Lo Manthang in April. Buddhist puja and different kind of Masked dances are performed which is concluded by destroying of evil spirits outside Lo Manthang Kingdom. Mustang, Nepal.
Lo Manthang Monks.
3 day long Tiji Festival is celebrated in Lo Manthang in April. Buddhist puja and different kind of Masked dances are performed which is concluded by destroying of evil spirits outside Lo Manthang Kingdom. Mustang, Nepal.
Ngagyur Nyingma Buddhist Nunnery. Thimpu, Bhutan.
Nuns of Ngagyur Nyingma Buddhist Nunnery. Thimpu, Bhutan
Thupten Choeling Monastery in Solu, Nepal.
Thupten Choeling nuns churn butter milk tea at the monastery kitchen. Solu, Nepal.
Ngagyur Nyingma Buddhist Nunnery. Thimpu, Bhutan.
Fluttering Prayer flags at the entrance to Ngagyur Nyingma Buddhist Nunnery. Thimpu, Bhutan
Ngagyur Nyingma Buddhist Nunnery. Thimpu, Bhutan.
Best friends. Ngagyur Nyingma Buddhist Nunnery in Thimpu, Bhutan
Ngagyur Nyingma Buddhist Nunnery. Thimpu, Bhutan.
Nun of Ngagyur Nyingma Buddhist Nunnery in Thimpu, Bhutan
Ngagyur Nyingma Buddhist Nunnery. Thimpu, Bhutan.
Nuns of Ngagyur Nyingma Buddhist Nunnery take turn to sing and dance. Thimpu, Bhutan
Kalachakra Initiation in Bodhgaya, India. (Jan-2012)
Buddhist monks prostrating at Maha Bodhi temple complex in Bodhgaya. Prostration is a gesture used in Buddhist practice to show reverence to the Triple Gem (comprising the Buddha, his teachings, and the spiritual community) and other objects of veneration. Kalachakra Initiation in Bodhgaya, India. (Jan-2012)
Elderly Nun. Solu.
Nuns from Thupten Choeling Monastery come to Chiwong Monastery every year to attend Mani Rimdu Festival. Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
Kalachakra Initiation in Bodhgaya, India. (Jan-2012)
Devotion! Tens of thousands of Buddhist pilgrims from around the world traveled to Bodhgaya, a town in Northern India, to hear exiled Tibetan Spiritual leader HH Dalai Lama give the Kalachakra-religious teachings. Kalachakra Initiation in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India. (Jan-2012)
Kopan Monastery.
Young nuns of Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Lamayuru. Ladakh, India.
Young monks outside Lamayuru Gompa. Ladakh, India.
Chiwong Monks. Solu, Nepal.
Monks at Chiwong Monastery. Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
Ngagyur Nyingma Buddhist Nunnery. Thimpu, Bhutan.
Nuns of Ngagyur Nyingma Buddhist Nunnery in Thimpu, Bhutan
Chiwong Monks. Solu, Nepal.
Young monks at Chiwong Monastery. Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
Kopan Monastery.
Young nuns with Solar Panels at Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Ngagyur Nyingma Buddhist Nunnery. Thimpu, Bhutan.
Nuns of Ngagyur Nyingma Buddhist Nunnery take turn to sing and dance. Thimpu, Bhutan
Simtokha Dzong. Bhutan.
Simtokha Dzong is a small dzong, located about 3 miles south of the Bhutanese capital of Thimphu. Built in 1629 by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, who unified Bhutan, the dzong is the first of its kind built in Bhutan. An important historical monument and former Buddhist monastery, today it houses one of the premier Dzongkha language learning institutes. It recently underwent renovation. Bhutan.

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