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Modern Tibet

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Rosemary
A man and boy use their cell phones while a sheep stands by

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Tibet 2007 The man chats. The boy texts. The sheep stands by with his bell just in case he wants the shepherd to know where he is.

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Drepung Monastery Prayers

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Rosemary
A Buddhist monk offers an evergreen branch covered with barley flour as a prayer at Tibet's Drepung Monastery

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Tibet 2007…at the entrance to Drepung Monastery It’s like lighting a candle in a Catholic church: an action that adds to the solemnity of your prayers. I watched the Tibetan pilgrims accept an evergreen branch sprinkled with barley flour and … Continue reading →

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Ladakh Monastery Temple

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Rosemary
statue of Buddha with halo and dressed in silks on a throne a monastery temple in Ladakh

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India: Ladakh (Jammu Kashmir) 2005 The interior of one of the many Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh, India. A golden Buddha with a crown or halo sits on a throne. He is dressed in colorful silks and butterlamps burn before him. … Continue reading →

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Tibet: Drepung Monastery

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Rosemary
Tibetan Women at Drepung Monastery

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Tibet 2007 A younger woman helps an older woman up the stone steps of the monastery. There isn’t just one temple, there are many and the Tibetans who had come to pray wanted to enter and pray in all of … Continue reading →

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Potala Palace

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Rosemary
View of Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet once the residence of Dalai Lama

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Tibet 2007 Potala Palace, once the residence of the Dalai Lama, contains over a thousand rooms. Most of them, in the white parts of the building, house the monks or are used as store rooms, kitchens, etc. The dark colored uppermost part … Continue reading →

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“Ask and You Shall Receive ” Mathew 7:7

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Rosemary
Tibetan women prostrate themselves in prayer

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Tibet 2007 Tibetan women offer prayers and penance as they circle the monastery by performing a series of prostrations. They perform this forehead on the ground position which can be called a ‘kowtow’, then rise, take one step forward, lie face down … Continue reading →

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Drepung Monastery

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Rosemary
Tibetan woman rushing past prayer wheels with thermos in hand

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Drepung Monastery, a few miles outside of Lhasa 2007 A pious Buddhist woman rushes past prayer wheels carrying a thermos of ghee. She wants to contribute some ghee to the lamps flickering at each shrine in the rambling monastery and she must run to carry out … Continue reading →

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Moment of Decision

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Rosemary
Ginger colored cat at Drepung Temple in Tibet

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Lhasa, Tibet 2007  Drepung Monastery This little cat has its work cut out for it. I’ve read that Buddhist Monasteries have a large rat population because Buddhists don’t believe in killing anything, not even a nasty rodent like a rat. In … Continue reading →

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Cool Colors or Warm Colors?

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Rosemary
A man swims in azure waters off the coast of Senegal

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The Gambia, West Africa 1998 A lone swimmer enters the water near the mouth of the Gambia River as our ferry docks. We can almost feel the coolness of the water on his skin because I’ve saturated the cool blues and cyans … Continue reading →

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Tibetan Countryside

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Rosemary
Tibetan girl in traditonal dress stands in a canola field Quinghai Province China

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Quinghai, Province, China 2007 Stylized photograph of Tibetan girl in traditional costume. Tibetan writing superimposed in Photoshop.

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