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Myanmar Pilgrimage Trip - March 2012

Myanmar Pilgrimage Trip - March 2012

A group from Hong Kong travelled on a pilgrimage journey to Myanmar and visited four cities: Bagan, Mandalay, Inle Lake, and Yangon during this week-long trip to a country with active Theravada Buddhist tradition. In the photos are sites of historical importance and Buddhist significance, scenes of daily life of the citizens, and examples of the "living Buddhism" in the practices.  For additional reading:  http://mingkok.buddhistdoor.com/en/news/d/26201      
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  • Bagan - pilgrims circling the Shwezigon Pagoda
  • Bagan - monks return from almsrounds at Shwezigon Pagoda
  • Bagan - dhamma talk at the famous Shwezigon Pagoda
  • Bagan - offerings for the Buddha
  • Bagan - Nyaung Oo Market
  • Bagan - chillis at Nyaung Oo Market
  • Making the famous face paste from thanakha bark
  • Local patrons of the face paste
  • Bagan to Mandalay
  • Bagan - Nyaung Oo Market
  • Protection Buddhas inside the bus windscreen
  • Bagan - Alotawbyi Pagoda ceiling paintings
  • Bagan - Myazedi Pagoda
  • Bagan - Praying for luck outside Myazedi Pagoda
  • Bagan - weaving horsehair liner for lacquerware
  • Bagan - painting lacqerware
  • Bagan - Dammayamgyi (largest temple)
  • Bagan - Kandawplin Temple
  • Bagan - chanting inside Kandawplin Pagoda
  • Bagan - inside Kandawpln
  • Bagan - Buddha inside Kandawplin Pagoda
  • Gigi and Rosemary double as paparazzi
  • Flower offerings outside the temples
  • Bagan - Ananda Pagoda (finest of temples in Bagan)
  • Bagan - Ananda Pagoda
  • Bagan - bells outside Ananda Pagoda
  • Bagan - tall Buddha inside Ananda Pagoda
  • Bagan - carved entrance doors inside Ananda Pagoda
  • Bagan - Buddha niches in Ananda Pagoda
  • Bagan - donation boxes for 'general', 'electricity', 'monks breakfast', 'gold leaf', 'annual festivals'
  • Bagan - Thatbyimmyu Temple (tallest)
  • Bagan - Thatbyimmyu
  • Bagan - centuries old ceiling painting in Thatbyinnyu
  • Bagan - Tarli pagoda (next to Thatbyimmyu: for every 1000 bricks used in Thatbyimmyu, 1 was used to build Taril
  • Bagan - across the plains at sunset
  • Bagan - from atop the Shwesandaw Pagoda
  • Bagan plains view from Shwesandaw
  • Bagan plains
  • Mandalay - Kuthodaw Pagoda - the world's biggest book: all Tripitaka commissioned from 5th Buddhist Council 1871
  • Mandalay - peaceful grounds of the Kuthodaw Pagoda
  • Mandalay - marble tablet #1 of book at Kuthodaw Pagoda
  • Mandalay - gold leaf factory, packaging the leves
  • Mandalay - hermit monk raised donations to build this paga with tablets containing commentaries and sub-commentaries (1913)
  • visit to a local school in Mandalay
  • Mandalay - Shwegyin Monastery
  • Abbot of Shwegyin Monastery
  • alms at Shwegyin Monastery
  • alms offerings
  • young volunteer attendants
  • smallest monk at Shwegyin Monastery
  • Shwegyin Monastery - mid-day meal
  • Mandalay - evening chanting at Shwegyin Monastery
  • Meditation hall at Shwegyin Monastery
  • Mingun - local taxi service
  • Mingun - Mingun Pagoda (unfinished) damaged in 1838 earthquake
  • Mingun- local game of chinlon
  • walking the plank disembarkation from Ayeyarwady River
  • U Bein's Bridge - Mandalay
  • Mandalay - Mahamuni Pagoda Face Washing
  • Inle Lake fisherman
  • Inle Lake - textile weaving area of Myanmar
  • Inle Lake - early a.m. outside Hupin Hotel daily alms provided
  • Inle Lake - Jumping Cat Monastery
  • Inle Lake - the jumping cats
  • Inle Lake - local transportation in water taxis
  • Inle Lake - floating gardens: 80% of tomatoes grown for country in these community gardens around the lake
  • Inle Lake - sunsets and calm on the lake
  • Yangon - Shwedagon Pagoda at dusk
  • Yangon - dhamma talk at Shwedagon Pagoda
  • Yangon - Shwedagon Pagoda - small fertility shrine
  • Bathing the baby Buddha ritual at Shwedagon pagoda
  • Yangon - Kaba Aye (World Peace Pagoda) built 1952 for 6th Buddhist Council celebrations
  • Kaba Aye Buddha made from silver and relics inside altar room
  • Yangon - Mahapasanya Cave - built 1957 for 6th Buddhist Council. Can seat 2,500 monks for ceremonies and examinations
  • Yangon - Kaba Aye Buddha and local devotees
  • Yangon - nuns at Kalaywa Tawya Monastery
  • Yangon - classrooms and dormitories at Kalaywa Tawya
  • Jackfruit in season
  • Yangon - Chaukthatkyi Pagoda (72 m) reclining Buddha
  • Yangon - Chaukthatkyi Pagoda. Face designed by Chinese artist with unusual glass eys
  • Chaukthatkyi - local families honoring three novitiates - circumambulating this pagoda and then off to tour many more all in one day of parade and celebration
  • Yangon - Venerable Sayadaw Ashin Jatila of Mahasi Meditation Center
  • Yangon - sitting meditation at Mahasi Meditation Center
  • Yangon - walking meditation at Mahasi Meditation Center

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