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		<title>Swoyambunath Stupa, Nepal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October, 2008, my partner and I spent a week in the Kathmandu Valley. We stayed at the Hyatt overlooking the Boudnath Temple, more correctly spelled Boudhanath stupa, although you’ll find it both ways. I’ll do another post on Boudhanath, this post is to write about our visit to Swayambunath stupa. Swoyambunath Stupa Both Boudhnath [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naga and the Buddha</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nagas are everywhere in Buddhist art and architecture. In order to visit Angkor Thom in Cambodia, you need to walk across a bridge adorned on either side with the Naga balistrade. Here the Naga provides protection from the moat and linkage between heaven and earth. King Jayavarman VII, who reigned in Cambodia during the building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sukhothai, 15th century Buddha Image</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In late 2005, during a trip to Bangkok, we visited the Prasart Museum on the outskirts of the city. This continually expanding museum is the realization of Prasart Vongsakul. His lifelong love of Thai antiquities matched with his years of being a successful businessman allowed him to fulfill his dream. As he puts it so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Temple of the Sacred Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sri Dalada Maligawa Temple of the Sacred Tooth is the holiest Buddhist site in Sri Lanka. The temple is located within the old Palace complex. When we visited, we needed to go through a rigorous security checkpoint due to the bombing by the Tamil Tigers on January 25, 1998. Once again we were also treated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sigiriya Lion Rock, Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sigiriya Lion Rock rises 360 meters above sea level. While it is not a Buddhist pilgrimage site, it is very important historically and archaeologically and is one of the UNESCO Cultural Triangle sites. As described later in this post, it was also home during separate periods of hundreds of years to Buddhist monastic orders. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tour of Sri Lanka Buddhist Sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We visited Sri Lanka in November, 2007. Sri Lanka has been a Buddhist country for the past 2000 years, 2nd only to India. Buddhism was introduced to Sri Lanka by the Indian Buddhist Emporer Asoka’s pen-pal, King Tissa of Anuradhapura. 236 years after the death of the Buddha. Sri Lanka, a stunningly picturesque island nation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1978, UNESCO approved a project to safeguard the centuries of cultural achievements of six exceptional sites in Sri Lanka. They called the sites, bounded by Polonnaruwa, Anuradhapura and Kandy, the Cultural Triangle. When South Indian invaders sacked the early capital of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa became the second medieval capital of Sri Lanka, from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dambulla Cave Temples, Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Golden Mountain Temple We arrived at the Dambulla Cave Temples in the late afternoon. Our driver, Aslam, introduced us to our guide, a middle aged wiry Sri Lankan, who we quickly learned possessed a passionate wealth of knowledge about Buddhism and the Cave Temples. I had my camera and tripod because I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Luang Prabang, Laos</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we visited Luang Prabang in 2002, this small town, sitting on the Mekong River and home to at least 34 wats, or Buddhist temples, still felt a little undiscovered. While walking along the main drag, though, I sometimes felt as though I was in a European city with the French colonial buildings lining the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peacefulness Temple, Luang Prabang</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Peacefulness Temple, or Pra Tard Kong, is a recently built temple just outside of town. It has become a favorite of locals and SE Asian visitors. The day we were there they were having some kind of ceremony, so we were unable to enter the temple. But as you can see from the pictures, [...]]]></description>
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