1104-1627 - Thai temple and monastery, Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

1104-1629 - Pilgrims in front of the Dhamekh Stupa, Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

1104-1628 - Thai temple and monastery, Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

745-130 - Monk on path to Mulgandha Kuti Vihar (temple), Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

1161-4482 - Sri Lankan Buddhist visitors at Dhamakh Stupa at Sarnath ruins near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

1161-4489 - Buddhist monks pass prayer flags at Mulagandhakuti Vihara Temple at Sarnath near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

1161-4484 - Buddhist monk praying as he walks around Dhamakh Stupa at Sarnath ruins near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

1161-4490 - Indian girls in shoe shop with cobbler at work at Sarnath near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

1161-4483 - Buddhist visitors applying gold leaf as traditional offering at Dhamakh Stupa at Sarnath ruins near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

1161-4495 - Indian man displays sari fabric at silk factory at Bressler near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

1161-4492 - Old colonial architecture period house at Sarnath near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

1161-4481 - Buddhist monks visiting Dharmarajika Stupa at Sarnath ruins near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

1161-4487 - Buddhist monk passes prayer flags at Mulagandhakuti Vihara Temple at Sarnath near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

1161-4491 - Indian girls in shoe shop with cobbler at work at Sarnath near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

1161-4488 - Buddhist prayer flags at Mulagandhakuti Vihara Temple at Sarnath near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

1161-4494 - Indian man working loom at silk factory making textiles and saris at Bressler near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

1161-4485 - Lighted candles offering Buddhist prayers at Dharmarajika Stupa at Sarnath near Varanasi, Northern India

1161-4493 - Indian woman stallholder selling sweets and toys at Sarnath near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

832-76024 - Relief at the Dhamek Stupa, Buddhist holy place Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

832-76022 - Excavations at the Dhamek Stupa, Buddhist holy place Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

1196-167 - Bodhgaya, kalachakra, india. holiness 14th dalai lama conferring giving kalachakra initiation in sarnath, india. Because of profundity, kalachakra initiation be bestowed only by most realized of tibets lamas. Rays of lightÀÜat heart of lama-inseparable from kalachakra-draw in. Entering mouth pass through center of body, through vajra path enter mothers lotus, melting into a luminous drop which dissolves into emptiness. From within emptiness arises a jewel from which arise as a deity embraced by consort mamaki.

1196-211 - India. Lotus. When finally your life forces disintegrate, watch elements of body dissolve, then, like remeeting an friend, eagerly greet clear light of death.,seventh dalai lama, advice to an abboto

1196-96 - Receiving kalachakra initiation in sarnath, india

1196-84 - Dancing skeletons, lord of charnal grounds remind us of inevitable passage into death

1196-144 - India. As buddha it in verse in dharmapada, component things impermanent. When acquires realization of this truth naturally releases bonds of unhappiness. This is of purification freedom

807-278 - Dhamekh stupa, Buddhist, pilgrimage site, Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

238-4125 - Buddha sculpture dating from the Gupta period in the 5th century, from Sarnath Museum, Uttar Pradash, India, Asia

120-3812 - Detail of Gupta designs on Dhamekh Stupa, Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

745-61 - Dhamekh stupa, Buddhist pilgrimage site, Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

745-81 - Temple, Mulagandha Vihara, Sarnath, India, Asia

508-5886 - Ashoka Lion, Sarnath Museum, near Varanasi (formerly Benares), Uttar Pradesh State, India, Asia

120-3811 - Detail of Gupta designs on Dhamek Stupa, Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

312-842 - Dharmekh stupa, dating from the 5th century, Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

508-6315 - Dhamekh Buddhist stupa at Sarnath, near Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia