buddhism

Young monk in Ban Houa Khong
(Laos)

Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Gold murals at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Buddha statue
(Laos)

Morning alms during the procession of monks
(Laos)

Monk robes drying in the sun
(Laos)

Monks on a bridge
(Laos)

Monks on a bridge
(Laos)

Giving of alms to monks in Muang Khong
(Laos)

Ornate gold doorway
(Laos)

Gold carving at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Giving of alms to monks in Muang Khong
(Laos)

Mural at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Gold murals at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

World's largest prayer wheel, located in Shangri-La, China
(China)

Buddha statue
(Laos)

Golden statue
(Laos)

Golden temple
(Laos)

Monks in Thailand
(Thailand)

Elephant mosaic
(Laos)

Buddha statue
(Thailand)

Monks in Thailand
(Thailand)

Giant prayer wheel in Zhongdian
(China)

Man working at the Tibetan buddhist temple of Ringa
(China)

Prayer flags at Meili outlook point
(China)

Temple in Ban Houa Khong
(Laos)

Inside living quarters of a caretaker of
(China)

Rolls of Tibetan prayer flags
(China)

Yak butter candle burning
(China)

Buddha statues in Pak Ou caves
(Laos)

Buddhist prayer flags at the holy mountain of Ringa
(China)

Young monk in Ban Houa Khong
(Laos)

Prayer flags blowing in a fierce wind
(China)

Decorative mirrored mosiac at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Prayer wheels at Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Closeup of a modern Tibetan prayer flag
(China)

Golden statue
(Laos)

Buddhist prayers written in Chinese
(China)

Interior of Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Golden ornamental deer at Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Stenciled buddha
(Laos)

Tibetan prayer flag with terrace rice paddies behind
(China)

Earth touching buddha
(Laos)

Buddha statues in Pak Ou caves
(Laos)

Mural depicting the Buddhist version of hell
(Laos)

Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Monks waiting for a bus
(China)

Prayer flags at a Buddhist shrine in northwestern Yunnan province
(China)

Buddha statue
(Laos)

Looking up at the world's largest prayer wheel
(China)

Buddha inside Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Offerings at Ringa Buddhist temple
(China)

Buddha in Chiang Saen
(Thailand)

Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags at Da bao si
(China)

World's largest prayer wheel, located in Zhongdian
(China)

Monks walking down a town street
(China)

Masses of prayer flags in the upper Mekong river valley
(China)

Buddhist statue inside Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Kaleidoscope rhett
(Laos)

Mural at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Tibetan shrine along road to Deqin
(China)

Spare-life animals at Ringa monastery
(China)

Tibetan prayer flags
(China)

Stenciled buddha
(Laos)

Buddha carving
(Laos)

Tibetan Buddhist pilgrim Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Gold and green dragon
(China)

Red and gold mural at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Peaceful buddha statue
(Laos)

Stone carving
(China)

Buddha statue
(Laos)

Tibetan shrine
(China)

Carved wall decorations at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Decorations on the world's largest prayer wheel in Zhongdian
(China)

Golden roof at Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Chicken at Ringa. This is a "spared-life" animal, one that has been saved from the butcher and set free at the monastery
(China)

Monastery at holy Ringa mountain
(China)

Spare-life goats at the holy Dabao temple
(China)

Mosaic of mirrored animals
(Laos)

Buddha in Chiang Saen
(Thailand)

Oodles of prayer flags at Ringa temple
(China)

Buddha statue
(Laos)

Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Buddha statue
(Laos)

Golden door at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Mural depicting the Buddhist version of hell
(Laos)

Buddhist pilgrims prostrating at Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Many monks in red waiting for a bus
(China)

Largest Buddhist prayer wheel in the world
(China)

Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags at Ringa monastery
(China)

Young monks speaking with the driver of a minivan
(China)

Decorations on the world's largest prayer wheel
(China)

Window at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Peaceful buddha
(Laos)

Spared-life goats at Da Bao si temple (Ringa monastery) In NW Yunnan
(China)

Temple in a Dai village
(China)

Buddhist prayer flags ringa
(China)

Sumtsanlang monastery, the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery complex in southern China
(China)

Buddha in Chiang Saen
(Thailand)

Buddha in Chiang Saen
(Thailand)

Giving of alms to monks in Muang Khong
(Laos)

Temple in a Dai village
(China)

Shrine to the Dali Lama
(China)

Morning alms during the procession of monks
(Laos)

Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Buddhist shrine along the road to Deqin
(China)

Gold murals at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Morning alms during the procession of monks
(Laos)

Shrine to the Panchen Lama
(China)

Stone carved with Buddhist prayers
(China)

Mural depicting the Buddhist version of hell
(Laos)

Bhudda dragon
(Laos)

Gong
(Thailand)

Earth touching buddha
(Laos)

Inside Ringa
(China)

Gold murals at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Buddha statues in Pak Ou caves
(Laos)

Gold murals at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Sumtsanlang monastery in Gyalthang
(China)

Mosiacs on a building at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Prayer flags on the way to Dechen
(China)

Procession of monks in Luang Prabang
(Laos)

Buddhist shrine in the Prek Piphot river
(Cambodia)

Giving of alms to monks in Muang Khong
(Laos)

Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Crowing chicken at Ringa
(China)

Monks on a bridge
(Laos)

Lzay-eyed buddha
(Laos)

Ornate gold doorway
(Laos)

Buddha statue
(Laos)

Decorative mirrored mosiac at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Buddhist shrine in the Prek Piphot river
(Cambodia)

Mural depicting the Buddhist version of hell
(Laos)

Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Tibetan prayer flags in Deqin
(China)

Buddhist temple in Yunnan
(China)

Buddha statues in Pak Ou caves
(Laos)

Buddha in Chiang Saen
(Thailand)

Mural at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Prayer sheets in the Pak Ou caves
(Laos)

Morning alms during the procession of monks
(Laos)

Temple in Ban Houa Khong
(Laos)

Tibetan prayers written on a wall in Chinese
(China)

Procession of monks in Luang Prabang
(Laos)

Buddha at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Mosaic of two birds
(Laos)

Procession of monks in Luang Prabang
(Laos)

Mosaic of mirrored animals
(Laos)

XUX Cave
(Laos)

Spare-lfe animals at a Tibetan monastery
(China)

Colorful scarf on a door handle at Ringa
(China)

Red and gold mural at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Temple in Ban Houa Khong
(Laos)

Giving of alms to monks in Muang Khong
(Laos)

Golden ornamental decorations at Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Yellow and white prayer flags
(China)

Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Monks on a town street
(China)

Many monks in a small town
(China)

Blue mosaic of a torch
(Laos)

Temple in Ban Houa Khong
(Laos)

Monks on a bridge
(Laos)

Monks in Thailand
(Thailand)

Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Buddha statues in Pak Ou caves
(Laos)

Buddha in Chiang Saen
(Thailand)

Buddha statue
(Laos)

Interior of Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Buddha in Chiang Saen
(Thailand)

Morning alms during the procession of monks
(Laos)

Masses of prayer flags
(China)

Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Caretaker of Ringa monastery in his quarters
(China)

Morning alms during the procession of monks
(Laos)

Prayer site overlooking Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Dali lama statue
(Laos)

Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Tibetan monk doing some car repair in Zhongdian
(China)

Buddha statues in Pak Ou caves
(Laos)

Temple in Luang Prabang
(Laos)

Mural
(Laos)

Entrance to Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Buddha statues in Pak Ou caves
(Laos)

Giving of alms to monks in Muang Khong
(Laos)

Shangri-La (Zhongdian or Gyalthang) as seen from Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Buddhist grain offering in a temple
(China)

Brightly colored Buddhist prayer flags
(China)

Entrance to the Pak Ou cave
(Laos)

Buddha in Chiang Saen
(Thailand)

Inside Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Stone carved with traditional Tibetan Buddhist prayers
(China)

Red and gold mural at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Buddhist prayer flags at Meili Snow Mountain outlook
(China)

Prayer flags in northwestern Yunnan
(China)

Red and gold mural at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Monk robes drying in the sun
(Laos)

Golden door
(Laos)

Mosaic of an elephant with a rabbit on its back
(Laos)

Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Interior of Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Buddha statues in Pak Ou caves
(Laos)

Giving of alms to monks in Muang Khong
(Laos)

Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Procession of monks in Luang Prabang
(Laos)

Buddha in Chiang Saen
(Thailand)

Tibetan prayer flag with rice terraces behind
(China)

Interior of Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Buddhist prayer flags at Ringa monastery
(China)

Bhudda dragon
(Laos)

Tibetan pilgrim prostrating at Sumtsanlang monastery
(China)

Ceiling murals at Wat Xieng Thong
(Laos)

Elephant carving
(Laos)

Buddha in Chiang Saen
(Thailand)

Young monk in Ban Houa Khong
(Laos)

Buddha statues in Pak Ou caves
(Laos)

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