809-9030 - Entrance procession of monks, Buddhist ceremony, Phuoc Hue Buddhist Pagoda, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-9029 - Phuoc Hue buddhist pagoda. Monks at buddhist ceremony in the main hall. Vegetarian meal. Vietnam.

809-9018 - Prayers for the deceased, Funeral ceremony in a Buddhist family, Tan Chau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-8986 - Phuoc Hue buddhist pagoda. Monks at buddhist ceremony in the main hall. Vegetarian meal. Vietnam.

809-8979 - Vegetarian meal, monks at Buddhist ceremony in the main hall, Phuoc Hue Buddhist pagoda, Tan Chau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-8978 - Vegetarian meal, monks at Buddhist ceremony in the main hall, Phuoc Hue Buddhist pagoda, Tan Chau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

1111-257 - Tea ceremony at Yakcheonsa Temple. It measures 30 meters high and spans 3,305 square meters; with many halls and praying rooms, it is the largest temple in Asia. Visitors can choose to have a temple stay to learn the Buddhist lifestyle on Jeju Island.

809-8889 - Vegetarian offerings, Buddhist ceremony, Tinh That Quan Am Pagoda, Dalat, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-8829 - Worshippers at Buddhist ceremony, Tu An Buddhist temple, Saint Pierre en Faucigny, Haute-Savoie, France, Europe

809-8828 - Nun at Buddhist ceremony sounding Buddhist brass bell, Tu An Buddhist temple, Saint Pierre en Faucigny, Haute-Savoie, France, Europe

809-8683 - Woman at Buddhist ceremony praying with a candle, Huynh Dao Buddhist Temple, Chau Doc, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-8678 - Woman at Buddhist ceremony praying with a candle, Huynh Dao Buddhist temple, Chau Doc, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-8675 - Quan Am Bo Tat temple, Buddhist ceremony, Monk praying, Vung Tau. Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-8645 - Quan Am Bo Tat temple, Buddhist ceremony of releasing birds back into the wild to help an individual accrue merit, Vung Tau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-8632 - Huynh Dao Buddhist temple, woman at Buddhist ceremony praying with a candle, Chau Doc, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-8626 - Quan Am Bo Tat temple, Buddhist ceremony, monks praying, Vung Tau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-8580 - Burning hell bank notes and other forms of joss paper for Buddhist and Taoist ceremony, Phuoc Long Buddhist Temple, Tan Chau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-8457 - Monks at ceremony with Tibetan Buddhist prayer book in Sanskrit, Ganesh Saraswati Buddhist Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

1350-6144 - Prayer candles inside Swayambhunath temple, Kathmandu

1350-6172 - People at Jing'an Temple performing a religious ceremony, Shanghai, China

1350-6210 - People at Jing'an Temple performing a religious ceremony, Shanghai, China

1350-6122 - People at Jing'an Temple performing a religious ceremony, Shanghai, China

1116-51603 - Worshiper at Thien Hau Temple; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

1350-3242 - Procession and ceremony for young boys about to become novice monks by the Shan people of Burma at Wat Khun Thwong Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1350-2672 - Buddhist ceremony at sunset in Wat Arun temple

1350-3246 - Young boy of the Shan people from Burma about to become a novice monk during a ceremony at Wat Khun Thwong Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1350-3244 - Procession and ceremony for young boys about to become novice monks by the Shan people of Burma at Wat Khun Thwong Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1350-1450 - Monk blessing women, in Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn), also called Wat Bangmakok Noek, Bangkok, Thailand

1350-1475 - Monks praying, in Wat Chedi Luang temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand

1350-1451 - Monks, religious ceremony, in Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn), also called Wat Bangmakok Noek, Bangkok, Thailand

1350-1486 - Believers praying, in Wat Phra Singh temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand

1350-1449 - Traditional Thai dancers performing for Brahma, they dance on request for donations, Erawan Shrine, Bangkok

1350-1491 - Donation to monks, Wat Suan Dok temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand

1350-1489 - Wat Phan Tao temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand

1350-947 - Monk blessing a woman, in Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia

809-8233 - Asian woman praying at Buddhist ceremony in Tu An Pagoda, Saint Pierre en Faucigny, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

1113-103603 - fist, cast iron statues of guardians, Taoist Zhong Yue Temple, Taoist Buddhist mountain, Song Shan, Henan province, China, Asia

1113-103600 - Taoist monks in Zhongyue temple Taoist Buddhist mountain, Song Shan, Henan province, China, Asia

1113-103601 - Taoist monks in Zhongyue temple, in Shaolin valley, Taoist Buddhist mountain, Song Shan, Henan province, China, Asia

1113-103602 - cast iron statues of temple guardians, Taoist Zhong Yue Temple, Taoist Buddhist mountain, Song Shan, Henan province, China, Asia

812-216 - Monk lighting joss sticks during ceremony in a Buddhist temple, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

812-217 - Monk with joss sticks during ceremony in a Buddhist temple, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-7967 - Zen Buddhist Kesa transmission ceremony, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

809-8005 - Woman praying to the Buddha, Buddhist ceremony, Phat Quang Buddhist temple, Chau Doc, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

1116-47816 - Three Buddha statues and offerings in temple, Otop Temple, Bangkok, Thailand

809-7767 - Monks at Buddhist ceremony in pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-7766 - Buddhist ceremony at temple, monk playing on a wooden fish (percussion instrument), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

1116-43042 - Offering Dish, A Buddhist Deity, Nepalese New Year Festival, Bahktapur, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

1116-43039 - Patan Durbar Square, Lalitpur, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

1116-43036 - A Traditional Tibetan Roll From A Small Monastery Near Pokhara, Nepal

1116-43041 - Tibetan Rolls From Swayambhu Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal

1174-6083 - Asian girl lighting prayer candles in Buddhist temple

1116-41892 - Flames burning in a row in large bronze pots, Lhasa xizang china

832-381820 - Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple on Makha Bucha Day or Magha Puja Day, Theravada Buddhists, monks sitting around the Chedi Mahadhammakaya Cetiya, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia *** IMPORTANT: Image may not be used in a negative context with the Dhammakaya temple ***

832-382212 - Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple on Makha Bucha Day or Magha Puja Day, Theravada Buddhists, monks sitting around the Chedi Mahadhammakaya Cetiya, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia *** IMPORTANT: Image may not be used in a negative context with the Dhammakaya temple ***

809-7506 - Kito ceremony during a Zen sesshin (retreat) in Lanau, Cantal, France, Europe

809-7507 - Kito ceremony during a Zen sesshin (retreat) in Lanau, Cantal, France, Europe

1116-39824 - Boy with incense sticks by a Buddhist statue at the Vat Phou Temple Complex, Champasak, Laos

809-7486 - Monk at Buddhist ceremony, playing on a wooden fish (percussion instrument), Chua Tu An Buddhist temple, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

809-7492 - Buddhist worshipper rings bell, Phuoc Thanh Buddhist pagoda, Cai Be, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-7437 - Buddhist ceremony, Chua Thanh Buddhist temple, Lang Son, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-7442 - Buddhist ceremony, Ly Trieu Quoc Su Pagoda, Hanoi, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-7057 - Buddhist ceremony, Liberation Rite of Water and Land, Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-6892 - Ullambana ceremony, when food is offered to the ancestors during the annual Ghost Festival, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, Chinatown, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-6894 - Ceremony in Ancenstral Hall, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Chinatown, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-6893 - Ullambana ceremony, Buddhist monks' procession, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, Chinatown, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

1218-482 - Buddhist Monks praying around temple at Bouddha (Bodhnath), Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

1218-485 - Buddhist Monks praying around temple at Bouddha (Bodhnath), Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

1218-484 - Buddhist monks praying around temple at Bouddha (Boudhanath), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

832-378684 - Thudong or Dhutanga, ceremony of the Dhammakaya Foundation in front of the Phra Mongkol Thepmuni Memorial Hall, golden dome of the Phramonkolthepmuni meditation hall, Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia

832-378678 - Mass event at Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple, followers holding pictures with Buddha images, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia *** IMPORTANT: Image must not be used in a negative context with the Dhammakaya temple ***

1196-270 - Shin Pyu, Buddhist novitiation ceremony on outskirts of Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

1196-269 - Water offering at Tuesday Corner statue, Shwedagon Paya, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

809-6811 - Seated Buddhist monks chanting and reading prayers at a ceremony, Wat Ong Teu Buddhist Temple, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-6810 - Seated Buddhist monks chanting and reading prayers at a ceremony, Wat Ong Teu Buddhist Temple, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-6783 - Buddhist sacred texts, Buddhist ceremony in Fo Guang Shan Temple, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe

809-6785 - Drum and bell, Buddhist ceremony, Fo Guang Shan temple, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe

809-6784 - Buddhist sacred texts, Buddhist ceremony in Fo Guang Shan Temple, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe

809-6751 - Sai-Sin (sacred thread) in use at a temple ceremony, International Buddhist Center of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe

809-6749 - Monk praying, and Sai-Sin (sacred thread) in use in Buddhist ceremony, International Buddhist Center of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe

809-6750 - Sai-Sin (sacred thread) in use at a temple ceremony, International Buddhist Center of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe

809-6756 - Walking meditation, Buddhist ceremony, Fo Guang Shan temple, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe

1109-2445 - Mrauk U, Dung Bwe Festival for the passing of an important Buddhist Monk, Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

1109-2444 - Mrauk U, Dung Bwe Festival for the passing of an important Buddhist Monk, Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

1109-2446 - Mrauk U, Dung Bwe Festival for the passing of an important Buddhist Monk, Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

797-12868 - India, Bihar, Bodhgaya, Large group of seated, young Buddhist monks chanting and reading prayers at a ceremony in the grounds of the Mahadbodhi Temple.

809-6607 - Buddhist ceremony, Magha Puja, Wat Velouvanaram, Bussy Saint Georges, Seine et Marne, France, Europe

809-6608 - Buddhist ceremony, Magha Puja, Wat Velouvanaram, Bussy Saint Georges, Seine et Marne, France, Europe

809-6615 - Buddhist ceremony, Wat Velouvanaram, Bussy Saint Georges, Seine et Marne, France, Europe

809-6524 - Buddhist ceremony, Wat Velouvanaram, Bussy St. George, Seine et Marne, France, Europe

809-6522 - Buddhist ceremony, Wat Velouvanaram, Bussy St. George, Seine et Marne, France, Europe

809-6523 - Buddhist ceremony, Wat Velouvanaram, Bussy St. George, Seine et Marne, France, Europe

809-6525 - Buddhist ceremony, Wat Velouvanaram, Bussy St. George, Seine et Marne, France, Europe

832-368640 - Tibetan pilgrims throwing prayer notes into the air, ceremony at Namtso Lake, Heavenly Lake, Tibetan, China, Asia

832-370805 - Yamabushi follower, mountain ascetics, Buddhist sect, priest invoking the deity at the fire, Iwakura, Japan, East Asia, Asia

832-370710 - Novice Buddhist monks at a dawn ceremony in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Asia

832-368642 - Tibetan pilgrim hanging prayer flags for the upcoming ceremony on Namtso Lake, Heavenly Lake, Tibetan, China, Asia

831-1438 - Buddhist monks at religious ceremony, Namgyal Tsemo Gompa, Leh, Ladakh, India, Asia

831-1437 - Buddhist monk performs masked dance at religious ceremony, Namgyal Tsemo Gompa, Leh, Ladakh, India, Asia

1163-39 - A monk looks around during his graduation ceremony, Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia