Wandering along Kanchenjunga Day 3 Part 1
Day 3 Part 1
The Day 3 was heralded by bright sunshine...
We were supposed to go to Rumtek Monastery... That's the seat of Karmpa ... The second in command of the Tibetean community... But the seat of Karmpa lies vacant now due to the tussle between Dalai Lama and the Chinese authorities. Since major road work was being undertaken we shifted our destination slightly..
We visited the oldest of the monasteries, the Ranka Monastery which is also known by the name Lingdum Monastery. This monastery follows the Zurmang Kagyu lineage of Buddhism and under the direction of the 12th successor of the lineage Zurman Rinpoche.
Between the two pictures note the change in the colour of the sky the minute the sun is hidden ...
The serene atmosphere allows one to spend more time simply going around the place absorbing the tranquility and also unhindered photography... Hymns are sung with various musical instruments used along with the traditional Buddhist gong in the sanctum that houses a huge statue of a sitting Buddha... Here photography is not allowed... Even with the visitors around, the essence of simplicity and the sense of minding ones own duty by monks and trainees is not lost... The entire area has an aura that brings in calm and peace...
To the left: The residential quarters of the monastery.
Between the two pictures note the change in the colour of the sky the minute the sun is hidden ...
The serene atmosphere allows one to spend more time simply going around the place absorbing the tranquility and also unhindered photography... Hymns are sung with various musical instruments used along with the traditional Buddhist gong in the sanctum that houses a huge statue of a sitting Buddha... Here photography is not allowed... Even with the visitors around, the essence of simplicity and the sense of minding ones own duty by monks and trainees is not lost... The entire area has an aura that brings in calm and peace...
To the left: The residential quarters of the monastery.
To the right: monastery school
The pivoted cylindrical drums in the background in a row are meant to be rotated individually chanting a single line stotra... It is said when you rotate the cylinder while chanting, the blessings of that hymn gets multiplied 10 times with each one...
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