Rev. Danny Fisher

BODH GAYA, part four

Afternoon at the Mahabodhi Mahavihara.

The Buddha image inside the main part of the stupa.

The Meditation Park at the Mahabodhi Mahavihara.

The Anjapala Nigrodha Shrine, where the Buddha spent his fifth week of meditation and conversed with Brahma.

The Rajayatana Tree, where the Buddha spent the seventh week of meditation and magnetized his first lay devotees.

The Ratanaghara, or “Jewel House,” where the Buddha spent the fourth week in meditation. Also, according to the temple’s management committee, “While He sat here in deep contemplation the six rays of blue, yellow, red, white, orange and a combination of all these colours together forming the sixth colour emanated from His body. The Buddhist flag used in all Buddhist countries is designed with these colours.”

A Western pilgrim sitting among the small stupas and votives at the Mahabodhi Mahavihara.

A banner hung by the Tibetan Volunteers for Animals (TVA) at the Mahabodhi Mahavihara.

Beggars reaching through the Mahabodhi Mahavihara’s gate.

Indian monks doing morning chants at the Mahabodhi Mahavihara.

Indian monk at the Mahabodhi Mahavihara.

Burmese pilgrims paying respect to the Vajrasana at the Mahabodhi Mahavihara.

A Tibetan monk reads from a pecha (scriptural document) in a corner of the Mahabodhi Mahavihara.

Tibetan nuns making mandala offerings at the Mahabodhi Mahavihara.

A Tibetan monk (and dog) catch a quick nap between prostrations during the midday.

Tibetan monks performing a ceremony beneath the Bodhi Tree.

Tibetan monks gathered for the Kagyu Monlam Chenmo (prayer festival).

His Holiness Urgyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, gives teachings from beneath the Bodhi Tree at the Kagyu Monlam Chenmo.