Docs of group: Free Tibet

Green Tara

nobody@ipernity.com (Franck Alleron) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:11:34 +0000

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Lobsang Gyaltsen, Loyak, and Penkyi are now heros

nobody@ipernity.com (Henri Banks) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:46:22 +0000

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When the chinese kills we can Kill chinese !!

Crime

nobody@ipernity.com (Henri Banks) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:23:38 +0000

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Exterieur et Intérieur Rieur

nobody@ipernity.com (Franck Alleron) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:07:29 +0000

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Portes ouvertes au centre social de Chevreux
La salle des cerf-Volants

T'es vraiment Incas

nobody@ipernity.com (Franck Alleron) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:44:08 +0000

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Un cas ;-)
Pour la peine je t'ai ajouté au groupe "Fruits et légumes" et "Free Tibet":-)

Radiance

nobody@ipernity.com (Designldg) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:48:24 +0000

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This is a portrait of Karma Topchen, a Tibetan monk staying at the Tibetan temple which is located in Sarnath where I like to come often.
It is nearby Varanasi (Benaras) next to a deer park (Sarnath in Sanskrit) and it is where the Buddha set in motion the Wheel of Dharma by delivering his first sermon to the group of five companions with whom he had previously sought enlightenment.
I was leaving the temple when he came on a bicycle, it was before sunset and the light was perfect enhancing the colour saffron of his garment.
His smile was a peaceful demonstration of happiness and serinity, I took several pictures which I have been mailing him.
He answered me that he liked them.
I believe that it is a blessing to be able to meet people carrying such a radiant energy as it is capable of being transmitted to those who accept to receive it...

“Om Mani Padme Hum”.

Buddhistische Unterweisungen

nobody@ipernity.com (Varin) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:34:56 +0000

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Seine Heilgkeit, der 14. Dalai Lama, gibt Erläuterungen zu einem alten buddhistischen Text.

DELIRIUM

nobody@ipernity.com (Algri) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:35:38 +0000

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anciennement: jeu d'ombre sur drapeau tibétain

The Real Magicians

nobody@ipernity.com (Designldg) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:02:55 +0000

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“We are the real magicians
For in actual fact nothing exists.
Pleasure and pain are created by attraction and aversion,
Grasping attractions magically creates things,
And if we analyze this thoroughly,
We can't be certain that even we exist”.
(from My Crazy Tale, An Autobiographical Poem by H.H. the XIIth Gyalwang Drukpa)

Those Tibetan Buddhist monks were coming back from a ceremony that they had to perform in the hills.
I took this picture as they were entering the courtyard of Hemis Gompa, a monastery located in the Ladakh region of the Western Himalayas, at an altitude of 12,000 feet making it one of the highest settlements of the world.

Teacher of the Snowy Realms

nobody@ipernity.com (Designldg) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:53:28 +0000

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“To the great teachers of the snowy realms
And emanations of former times,
To their play of knowledge and compassion,
Like the dancing reflection of the moon in water,
I pay homage”.
(from My Crazy Tale, An Autobiographical Poem by H.H. the XIIth Gyalwang Drukpa)

It was almost seven o’clock in the morning when I took this picture at Thiksey Gompa, a Tibetan monastery in the Ladakhi Himalayan hills.
This Buddhist monk was leaving a temple, a few meters further he met a group of kids and they went together to a classroom.

Along the Silk Route

nobody@ipernity.com (Designldg) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:42:55 +0000

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This was shot at sunset from the main door of the ancient palace in Leh, the capital of Ladakh in the Himalayan hills.
This palace was modelled on the Potala Palace in Lhasa (Tibet) and is the highest building in the world of his own times.

Leh has for centuries been an important stopover on trade routes along the Indus Valley between Tibet to the east, Kashmir to the west and also between India and China.
The main goods carried were salt, grain, pashm or cashmere wool, charas (cannabis resin) from the Tarim Basin, indigo, silk yarn and Banaras brocade.

A Journey of Time

nobody@ipernity.com (Designldg) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:45:33 +0000

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“Time never changes.
Even if the world keeps changing its external presentation, it is still samsara.
Beings are still trapped in the wheel of existence, dancing with greed, hatred and delusion.
The same mind travels from one body to the next.
Sometimes we are animals, sometimes we are humans, and sometimes we are gods.
Our karma leads us on our journey, sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet.
Life is just a dream.
A hero is one who awakens from this dream."

These words are the preface of “A Journey of Time”, the book of His Holiness the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa.
(http://www.drukpa.org)

This is a picture of a child whome I met in front of Hemis Gompa, a secluded Tibetan monastery in the Himalayan hills of Ladakh.
He was there alone, playing with a pebble and he didn’t pay much attention to my camera.
At that time only the cold wind was breaking the silence around us.
I took several pictures of him and I felt that he already had the maturity of a Tibetan monk, I could perceive an amazing peace flowing out of him, something that he might have carried since the begining of his “journey”...

Bestowing Blessings

nobody@ipernity.com (Designldg) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:00:10 +0000

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I met this lady at Hemis Gompa which is a secluded Tibetan monastery in the Himalayan hills of Ladakh.
she came with her husband and their new born baby.
We visited several temples and rooms together and we met again later in an old temple where some lamas and priests, in the presence of the oracle, where performing a ceremony.
They asked blessings for their child, it was done with oil and water.
According the Buddhist point of view, this first function is a way to celebrate a great occasion, a human rebirth who has the great potential to do something for others.
They allowed me to take as many pictures I wanted and I even did several videos with my camera.
I didn’t speak much to them but we shared many things with our eyes and many smiles that I might keep in a corner of my mind forever...

The Second Buddha

nobody@ipernity.com (Designldg) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:35:30 +0000

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This is a picture of the Padmasambhava statue shot in Hemis Monastery in the Himalayan hills of Ladakh.
The Lotus Born, is said to have transmitted Tantric Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet in the 8th century where he is better known as Guru Rinpoche ("Precious Master") or Lopon Rinpoche and where followers of the Nyingma school regard him as the second Buddha.

He said: "My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra.
My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantrabhadri.
I belong to the caste of non-duality of the sphere and awareness.
My name is the Glorious Lotus Born.
I am from the unborn sphere of all phenomena.
I consume concepts of duality as my diet.
I act in the way of the Buddhas of the three times."

He is further considered an emanation of Buddha Amitabha and traditionally even venerated as "a second Buddha".

"And there was Light"

nobody@ipernity.com (Designldg) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:08:49 +0000

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“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light”.
(Genesis, 1. 1)

This is a view of Pangong Tso (Tso: lake in Ladakhi) located in Ladakh, at the Chinese border, at a height of about 4,250 m (13,900 ft) in the Himalayan hills.

"Connecting People"

nobody@ipernity.com (Designldg) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:04:17 +0000

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This was shot during a Tibetan ceremony in the courtyard of Hemis Gompa, a monastery in the Himalayanan hills of Ladakh.
This young monk kept on taking pictures with his phone and others were smilling at him, they didn’t seem to be disturbed so I felt comfortable to do the same.
There is no phone connection in such a high place and I was happy not to be
connected to the rest of the world during my stay on the Tibetan Plateau.
However people can still shoot from their phone.
After the ceremony we both shared our pictures, I was remembering the motto used by the Finnish brand of his phone and I thought that they couldn’t have found a better one, indeed Nokia is “connecting people”...

Flourishing Teachings

nobody@ipernity.com (Designldg) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:01:36 +0000

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Once Jamgon Tsongkhapa declared:
“On the right bank of the River Sindh (Indus) my teachings will come to flourish”.
According to this prophesy the Lord’s own disciple, Shesrab Zangpo of Stod first built the temple of Stagmo Lhakhang at the top of the Thiksey valley.
Then his nephew called Paldan Sherab founded the great monastery of Thiksey together with the residence for Lama and it came to flourish.
There are sacred shrines inside the monastery complex and a rich collection of numerous valuable artifacts and ancient relics.

Thiksey Gompa serves as the residence of approximately eighty monks.
The successive reincarnations of the Skyabsje Khanpo Rinpoche act as incumbents of the monastery.

Since 1430 AD children are coming to study there.

A Shadow that Never Leaves

nobody@ipernity.com (Designldg) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:23:22 +0000

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“All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him.
If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him”.
(The Buddha - Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)

This is one of the first picture I took of Chemet Nameyail at Hemis Gompa (monastery) which is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Drukpa Lineage which is located in Hemis, Ladakh (within the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir).
Situated 45 km from Leh at an altitude of 12,000 feet , the monastery was established in 1672 by the Ladakhi king Senge Namgyal and is one of the highest settlements of the world.

This young man is a monk, he has a beautiful soul, full of knowledge and happiness, he speaks an amazing English.
I believe that we are also made of the people we meet who leave us something from their soul and I wish I kept some of his amazing energy.
I have sent him some of the pictures that I shot that day, he said he will come to see me in Benaras when he goes to Sarnath.

This is another portrait of him:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/designldg/3553372451/in/set-72157617608379902

Living Purely

nobody@ipernity.com (Designldg) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:20:13 +0000

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“Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet.
Do your work with mastery.
Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine”.
(The Buddha - Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)

This young man is a Tibetan Buddhist monk, we met in Hemis Gompa, a monastery located in the Ladakh region of the Western Himalayas, at an altitude of 12,000 feet making it one of the highest settlements of the world.
He was kind enough to spend an afternoon with me in the monastic complex and to open a few rooms where I could see amazing statues among other marvels.
We managed to talk, I was mixing English and Hindi and he was answering in Ladakhi and Tibetan that I don’t speak at all however we managed to understand eachother.
His name is Jigmat Stanzin Lama and he must be one of the purest soul I ever met so far.
I’ll never forget those precious moments, like this one when he was blowing in a ceremonial trumpet in order to welcome several monks and the oracle who were coming back from a ceremony that they had to perform in the hills.

Conquer Yourself

nobody@ipernity.com (Designldg) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:25:57 +0000

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“It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours.
It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell”.
(The Buddha - Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)

Those fingers belong to the huge statue of Maitreya Buddha which is in a temple at Thiksey Monastery in front of the Himalayan hills of Ladakh.