Ruby-Eye Buddha/Shwedagon Pagoda
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Ruby-Eye Buddha/Shwedagon Pagoda
Dear Members,
Today my dear dhamma brother 'Dr.Han Tan' will go to visit his son in Yangon, Burma and he promises to pray to the most respected Ruby-Eye Buddha/The shwedagon Pagoda for me and all SD and JTN Group. So please let me show you all the pictures:
Ruby-Eye Buddha
Shwedagon Pagoda
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Today my dear dhamma brother 'Dr.Han Tan' will go to visit his son in Yangon, Burma and he promises to pray to the most respected Ruby-Eye Buddha/The shwedagon Pagoda for me and all SD and JTN Group. So please let me show you all the pictures:
Ruby-Eye Buddha
Shwedagon Pagoda
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Women are not allowed in right? And men must get a special pass on restricted days right? Sigh
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Re: Ruby-Eye Buddha/Shwedagon Pagoda
Dear plwk,plwk wrote:Women are not allowed in right? And men must get a special pass on restricted days right? Sigh
That's what I used to know, but this is year 2012...may be things in Burma about women change...when my friend/his wife/daughter come back I'll ask them..and report to you..ok?
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Re: Ruby-Eye Buddha/Shwedagon Pagoda
WOW! Thank-you so much! While I have seen pictures of the pagoda all my life I have never before seen the Buddha image from the pagoda.
Kirt
Kirt
Kirt's Tibetan Translation Notes
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
HH Chetsang Rinpoche
"Most all-knowing Mañjuśrī, ...
Please illuminate the radiant wisdom spirit
Of my precious Buddha nature."
HH Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
HH Chetsang Rinpoche
"Most all-knowing Mañjuśrī, ...
Please illuminate the radiant wisdom spirit
Of my precious Buddha nature."
HH Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
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Dear Kirt....Please look here!kirtu wrote:WOW! Thank-you so much! While I have seen pictures of the pagoda all my life I have never before seen the Buddha image from the pagoda.
Kirtu
Buddha statues at Shwedagon
All beautiful ??********
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Seriously, at times I can't tell too much of a difference between Thai & Burmese Vihara design and architecture except for some noticeable small differences but the Buddha rupas are an instant giveaways...
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WOW! I'm speechless!buddhaflower wrote:Dear Kirt....Please look here!kirtu wrote:WOW! Thank-you so much!
Buddha statues at Shwedagon
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Kirt
Kirt's Tibetan Translation Notes
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
HH Chetsang Rinpoche
"Most all-knowing Mañjuśrī, ...
Please illuminate the radiant wisdom spirit
Of my precious Buddha nature."
HH Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
HH Chetsang Rinpoche
"Most all-knowing Mañjuśrī, ...
Please illuminate the radiant wisdom spirit
Of my precious Buddha nature."
HH Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
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Re: Ruby-Eye Buddha/Shwedagon Pagoda
Beautiful photos! I especially like the Maha Bodhi replica in the background at the Shwedagon complex.
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Thank you for sharing those pictures with us. They are beautiful!
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
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Re: Ruby-Eye Buddha/Shwedagon Pagoda
Dear plwk,plwk wrote:Women are not allowed in right? And men must get a special pass on restricted days right? Sigh
You're so right!...Burma never changes...and this is my dear friend's message:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JourneyTo ... sage/10306" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Buddhaflower
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When you become a Samma Sambuddha buddhaflower, may no sentient beings experience discrimination and restriction
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Shwedagon Pagoda 1 from 50years50countries
Shwedagon Pagoda 2 from 50years50countries
Nine Wonders of the Shwedagon Pagoda presumably in Myanmar, subtitled in English
Shwedagon Pagoda, about 1/2 day and 1/2 night (10 mins)
Another beautiful video of Shwedagon Pagoda beginning with an aerial overview. With a Buddhist song in Myanmar.
Shwedagon Pagoda 2 from 50years50countries
Nine Wonders of the Shwedagon Pagoda presumably in Myanmar, subtitled in English
Shwedagon Pagoda, about 1/2 day and 1/2 night (10 mins)
Another beautiful video of Shwedagon Pagoda beginning with an aerial overview. With a Buddhist song in Myanmar.
Kirt's Tibetan Translation Notes
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
HH Chetsang Rinpoche
"Most all-knowing Mañjuśrī, ...
Please illuminate the radiant wisdom spirit
Of my precious Buddha nature."
HH Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
HH Chetsang Rinpoche
"Most all-knowing Mañjuśrī, ...
Please illuminate the radiant wisdom spirit
Of my precious Buddha nature."
HH Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
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More unique views of Shwedagon Pagoda, this is a German video mostly shot during the day.
Overview of the layout of the Shwedagon Pagoda complex
An hours in-depth excursion through the Shwedagon Pagoda complex. All in Myanmar.
Inside Shwedagon Pagoda with still more unique shots of the complex.
... and several more amazing videos on Youtube.
Kirt
Overview of the layout of the Shwedagon Pagoda complex
An hours in-depth excursion through the Shwedagon Pagoda complex. All in Myanmar.
Inside Shwedagon Pagoda with still more unique shots of the complex.
... and several more amazing videos on Youtube.
Kirt
Kirt's Tibetan Translation Notes
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
HH Chetsang Rinpoche
"Most all-knowing Mañjuśrī, ...
Please illuminate the radiant wisdom spirit
Of my precious Buddha nature."
HH Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
HH Chetsang Rinpoche
"Most all-knowing Mañjuśrī, ...
Please illuminate the radiant wisdom spirit
Of my precious Buddha nature."
HH Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
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Shwedagon Pagoda from Vimeo
Kirt's Tibetan Translation Notes
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
HH Chetsang Rinpoche
"Most all-knowing Mañjuśrī, ...
Please illuminate the radiant wisdom spirit
Of my precious Buddha nature."
HH Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
HH Chetsang Rinpoche
"Most all-knowing Mañjuśrī, ...
Please illuminate the radiant wisdom spirit
Of my precious Buddha nature."
HH Thinley Norbu Rinpoche