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What is the correct Meditation Posture?
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So what should I sit on to meditate? We discuss different suggestions and present a couple of designs of elegant meditation stools that can offer good support to help you achieve a good posture for meditation.
Indian Sculpture - What is the lost Wax Process?
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Many Indian Statues are made by the lost wax process in which a wax sculpture of an image is covered in clay which is then baked. The wax melts leaving a negative image. Molten metal is then poured into the mould.
Butter Lamps and Oil Lamps
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You'll find oil lamps burning in Hindu and Buddhist temples throughout India, Nepal and Tibet. In these cultures fire is a symbol of transformation, for Hindus the cremation after death is a transformative process.
Indian Wooden Water Pots
We love these traditional Indian wooden water pots. We call them pots but they may be made from wood, metal or ceramic. Plastic is of course cheaper and lighter and is inevitably becoming more popular.
The Wooden Carvings of Kathmandu
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Kathmandu, Patan & Bhaktapur were once separate kingdoms, rivalry led them to compete to produce the best architecture, resulting in some of the best on the Indian subcontinent.