Aspiring To Altitude: Beginning The Descent
A monk descends from the monastery’s upper temple, carrying sacred texts.
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Picture taken in Diskit Tibetan Buddhist monastery, Ladakh.
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Is there significance to the way the steps are painted? It almost seems like a pattern.
April 23, 2012 at 7:04 am
I’m sure there is a significance, though what it might be I cannot tell you! Tibetan Buddhism is full of mysticism and symbolism but its language and iconography are not easily understood by outsiders.
What I can tell you, however, is that the monks were gentle, cheerful and welcoming.
April 23, 2012 at 7:13 am
Very intense colours again, marvellous. Seems that you had a good time there.
April 24, 2012 at 6:06 pm
Diskit monastery is a very special place – and the altitude, of course, brings great intensity to its light and colour..
April 24, 2012 at 8:09 pm