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