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Buddhism Photos

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These " Pictures of Buddhism " were taken during my 2006 trip to China.



Spare-life goats at the holy Dabao temple



Chicken at Ringa. This is a "spared-life" animal, one that has been saved from the butcher and set free at the monastery



Sumtsanlang monsatery, the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery complex in southern China



Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags at Ringa monastery



Buddhist prayers written in Chinese



World's largest prayer wheel, located in Shangri-La, China



Giant prayer wheel in Zhongdian



Tibetan prayer flags



Buddhist pilgrims prostrating at Sumtsanlang monsatery



Tibetan Buddhist pilgrim Sumtsanlang monsatery



Buddha inside Sumtsanlang monsatery



Golden ornamental deer at Sumtsanlang monsatery



Man working at the Tibetan buddhist temple of Ringa



Oodles of prayer flags at Ringa temple



Offerings at Ringa Buddhist temple



Inside living quarters of a caretaker of





Yak butter candle burning



Stone carving



Prayer wheels at Sumtsanlang monsatery



Interior of Sumtsanlang monsatery



Gold and green dragon



Golden roof at Sumtsanlang monsatery



Monastery at holy Ringa mountain



Rolls of Tibetan prayer flags



Buddhist prayer flags at the holy mountain of Ringa



Prayer flags blowing in a fierce wind



Decorations on the world's largest prayer wheel



Decorations on the world's largest prayer wheel in Zhongdian



Largest Buddhist prayer wheel in the world



Prayer flags at a Buddhist shrine in northwestern Yunnan province



Tibetan shrine



Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags at Da bao si



Closeup of a modern Tibetan prayer flag



World's largest prayer wheel, located in Zhongdian



Looking up at the world's largest prayer wheel



Prayer flags at Meili outlook point



Many monks in red waiting for a bus



Monks waiting for a bus



Monks walking down a town street



Young monks speaking with the driver of a minivan



Masses of prayer flags in the upper Mekong river valley



Tibetan shrine along road to Deqin



Spared-life goats at Da Bao si temple (Ringa monastery) In NW Yunnan



Spare-life animals at Ringa monastery



Tibetan prayer flag with terrace rice paddies behind



Buddhist statue inside Sumtsanlang monsatery







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