Tag: Paro
Random Photo Wednesday: The Himalayas…
…as seen from a plane flying from Delhi, India to Paro, Bhutan. Available in a higher quality at 500px.com
A Buddhist Sunday – Kyichu Lhakhang (སྐྱེར་ཆུའི་ལྷ་ཁང་)
Not too far from Paro (སྤ་རོ་) is the oldest temple in Bhutan. Dating back to the 7th century C.E. (common era), the temple (lha khang) has been in constant use. The floor boards inside the lha khang have the foot prints of very diligent practitioners prostrating to the altar to venerate the Buddha where over time…
A Buddhist Sunday – The Tiger’s Nest (སྟག་ཚང་)
In 2010 I had the opportunity to visit Bhutan. Like every other visitor we visited the Taktsang or Tiger’s Nest (སྟག་ཚང་) near Paro (སྤ་རོ་). The monastery sits precariously on the side of a cliff at an altitude of 3,120 meters, 900 meters above the valley. You cannot reach the monastery by car, so it is…
