keyword pages:  1  
< 1 of 9 >
Hindu deevotes washing their clothes at Bagmati river after having a holy bath. Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal./
A group of sadhus engage in an austerity called the panch-agni-tapasya, or five fire practice, in which pieces of burning cow dung are placed around the Sadhu as he meditates or performs hatha yoga. Over a cycle of eighteen years, the Sadhu increases the number of fires from five at the beginning to a full ring complete with a pot of burning cow dung on the head by the end. During this austerity, usually practiced during the height of summer heat, the Sadhus ability to remain focused on his chosen mantra and deity is severely tested.Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal.
A group of sadhus engage in an austerity called the panch-agni-tapasya, or five fire practice, in which pieces of burning cow dung are placed around the Sadhu as he meditates or performs hatha yoga. Over a cycle of eighteen years, the Sadhu increases the number of fires from five at the beginning to a full ring complete with a pot of burning cow dung on the head by the end. During this austerity, usually practiced during the height of summer heat, the Sadhus ability to remain focused on his chosen mantra and deity is severely tested.Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal.
A group of Sadhu preparing their materials at the beginning of Pancha Agni Tapasya.Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal.
The vertical design of this Sadhu tilaka identifies him as a Vaishnava, the preserver of the universe. Vishnu is a gentle and benevolent god. His goodness is reflected in the amount of faith who worship him.
According to one of the sayings of Zen Buddhism, part of the discipline of being a Sadhu means turn to waste time conscientiously. Although in this case, things are not what they seem. This sadhu, supported by a device shaped like a trapezoid, actually took a vow not to sit or lie for a period of twelve years.Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Hinayayana/Compact Way-Individual Liberation. Sri Lankan monk sets off for morning prayer. Sri Lanka. The nature of meditation practice requires many lifetimes of effort for the attainment of liberation and enlightment One naturally releases the bonds of unhappiness. This is the way of purification and freedom
Hinayayana/Compact Way-Individual Liberation. Sri Lanakan monk sets off for morning prayer. Sri Lanka.
Moksha, perfect inner freedom-is the soul’s release from samsara, the cycle of birth and death, attained after dynamic and personal yogic realization of Parasiva and resolution of all seed karmas. Having known the Absolute, there is no fuller realization, no greater knowing, no higher “experience.” Even when God realization is attained, the soul body continues to evolve in this and other worlds until it merges with the Primal Soul as a drop of water merges with its source, the ocean. -Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Kakani, Nepal
Hindu deevotes washing their clothes at Bagmati river after having a holy bath.
Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal./
Hindu deevotes washing their clothes at Bagmati river after having a holy bath. Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal./
Hindu deevotes washing their clothes at Bagmati river after having a holy bath.
Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal./
See photo in original gallery.
keyword pages:  1  
< 1 of 9 >