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Showing posts with label Buddhism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Buddhism. Show all posts
03 November 2019

Dazu caves

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 I have been here before, see my post of 2011 in this blog. Dazu, Niche of Sakyamuni Entering Nirvana, end XII cent. AD
11 February 2019

Taipei Tianhou and Qingshui temples

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Giornata dedicata ai templi, una parte così importante di Taipei. Per primo il tempio di Tianhou (la principessa del cielo) dedicato a Mazu...
17 September 2016

Nanshan: tempio e parco

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Oggi gita a Nanshan, un parco di natura e cultura incentrato sulla grande statua della dea Guan Yin.  In albergo chiamiamo un fidato Didi: 1...
25 August 2016

5. - 25 August: Jakar to Mongar

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We wake up at 6 o'clock, have breakfast and hit the road by 7. Low clouds at dawn give room to a sunny morning very quickly and it prom...
29 February 2016

Book review: Married to Bhutan (2011) by Linda Leaming, ****

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Synopsis Tucked away in the eastern end of the Himalayas lies Bhutan—a tiny, landlocked country bordering China and India. Impossibly re...
05 May 2013

The National Museum of Maldives (second visit)

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Today it's my second visit to the Maldives National Museum. I came here for the first time in 2009, and I wrote about this visit in my b...
08 September 2012

Book review: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance (1974), by Robert Pirsig *****

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She does not look zen (Sorong, Indonesia) Synopsis A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, Zen a...
10 June 2012

CD review: Lama's Chants Songs of Awa, *****

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Synopsis Marking the 10th year since this popular Buddhist chant album was first released, this reissue ups the ante by featuring an expand...
16 May 2012

Film Review: Samsara (2001), by Pan Nalin, ****

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Synopsis The film was released in 2001 and remains a classic in its genre. A spiritual love-story set in the majestic landscape of Ladak...
14 February 2012

Book Review: Buddhism Without Beliefs, by Stephen Batchelor, ****

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Synopsis The author points out that Buddha was not a mystic and his awakening was not a shattering revelation that revealed the mysteries o...
14 October 2011

Book Review: A Little Book of Zen, *****

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I bought this book some six years ago and it has found a permament home atop my writing desk ever since. I open it almost every day, usually...
30 August 2010

Book Review: Buddhist Monasteries of Himachal Pradesh, by O.C. Handa, *****

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Review This book is a priceless resource for anyone interested in a concise account of all Buddhist monasteries in the Indian state of Hima...
24 August 2010

13° g - 24 AGO: Kaza – Kibber (4205 m)–Kee Gompa (3957 m)– Kaza, km 42

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Giornata in giro per la valle dello Spiti. Partiamo da Kaza in direzione di Kee. Ci inerpichiamo su per i pendii vertiginosi, ma ormai ci si...
23 August 2010

Recensione: Dei, demoni e oracoli, di Giuseppe Tucci, ****

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Sinossi Con cinquanta muli, sherpa, guide, cuochi, fotografi, tra frane e tempeste di neve, Tucci si addentra nella regione più impervia,...
21 August 2010

10° g - 21 AGO: Tabo – Dhankhar (3890 m) km 47

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Colazione nel refettorio del monastero adiacente alla cucina. Ambiente buio, spartanissimo, moooooolto monacale. Alle 8.45 partenza, solo al...
02 July 2010

Book Review: Exploring Kinnaur and Spiti in the Trans-Himalaya, by D Sanan and D. Swadi, ****

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Review This book fills a gap in the literature in that while there are a number of guides and travelogues on Ladakh, Kahsmir and Uttarankha...
21 February 2010

Taipei: National Palace Museum, 101, Longshan temple

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National Palace Museum My morning is entirely devoted to the National Palace Museum . I was here eight years ago but I am just as excite...
19 March 2009

Al Museo Nazionale delle Maldive, Malé

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Pur avendo un aspetto esteriore piuttosto miserello (NDA: nel 2009 il museo è ancora ospitato un un vecchio edificio, ma dall'anno pross...
13 June 2008

Film Review: Himalaya- the Forgotten Valleys, by Guy Cousteix, *****

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A great collection of short documentaries on Ladakh, the Nubra Valley, the frozen river Chadar, Zanskar, Himachal Pradesh, Lahaul, Spiti and...
14 August 2006

22° g - 14 AGO: Sumur – Leh

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Partiamo alle 7 sotto la pioggia. Ci fermiamo al gompa di Samathaling, ma non molto tempo, non è particolarmente interessante e cominciamo a...