Posts tagged: Buddhist Symbols

The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan Album

The Dragon’s Gift offers a rare opportunity to introduce some of the most sacred Buddhist images of Bhutan to the wider international audience.

Kalachakra Cosmology Diagram

Wallpainting in Punakha Dzong, Bhutan. The cosmology according to the Kalachakra-Tantra, on which the Kagyu-Astrology is based since the 3.Karmapa, is depicted here.

Bhutanese Object to the Commercialisation of Culture

It’s in our hands to preserve the sanctity of our religious art, which we know has no connection with individual expression but rather is guided by religious regulations and considered sacred.

Circling Kailash and Manasarovar

Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar are the only two places in the whole of Tibet that were visited by Lord Buddha.

Ladakh: Lamas Dances

According to Buddhist point of view all our dances are a meaningless deed of body. But each of these dances’ slow movements is filled with sense.