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Buddhist Culture

Buddhist Culture. Hindu. Buddhist. Polished sandstone “Lotiform” Form of a lotus Lotus symbol of divinity Horizontal wheel Cycle of life, death, rebirth Lions = The Buddha. The Lions of Sarnath Pillar capital c. 242 - 232 BCE. Buddhist Figurative Art.

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Buddhist Culture

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  1. Buddhist Culture

  2. Hindu Buddhist

  3. Polished sandstone • “Lotiform” • Form of a lotus • Lotus symbol of divinity • Horizontal wheel • Cycle of life, death, rebirth • Lions = The Buddha The Lions of Sarnath Pillar capital c. 242 - 232 BCE

  4. Buddhist Figurative Art • Enabled the beginning of Buddha worship • Frontal • Harmony between individual and universe

  5. Buddhist Statues

  6. Standing Buddha • Anthropomorphic (human)

  7. Bhavacakra

  8. Buddhist Chant • Monophonic or Polyphonic? • Monophonic • What instruments do you hear? • Drum, bells, gong • Wavelike? Fluid? Just like…? • Plainchant (Gregorian) Chant • How would you describe the tone of the singer? • Nasally

  9. Tantric Chanting Lama Chöpa: A Buddhist Tantric Celebration • Monks of DreprungLoseling Monastery • SazhiPokyi: This Fragrant Earth

  10. The Great Stupa3rd Century BCE

  11. Buddhist Temples Yangon, Thailand Angkor Thom, Kampuchea

  12. Bodnath StupaKathmandu, Nepal

  13. Colorado China

  14. Potala, Lhasa

  15. Potala was the palace of the Dalai Lamas and political center of Tibet from the 1600s until 1949 when the Dalai Lama fled to India

  16. Taktshang Monastery Bhutan

  17. Mandala

  18. Mandala

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