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Buddhist Culture
Hindu Buddhist
Polished sandstone“Lotiform”
Form of a lotusLotus symbol of
divinityHorizontal wheel
Cycle of life, death, rebirth
Lions = The Buddha
The Lions of Sarnath Pillar capitalc. 242 - 232 BCE
Buddhist Figurative ArtEnabled the
beginning of Buddha worship
FrontalHarmony between
individual and universe
Buddhist Statues
Standing BuddhaAnthropomorphic
(human)
Bhavacakra
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
Buddhist Chant
Lama Chöpa: A Buddhist Tantric CelebrationMonks of Dreprung Loseling Monastery
Sazhi Pokyi: This Fragrant Earth
Tantric Chanting
The Great Stupa3rd Century BCE
Buddhist Temples
Yangon, Thailand Angkor Thom, Kampuchea
Bodnath StupaKathmandu, Nepal
Colorado China
Potala, Lhasa
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
Taktshang MonasteryBhutan
Mandala
Mandala