Tuesday, March 02, 2004

The Monks, The Chapels and The Monasteries


Monks get together in Sege Monastery to debate religious issues


And people are watching


The chapel, Dreprung Monastery


The chapel housekeeper spent his afternoon reading books, Sege Monastery


The wheel of life and the unity knot on a giant sunblock, and a little beggar entertaining himself with junks and food


He said he drank sixty cups of yak butter tea per day. Staying in a little retreat house at the hill top of Sege Monastery


Samye Monastery


Dreprung Monastery, once the world biggest.


but destoryed by red-guards years ago


Chapel, in Dreprung Monastery

Sunday, February 29, 2004

The Holy Sky Burial


The driver. On the way to Drigung Monastery


The dead bodys are wrapped with white clothes. And the monks pray for their death.


Death bodys and their meat are cut apart, while flying eagles are waiting for their meals


The burial platform, we are not allowed to take photos





Disgusted and exhausted