Buddhist Pilgrimage
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Melisma: Buddhist Pilgrimage in India List Price: $15.99 Sale Price: $13.43  |
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This CD is a colourful and rich movie for the years of journeying to the holy places where the Buddha walked, prayed, meditated and taught over 2600 years ago. The two writers Angela Hryniuk and Penn Kemp, along with vocalist and composer Kiran Ahluwalia and translator Ajmer Rode chronicle in poetry, Indian music, Tibetan chanting and sound effects the writers three different pilgrimages to India... |
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Wheel of Time List Price: $19.95 Sale Price: $48.49 |
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As filmmaker and cultural anthropologist, Werner Herzog brings his unique powers of observation to Buddhist rituals in Wheel of Time. The documentary's title refers to the central symbol that forms the physical and spiritual hub of an intricately detailed sand mandala that is the centerpiece of the Kalachakra initiation, a Buddhist ceremony that attracts several hundred thousand monks and pilgrims to Bodh Gaya, India (the original site of the Buddha's enlightenment) in 2002... |
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The Dragon: Buddha's touch List Price: $24.95 Sale Price: $24.95 |
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"The Dragon: Buddha's touch" brings the viewer to Sichuan Province, in an area famous for Buddhist monasteries and shrines. We visit the holy Buddhist mountain of Emei, Emeishan, with its peak covered in mist and its slopes ridden with lots of monasteries, temples and shrines... |
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Ngari: Kailash List Price: $24.95 Sale Price: $24.95 |
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Ngari: Kailash is a presentation of a pilgrimage to the holiest mountain for Tibetan Buddhists and several other religions, located far in the Western Tibet. The film shows a world in itself where religion, traditions, believes and superstitions takes precedence over any laic activity... |
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Monkey: A Journey to the West List Price: $16.95 Sale Price: $8.96 |
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Part spiritual pilgrimage, part historical epic, the folk novel Journey to the West , which came to be known as Monkey, is the most popular classic of Asian literature. Originally written in the sixteenth century, it is the story of the adventures of the rogue-trickster Monkey and his encounters with a bizarre cast of characters as he travels to India with the Buddhist pilgrim Tripitaka in search of sacred scriptures... |
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Circling the Sacred Mountain: A Spiritual Adventure Through the Himalayas List Price: $18.00 Sale Price: $64.56 |
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In the harsh, forsaken landscape of Western Tibet, a holy mountain rises up, the legendary center of the world. Sacred to Hindus and Buddhists alike, Mount Kailash had been in professor and popular writer Robert Thurman's mind for some time when he finally decided to organize a group and go--across the Chinese border, where he has always been persona non grata... |
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Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China List Price: $16.95 Sale Price: $7.99 |
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In the spring of 2006, Bill Porter traveled through the heart of China, from Beijing to Hong Kong, on a pilgrimage to sites associated with the first six patriarchs of Zen. In Zen Baggage, Porter takes readers to places few Westerners have ever ventured, weaving together historical background, interviews, and translations of the earliest known records of Zen along with personal vignettes into a fascinating tale of discovery... |
Dharamsala Buddhist Tour
Dharamsala is home to His Holiness, 14th Dalai Lama and various Buddhist monasteries. The Tibetan Buddhist monks settled in the Dharamsala and they practice Buddhism. Dharamsala is located in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and offer breathtakingly beautiful views of the valley and the Himalayan hills. The Tibetan Buddhist art and culture are kept alive by the monks and at the markets one will see various handicrafts. Dharamsala is sought after by the nature lovers for its snow peaks, meadows, lush green valleys, mountain lakes, temples and monasteries. This hill station of India earns the sobriquet as Scotland of India. Dharamsala Buddhist Tour package will take the tourists to this beautiful hill station of Kangra valley. The major attractions of Dharamsala tourism are Namgyal Monastery, Namgyal Institute and Tse-Chok Ling Gompa.
Leh is the largest town in the Ladakh region of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Buddhist tour is arranged to Ladakh which is known as Little Tibet as it is home to Tibetans who fled from Tibet after the Chinese aggression. Khampas are the earliest inhabitants and the first Tibetan settlement was the Mons. The first Buddhist monastic order was started by a Tibetan pilgrim namely Tsongkhapa.
Ladakh Buddhist tour is sought after by the tourists not only for its Monasteries and Buddhist culture but also for the mystic mountain beauty. Ladakh is located near the Tibetan border. The tribes of the region lead a hard life in the winter season. There are several Gompas and monasteries in Ladakh. The best time to visit Ladakh is in the summer season.
India is the south Asia country which is the root country of Buddhism religion. Nepal was earlier a part of ancient India and Lord Buddha was born into a royal family at Lumbini village of Nepal. And he spent his early years of life at Kapilvastu before the Common Era. There are several pilgrimage sites in India which are deeply revered in Buddhism like Sarnath, Rajgir, Nalanda, Kushinagar, Vaishali, etc. Nepal houses the two pilgrimage sites of Buddhism-Lumbini and Kapilvastu. Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal is also a Buddhist destination which houses the Buddha stupas.
Bhutan, the Himalayan country is also a major Buddhist destination in South Asia; Buddhism was brought to this Himalayan land by the Tibetan Buddhist settlers. The major attractions of the Bhutan Buddhist tour is the Buddhist Mask dance festival which is a great cultural extravaganza.
The tourists may have interest on India Buddhist pilgrimage sites or destinations. All the details are covered by our Buddhist tour itineraries. The destinations like Leh and Dharamsala are the seats of the Buddhist monks who have preserved the art and culture of Buddhism. The famous monasteries of India are also attraction for the Buddhist tourists and those who have devotion to Buddhism.
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