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☸️🕉️ • the Himālayan dweller on her quest for Bön • Vajrayāna aesthetic & my photographs mostly

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Joined October 2022
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The following Queen of Bhutan image tempted me to post my own picture in a purple chuba.
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Dead Tigers in India honored with Hindu funeral cremation.
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A Nepali girl belonging to Magar Hindu tribe performing traditional Thaali dance.
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Hand-painted Buddhist Wheel of Life Thangka painting. Incredible scan quality.
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This is where I tweet from.
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The Potala Palace, Tibet.
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Two female Yetis ripping a human apart from a Buddhist temple painting. 19th century, Mongolia.
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Saraswati Devi in Tibetan Thangka style.
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Goodnight🇳🇵
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AI will never create this. 13th century Thangka from Tibet.
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Birth of Lakshmi, “daughter of the Milky sea”. In Khmer style by French artist Suzanne Lagneau, 1924.
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Contemporary Newari thangka painting from Nepal.
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30 meters reclining Avalokiteśvara that faces the eternal blue steppe sky, carved inside the Ikh Burkhant complex between 1859-1864 in Mongolia. Buddhist symbols and mantra inscribed on the ground in Rañjanā script.
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Decapitated Buddha statue discovery in Hadda Afghanistan, 1923.
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Flying apsara mural at the 4th century Mogao Buddhist cave in China.
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*posts exceptional centuries old cultural religious arts* certain demographics for absolutely no reason unprovoked and uninvited Do they enjoy subjecting themselves to humiliation? what a pitiful insecure existence!
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Devi Lakshmi by Japanese artist Kazuhisa Kusaba.
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A curious Himalayan marmot closely watches and follows an elderly Tibetan woman performing pilgrimage prostrations. May all sentient beings be at ease and healthy. ☸️🙏🏼
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A rare Tibetan Buddhist temple in the highlands of upper western Nepal built with a mixture of pagoda architecture, resembling a Hindu temple at first glance. May all sentient beings be happy and mindful.
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@unityEA108 Non-white people converts to ✝️ and think they become white. Same case everywhere.
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15th century Green Tara from Tibet.
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Tibetans carved out one of the ancient Buddhist Matisi Grottoes in Gansu China and set up their own shrine.
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An antique Tibetan rug.
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Floating Dakini by Eva Schicker.
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Cleaning the dust off the Buddha at Todaiji temple in Japan.
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13th and 18th century Vajracharya crown from Nepal. Crowns for the highest ranking Newari Buddhist priests.
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Chiu Gompa, Tibet. A Buddhist monastery built around the 8th century cave on a steep hill en route to Mount Kailash.
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Buddhist mantra inscribed on Emperor Qianlong armor in Ranjana script (Lantsa) that developed in Nepal and is venerated in Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions. 18th century. Qing dynasty, China.
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Ew, you people already have the Philippines.
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Pray for the conversion of Japan
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Khmer painting of an apsarā (?)
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Namaste 🇳🇵
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Shhh, it’s okay if you missed the celestial dance of the aurora borealis. Here’s a rare white fancy Yak to cheer you up, if that helps.
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My favorite craft piece at NMON.
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A catholic converted Tibetan woman. A Buddha thangka placed next to framed Jesus and Mary as seen inside her home.
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Prince Siddhārtha bids farewell to his horse following the renunciation of his palace to pursue asceticism. 1914, Abanindranath Tagore.
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The Emerald Buddha, a historically significant artifact owned by the Royal Family of Thailand. The priceless robe and crown are adorned with diamonds and gold.
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Siberian tiger lounges upon a Buddha head in Kolmården Zoo, Sweden.
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Princess Ashi Dechen of Bhutan 🇧🇹
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mosaic Green Tara by Jane Kelly.
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