buddhist expansion - tibet

CHINA

CURRET TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION

INDIA - SOUTH, WEST

NEPAL AND BHUTAN - SOUTH

CHINA - NORTH, EAST

TIBET IS BOUNDED BY

MOUNT KAILASH

THIRD AND SCARED MOUNTAIN PILGRIMAGE SITE OF HINDU AND BONPO AS WELL AS TIBETAN

permafrost

permanently frozen soil, sediment, or rock, solely based on the temperature, not moisture or ground cover. The ground must remain at a below 0 C for atleast two years

Nepal

the tibet’s climate is the same as ?

THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

THEY PROHIBIT THE PRACTICE OF RELIGION IN TIBET

BUDDHISM

RELIGION OF THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION

TIBETAN BUDDHISM

COMBINED THE ORIGINAL, OR MAHAYANIST PRACTICES WITH YOGA, TANTRA, SHAMANIC RITUALS AND ELEMENTS OF AN OLDER TIBETAIN RELIGION KNOWN AS BON

BON

OLDER TIBETAN RELIGION

LUNG-TA (WIND HORSE)

PRAYER FLAGS

BLUE SKY,WHITE CLOUD, RED FIRE, GREEN WATER, YELLOW EARTH

FIVE ELEMENTS OF A TIBETAN PRAYER FLAG

DALAI LAMA

PRINCIPAL SPIRITUAL LEADER OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM

TENZIN GYATZO

14TH DALAI LAMA WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN EXILE IN INDIA DUE TO CHINA’S ANNEXATION OF TIBET

• ORGANIC DESIGN

  • NATURAL MATERIALS

ARCH’L CHARACTER OF TIBETAN PLATEAU

SYMMETRICAL IN LAYOUT AND FACADE DESIGN

PLAN IS

BECAUSE THE WALLS ARE HEAVY THAT LARGE OPENINGS WOULD MAKE THE STRUCTURE WEAK AND UNSTABLE

WHY ARE WINDOWS SMALL IN TIBET

FLAT ROOFS WITH PARAPETS

THERE ARE THE ROOFS IN CENTRAL & WESTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU WITH SELODM RAIN

TALISMANS

IN TIBET THEY USE THESE AS ORNAMENTS ON ROOF AS GUARDIANS

CHORTEN

STUPA IN TIBET

WATER - WIND- FIRE - WATER - EARTH

ITSURA NG CHORTEN SA TIBET BASE SA ELEMENTS

MAJOR EVENTS IN BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI’S LIFE

EIGHT DIFFERENT KIND OF STUPAS IN TIBET ARE ALL REFERRING TO?

POTALA PALACE

HAVE OUTER WHITE PALACE (FOR ADMINISTRATIVE QUARTERS) AND INNER RED QUARTERS (ASSEMBLY ALL OF THE LAMAS, CHAPELS, ETC)

POTALA PALACE

LOCATED ON MOBURI (RED) MOUNTAIN

JOKHANG MONASTERY

1ST BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN TIBET LOCATED ON BARKHOR SQUARE IN LHASA

TSULAG KHANG

OR HOUSE OF THE WISDOM, BUT NOW KNOWN AS THE JOKHANG WHICH MEANS THE HOUSE OF THE BUDDHA

HEAVENLY JOKHANG

TALISMAN GUARDING THE ROOFTOP OF JOKHANG, MOST REVERED RELIGIOUS ICON OF TIBET

TASHI LHUNPO MONASTERY

BEST PRESERVED MONASTERY IN TIBET

TAGONG TEMPLE

A SYMBOL OF THE CULTURAL MIXTURE OF THE NATIONS IN CHINA AT THAT TIME AND IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TEMPLES IN TIBET. THE HIGH GOLDEN TOWER IS A SYMBOL OF TIBETAN TEMPLE WHILE EDGE OF THE ROOF RESEMBLES HAN CHINESE STYLE