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 Debates at Sera Monastery by tompt
The main attraction when visiting the monastery is the debates between the (student) monks. Every afternoon at 15:00 or 15:30 they have debates about religious isues in the courtyard. The monks try to make there point by clapping their hands or stamping their feeth.
To see, and hear, what it looks like we put a short movie here. Leave a Comment
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 The Potala dominates the Lhasa
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It is very difficult to get a ticket for the Potala, at least it was in july 2004. We had to buy our tickets at least a day in advance, and show our pasport to book it.
The Potala was built by the fifth Dalai Lama on the site of the former palace of King Songsten Gampo. Work began in 1645 and the 5th Dalai Lama moved here in 1649. The next Dalai Lamas all had their residence here. Leave a Comment
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A magnificent way to experience the views of Lhasa is to climb to the top of Jokhang Monastery. On the way pass the elderly community who come every day to pray together and spin their prayer wheels.
Once at the top you will look out over Barkhor Square and take in the city, the Potala Palace, the surrounding mountains and the pilgrims circling the monastery.
It is free to go up there and you will experience some amazing views as well as chat with the locals!
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The Stables – Chibrakhang – consists of two buildings, currently under renovation. I was fascinated by the work going on, most carried out by women, and the speed at which they were working. There are said to be some striking murals depicting horses inside, but these were obviously currently out of bounds. Leave a Comment
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 by tompt
The temple you see today is not the same, but a great building several restorations later.
It is a very important temple for the pilgrims and they walk around it, a route inside and along the main statues. pilgrims don't pay an entrance fee, but you, the tourist have to. We payed 70 yuan in July 2004. For that money we got a small CDrom with some pictures and a short story about the Jokhang, and we were allowed to cut the line to get into the main chapel.
Don't forget to visit the second floor from which you have a nice view on Barkhor Square and the Potala Palace in the distance.
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 Temple a the medicinal cave by sachara
During our visit the atmosphere around the small temple and the cave wasvery peacefull. It's was nice place to fly from the crowds of the Barkhor area for a while. Leave a Comment Address: LhasaDirections: Less than 1 KM south-west of the Potala.
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 Thangka's by sachara
These rectangular thangkas are religious paintings on cotton or linen, that can be rolled up. Red or yellow silk is used for the border and another piece of silk or brocade serves as a mount. The rolled thangkas can easy be transported by nomads and travelling Buddhist monks. Often the thangka have a depiction of the life of Buddha. Leave a Comment Address: Lhasa, Barkhor
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 Barkhor, pilgrims by sachara
At the same moment the pilgrims normally round the holy places in the clockwise direction. It was peculiar, that the devotees on the picture were walking in the opposite direction.
They told us, that the pilgrims believe, that they by their own circumambulation and the spinning of their prayerwheels evoke the movements of the planets in the heavens, the dance of the electrons around the nucleus and the recurring circle of life. Leave a Comment Address: Lhasa, Barkhor
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 Pilgrims by sachara
Tibetan Buddhists believe, that the making of one hundred prostrations is the first step to acquiring a vast number of merits and will bring a profound purification. Leave a Comment Address: LhasaDirections: In front of the Jokhang Temple.
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 Jokhang Temple, roofcorner by sachara
In Brahmin mythology is told, that Vishvakarman, the architect of the universe, blacksmith and jeweller, god and patron of the manual crafts, sculpted himself one of the most famous Buddhas in the temple. The sculptor of these ornaments looked also be inspired by this god of the manual crafts. Leave a Comment Address: LhasaDirections: Old towncentre.
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