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Archive for April, 2010
Buddha’s Apprentice
The custom of sending the second male child to the monastery prevails in Tibetan influenced parts of India. These children generally fell into 3 categories: pious believers, children of poor serfs and those sent to temples to meet a quota. Although life in the monastery is difficult and dull to many young children, modern day comforts have made their presence.
Suryavarman II Sacred Angkor Wat
Built in the early 12th C as King Suryavarman II’s temple state and capital city, Angkor Wat was neglected after the 16th C only to be discovered by French explorer – Henri Mouhot – in the mid-19th C. Restoration begun in the 20th C and continues today by foreign parties despite the establishment of the Angkor World Heritage Site that provides funds to the Cambodian government.
Raising Wind Horse
Tibetan prayer flags are raised traditionally to promote peace, compassion, strength and wisdom. Found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas, it is believed to help appease the local gods and spirits of mountains, valleys, lakes, streams and sea; which provoked causes natural disaster and disease.