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Zen Garden Buddhism

Zen Garden

A dry garden (枯山水, karesansui?) is a Japanese garden consisting of sand, rocks, gravel and moss, usually without other plants. Principles Many dry gardens were created from the beginning of...

Zen Garden

A dry garden (枯山水, karesansui?) is a Japanese garden consisting of sand, rocks, gravel and moss, usually without other plants. Principles Many dry gardens were created from the beginning of...

Khata Buddhism

Khata

A khata (Tibetan) or khadag (Mongolian) is a traditional ceremonial scarf used in Tibet and Mongolia. It symbolizes good will, favor and compassion and is usually made of silk.Tibetan khadags...

Khata

A khata (Tibetan) or khadag (Mongolian) is a traditional ceremonial scarf used in Tibet and Mongolia. It symbolizes good will, favor and compassion and is usually made of silk.Tibetan khadags...

Gankyil Buddhism

Gankyil

The Gankyil ( Tibetan: དགའ་འཁྱིལ། Lhasa IPA: [/kã˥ kʲʰiː˥/]) or "wheel of joy" (Sanskrit: ānanda-cakra) is a symbol and ritual tool used in Tibetan Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism. It...

Gankyil

The Gankyil ( Tibetan: དགའ་འཁྱིལ། Lhasa IPA: [/kã˥ kʲʰiː˥/]) or "wheel of joy" (Sanskrit: ānanda-cakra) is a symbol and ritual tool used in Tibetan Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism. It...

Endless Knot Buddhism

Endless Knot

An endless knot or infinite knot (Sanskrit: Shrivatsa; simplified Chinese: 盘长结; traditional Chinese: 盤長結; pinyin: pánzhǎng jié; Mongol: ᠠᠯᠤᠬᠠᠨᠬᠡ, Cyrillic: Алхан хээ Tibetan: དཔལ་བེའུ, Wylie: dpal be'u;) is a symbolic...

Endless Knot

An endless knot or infinite knot (Sanskrit: Shrivatsa; simplified Chinese: 盘长结; traditional Chinese: 盤長結; pinyin: pánzhǎng jié; Mongol: ᠠᠯᠤᠬᠠᠨᠬᠡ, Cyrillic: Алхан хээ Tibetan: དཔལ་བེའུ, Wylie: dpal be'u;) is a symbolic...

Chatra Buddhism

Chatra

A chatra, chattra or chhatra (Sinhala, Sanskrit छत्र, chatra, "umbrella", "parasol") is an ashta mangala one of the eight good omen symbols of Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism...

Chatra

A chatra, chattra or chhatra (Sinhala, Sanskrit छत्र, chatra, "umbrella", "parasol") is an ashta mangala one of the eight good omen symbols of Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism...

Ashtamangala Buddhism

Ashtamangala

Ashtamangala (Sanskrit: अष्टमंगल, IAST aṣṭamaṅgala, Devanagari: अष्टमंगल, Tibetan: བཀྲ་ཤིས་རྟགས་བརྒྱད་, Wylie: bkra shis rtags brgyad, Tibetan pinyin: Zhaxi Dag'gyä, Lhasa dialect API: tʂáɕitaʔ cɛ̀ʔ: Tashi Ta-gyé; simplified Chinese: 佛门八宝; traditional Chinese:...

Ashtamangala

Ashtamangala (Sanskrit: अष्टमंगल, IAST aṣṭamaṅgala, Devanagari: अष्टमंगल, Tibetan: བཀྲ་ཤིས་རྟགས་བརྒྱད་, Wylie: bkra shis rtags brgyad, Tibetan pinyin: Zhaxi Dag'gyä, Lhasa dialect API: tʂáɕitaʔ cɛ̀ʔ: Tashi Ta-gyé; simplified Chinese: 佛门八宝; traditional Chinese:...