Monks chanting prayers during a Buddhist religious ceremony in Leh
- last year
A buddhist religious ceremony being performed by lamas or Buddhist monks in a monastery in the town of Leh in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, North India.
Buddhism is a religion indigenous to the Indian subcontinent that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, who is commonly known as the Buddha. While Buddhism remains most popular within Asia, both branches are now found throughout the world. Estimates of Buddhists worldwide vary significantly depending on the way Buddhist adherence is defined. Conservative estimates are between 350 and 750 million. Higher estimates are between 1.2 and 1.7 billion. It is also recognized as one of the fastest growing religions in the world. The foundations of Buddhist tradition and practice are the Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma (the teachings), and the Sangha (the community). Other practices may include following ethical precepts; support of the monastic community; renouncing conventional living and becoming a monastic; the development of mindfulness and practice of meditation; cultivation of higher wisdom and discernment; study of scriptures; devotional practices; ceremonies; and in the Mahayana tradition, invocation of buddhas and bodhisattvas.
In Ladakh Buddhism operates at two levels and there is a stark division between the literary traditions of the Buddhist doctrines as followed by the clergy on one hand, and more popular forms as followed by the lay people on the other. The latter is often referred to as pre-Buddhist religion - this must not to be confused with Bon, because there is some uncertainty amongst scholars as to whether or not Bon actually existed as a religion in Ladakh. The early religion of Ladakh was presumably one where the people worshipped many gods (pantheistic), the people also worshiped many spirits associated with the water, earth, and mountains. It was also animistic, and included ancestor worship and shamanistic practices. What has happened is that a lot of these religious practices that today go under the label of being "Buddhist" were really not so - what happened is that as Buddhism was spreading in Ladakh and gaining followers most of their de
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This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at rupindang [at] gmail [dot] com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com.
Buddhism is a religion indigenous to the Indian subcontinent that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, who is commonly known as the Buddha. While Buddhism remains most popular within Asia, both branches are now found throughout the world. Estimates of Buddhists worldwide vary significantly depending on the way Buddhist adherence is defined. Conservative estimates are between 350 and 750 million. Higher estimates are between 1.2 and 1.7 billion. It is also recognized as one of the fastest growing religions in the world. The foundations of Buddhist tradition and practice are the Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma (the teachings), and the Sangha (the community). Other practices may include following ethical precepts; support of the monastic community; renouncing conventional living and becoming a monastic; the development of mindfulness and practice of meditation; cultivation of higher wisdom and discernment; study of scriptures; devotional practices; ceremonies; and in the Mahayana tradition, invocation of buddhas and bodhisattvas.
In Ladakh Buddhism operates at two levels and there is a stark division between the literary traditions of the Buddhist doctrines as followed by the clergy on one hand, and more popular forms as followed by the lay people on the other. The latter is often referred to as pre-Buddhist religion - this must not to be confused with Bon, because there is some uncertainty amongst scholars as to whether or not Bon actually existed as a religion in Ladakh. The early religion of Ladakh was presumably one where the people worshipped many gods (pantheistic), the people also worshiped many spirits associated with the water, earth, and mountains. It was also animistic, and included ancestor worship and shamanistic practices. What has happened is that a lot of these religious practices that today go under the label of being "Buddhist" were really not so - what happened is that as Buddhism was spreading in Ladakh and gaining followers most of their de
Source: Wikipedia & www.ecologicalfootprint.in
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at rupindang [at] gmail [dot] com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com.