Photographs
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| Heritage Day: Symposium on names and heritage in KwaZulu-Natal: (L-R), Professor Adrian Koopman, Mbalei Machaba (speakers) and Mr Msawakhe Hlengwa (chairperson) |
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| A Pagoda in China 8th century AD |
The Nine Pinnacle Pagoda or Jiuding Pagoda is an 8th-century pavilion-style brick pagoda located in central Shandong Province, China. It is noted for its ... |
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| A Stupa Chorten in Tibet |
Stupa (Chorten in Tibetan) is an important religious monument in Tibet expressing significant religious symbolism and presenting Buddha's physical presence. |
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| Exterior of a cave monastery Ajanta in India 4th century |
The caves at Ajanta date from the 2nd century B.C.E. to 650 C.E and were cut into the ... Discovered by chance in 1819 by British soldiers on a hunt, the Ajanta Caves have become an icon of ancient Indian art, and have influenced ... |
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| Buddha in the posture of teaching Chandi Mendut Java |
Mendut is a ninth-century Buddhist temple, located in Mendut village, Mungkid sub-district, Magelang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. The temple is located ... |
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| Stupa at Amaravati |
Carving in a cave monastery showing a Stupa Amaravati |
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| Interior of an Ajanta Cave Monastery |
Ajanta consists of thirty caves, each dedicated to the life of the Buddha. ... All of the caves at Ajanta fall into the category of Vihara (monasteries with residence ... |
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| 16th Alan Paton Lecture presented at the time of the Alan Paton Centre's Conference, 15-17 July 2009: Zanele Hlatswayo (right), mayor of Pietermaritzburg with a guest | ||
| 16th Alan Paton Lecture presented at the time of the Alan Paton Centre's Conference, 15-17 July 2009: Stephen Coan (left), from the Natal Witness with Margaret and Julian von Klemperer | ||
| Buddhism interior of an Ajanta Cave Monastery |
Ajanta consists of thirty caves, each dedicated to the life of the Buddha. ... All of the caves at Ajanta fall into the category of Vihara monasteries with residence ... |
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| 16th Alan Paton Lecture presented at the time of the Alan Paton Centre's Conference, 15-17 July 2009: Heather Henning (left), sister of Peter Alexander (2nd from right) with guests | ||
| Unification Buddha |
The Buddha is the largest seated bronze Buddha statue in the world, at 14.6m high, excluding the halo, lightning rod and pedestal. |
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| Small bronze statue of sitting Buddha, |
The Medicine Buddha sits peacefully with his left hand resting in his lap in a pose of mediation with a small alms bowl in it. His right hand holds a ... |
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| Buddhist sculpture |
Gandharan Buddhist sculpture displays Hellenistic artistic influence in the forms of human figures and ornament. Figures were much larger than any known from ... |
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| Buddhist Scriptures |
Young monk reading Buddhist scriptures |
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| Young Buddhist |
Youngest learnings the way of Buddhu |
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| Buddhist text |
Buddhist texts are those religious texts which are part of the Buddhist tradition. The first Buddhist texts were initially passed on orally by Buddhist monastics, but were later written down and composed as manuscripts |
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| Buddhist meditating |
Buddhist meditation is the practice of meditation in Buddhism. The closest words for meditation in the classical languages of Buddhism are bhāvanā |
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| Buddhist text |
Buddhism is an Indian religion based on a series of original teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha. It originated in ancient India as a Sramana tradition sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE, spreading through much of Asia. |
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| 16th Alan Paton Lecture presented at the time of the Alan Paton Centre's Conference, 15-17 July 2009: Michael Nuttall (left) and David Paton |