This is a picture that I took of the Buddhist Monastery in Bamyan, Afghanistan - yes, I was there in Afghanistan, for two years - this was the exact crossroads. It's where the world's largest Buddha statue once stood. Destroyed by the Taliban.
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thanks for keeping it alive for us!
the syncretism you describe above helps to keep the destruction below in the ourobourial light or birth and death and birth again
Wow this is the beauty of history, if you are lost please check your history to know where you are coming from,then you will know your destination.
Hard to know where you are going without being aware of where you have been. Excellent input!
Got some stories from that place... I'll have to share in some posts.
Definitely interested in hearing your stories. Drop me a link when you make a post!
I really wish I could have seen that giant buddah in real life. But it was probably way before my time.
It is sad that it is gone. We will have to go find a site that is still intact to go visit. Maybe not in Afghanistan, but definitely somewhere historically significant to Buddha.
Sounds like a wonderful trip for us to take with our baby girl.
Ankor Wat.
Where is that?
And this is why we are Buddhist, or one of the reasons - E, you still chanting? I don't know, I think I really like the meditation side of Buddhism more.
Awesome pic. Sad that so many of the amazing things that we as humans create are destroyed by other humans, just because "My imaginary friend is better than your imaginary friend" (meant as a joke, not as an insult to anyone's religion, please don't take it that way)
Why were you in Afghanistan for 2 years?