Photographs
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| Chinese and Japanese sumie ink paintings express the subtlety an directness of Zen Buddist in the 17th Century |
In China and Japan, but much less so in Korea, ink wash painting formed a distinct stylistic tradition, with a different set of artists working in it from those doing other types of painting. Especially in China, it was a gentlemanly occupation associated with poetry |
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| Zen Garden |
Stone gardens existed in Japan at least since the Heian period (794–1185). These early gardens were described in the first manual of Japanese gardens, Sakuteiki, written at the end of the 11th century by Tachibana no Toshitsuna (1028–1094). |
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| Head of the Buddha at Borobudur Java 8th century |
The world's largest Buddhist monument draws pilgrims from around Southeast Asia to a remote hilltop in central Java. ... Borobudur was constructed in the eight and ninth centuries during the golden era of ... |
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| Royal Natal Yacht Club |
Part of the action in the 505 pre-world yachting championships held off Durban |
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| Royal Natal Yacht Club |
Part of the action in the 505 pre-world yachting championships held off Durban |
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| Girl Guides of S.A: Natal region 1914-1931 | ||
| Girl Guides of S.A: Natal region 1914-1931 | ||
| Royal Natal Yacht Club |
Dave Hudson and Terry Reynolds, who won the Fireball nationals at Saldanha Bay. |
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| Girl Guides of S.A: Natal region 1914-1931 | ||
| Description of a Stupa |
The stupa is an important form of Buddhist architecture, though it predates Buddhism. It is generally considered to be a sepulchral monument a place of burial or a receptacle for religious objects. At its simplest, a stupa is a dirt burial mound faced with stone.
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| Girl Guides of S.A: Natal region 1914-1931 |
Miss Betty Sutton, commissioner for the Girl Guides in Natal |
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| Stupa at Borobudur 8th Century AD |
Barabudur is a 7th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, not far from the town of Muntilan, in Central Java, Indonesia. |
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| Girl Guides of S.A: Natal region 1914-1931 |
Mrs David Wark, head of the Extension Branch of Girl Guiding, who lives in the Cape. She has been spending the past week in Durban, where she has been lecturing on Extension work. |
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| St Michael's Weaving Centre |
St Michael's Weaving Centre |
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| St Michael's Weaving Centre |
St Michael's Weaving Centre |
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| Girl Guides of S.A: Natal region 1914-1931 |
Mrs. J.C MacNellie, chief Commissioner for Girl Guides in South Africa, who has left for England, where she will visit the Chief Guide. Lady Baden Powel, and will attend the headquarters comittee meeting in London. |
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| Stupa at Borobudur Java 8th Century |
The Borobudur monument combines the symbolic forms of the stupa, the temple mountain and the mandala. |
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| Girl Guides of S.A: Natal region 1914-1931 |
The new Guide cottage at Northdene |
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| Girl Guides of S.A: Natal region 1914-1931 | ||
| A Stupa dagaba in Sri Lanka |
Stupas, also called dagebas and cetiyas, are considered an outstanding type of architectural creation of ancient Sri Lanka. Under the influence of Buddhism, there were several changes in the field of architecture in Sri Lanka. The stupa commands a prominent place among these changes. |