2016, we returned from the wonderful landscape and culture of Ladakh and Zanskar, a Buddhist region in northern India sandwiched between Kashmir and Tibet, an ancient culture often called Little Tibet.
The face of the Buddha is one of the most iconic images in the world even though representations of his face vary widely from one Buddhist culture to another. In common is the sense of peace and liberation.
We went to Nepal just a few months before the earthquake in May 2015. We sent funds to different agencies and also direct to our trekking guide who’s been buying building materials for his home village.
Puja Meditation, Ritual Puja (literally an offering) is an important aspect of Hindu and Buddhist faiths. In Buddhism it can be part of a Meditation Ritual on one of the Bodhisattvas or Buddhas.
The spirits of the mountains and forests must be appeased for the village to prosper. These masks are being used in the Cham, or masked, dance festivals at monasteries in the Buddhist region of Ladakh, northern India.