Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism

Dalai Lama in Cathedral Square

Circa 1990s

The Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, greets a crowd in Cathedral Square. He is wearing a Tibetan kata around his neck.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: Central City / Cathedral Square

Source: Christchurch Star Archive

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Reference ID: CCL-StarP-00694A

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Chenrezig sand mandala

October 2012

Tibetan Buddhist monk, Karma Gyasey, holding offering bowls at a dkyil 'khor (དཀྱིལ་འཁོར།), or sand maṇḍala, for Chenrezig (སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས་), the bodhisattva of compassion. The mandala ceremony is taking place at Riccarton House and Bush.

Area: North West / Fendalton

Source: Erin Lummis

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Reference ID: CCL-CBC-IMG-4809

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Dalai Lama stone

4 February 2020

Stone to commemorate the planting of a Bhutan pine (pinus wallichiana) in the botanic gardens by His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet. The stone bears the Tibetan characters of the Sanskrit mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum” (Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus), a prayer to Avalokitesvara (Tibetan: Chenresig), the bodhisattva of compassion, who the Dalai Lamas are a manifestation of.

Creator: Simon Daisley

Area: West / Hagley Park

Contributor: Simon Daisley

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Reference ID: CCL-DW-131921

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Gompa shrine

2010s

The shrine in the gompa at Christchurch Buddhist Centre. The statues, from left to right, represent Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava), Buddha Shakyamuni, and Vajrasattva. The thangkas on the wall depict Mañjuśrī, Buddha Shakyamuni, and Guru Rinpoche.

Area: South East / Phillipstown

Source: Tim Lewis

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Reference ID: CCL-CBC-IMG-5681

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Amitābha mantra stone

13 January 2023

A stone in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens with the Tibetan mantra of the Buddha Amitābha, Om Ah Mi De Wa Hrih. The Panchen Lama is believed to be the human manifestation of Amitābha.

Creator: Simon Daisley

Area: West / Hagley Park

Source: View in canterburystories.nz

Reference ID: CCL-DW-155731

Uploaded by: Daisleys

Copyright status: In copyright

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