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.

This entry was posted on April 23, 2012 by neitherusenorornament. It was filed under descent, returning, scripture and was tagged with Diskit Monastery, Ladakh.

S. Etole

Is there significance to the way the steps are painted? It almost seems like a pattern.

April 23, 2012 at 7:04 am

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- JofIndia
  
  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
  
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Toffeeapple

Very intense colours again, marvellous. Seems that you had a good time there.

April 24, 2012 at 6:06 pm

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- JofIndia
  
  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
  
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