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Samye Monastery, Tibet


Samye Monastery has the distinction of being the first monastery built in Tibet (around 775 CE), although the original buildings have long since disappeared.
Samye Monastery is laid out on the shape of a giant mandala, with the main temple representing the legendary Mount Meru.
Other buildings stand at the corners and other relevant points so important in tantric Buddhist cosmology.
Many Tibetan Buddhists come on long pilgrimages to Samye.

Samye Monastery, Tibet
Samye Monastery, Tibet		 Samye Monastery, Tibet
Samye Monastery, Tibet		 Samye Monastery, Tibet
Samye Monastery, Tibet		 Yarlung Zangbo River, Tibet
Yarlung Zangbo River, Tibet
Crossing the Yarlung Zangbo River, Tibet
Crossing the Yarlung Zangbo River, Tibet		 Monks and Pilgrims. Samye Monastery, Tibet
Monks and Pilgrims. Samye Monastery, Tibet		 Monks, Samye Monastery, Tibet
Monks, Samye Monastery, Tibet		 Pilgrim, Samye Monastery, Tibet
Pilgrim, Samye Monastery, Tibet

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