Videos tagged with "buddhism"

Непал часть вторая [16:31]
trip to Nepal in spring 2012
Tags: Теги:, buddhism, nepal, katmandu, tourism, flight, buddhaland, hotel, buddanath, tample

Episode 168: The Kangshung Face [36:43]
Third Side's A Charm. This morning Everest finally revealed her last secret as we were able to get a clear view of her East Side, the mysterious Kangshung Face. The weather was as clear as it could possible be and the white snow covering her flanks looked dazzling in contrast to the deep blue sky. We call this tallest mountain on the planet by three names. Westerners refer to her as Everest in honor of Sir George Everest, the British Surveyor General of India during the mid 19th century. In Nepal, she's officially called Sagarmatha which literally means "forehead of the ocean" but generally interpreted to mean "Goddess of the Sky". Interestingly enough,very few actually use Sagarmatha because the name was created by the Nepali government in the 1960s as a way to infer ownership over the peak. Ah, politics. In general, the local peoples surrounding the world's tallest mountain call her by the Tibetan name of Chomolungma or Qomolanma. Of course Chomolungma means different things to different people. Some believe it to mean "Goddess Mother of Snows" or "Highest Mountain". I've also heard that it means "Big Hen" as in a female chicken with it's feathers all puffed out. Luckily, the most adhered to definition of Chomolungma is "Mother Goddess of the Universe". Whether you call her Everest or Sagarmatha or Chomolungma, the tallest mountain in the world has 3 distinct sides (the South Face, North Face and East Face) and is therefore large enough to accommodate all of them. Jon ...
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Ch. 14 Mother Teresa House [00:58]
Travels through India and Nepal. Chapter Fourteen: Sunrise mass at the Mother House, in Kolkata (Calcutta). Followed by a day volunteering at Prem Dan. (Mother Teresa's Home of the Sick and Dying).
Tags: India, Nepal, Film, Mother, Teresa, Christian, Christianity, Prem, Dan, Sick, and, Dying, Canon, 5D, mkii, Kolkata, Calcutta, Love, contribution, Travel, Travelling, Traveller, Boat, Ride, Sam, Hawley, Hawleywood, Sadhu, Buddhism, Buddha, Architecture, ed

Ch. 9 The Walk Out [03:30]
Travels through India and Nepal. Chapter Nine: After nine days walk and reaching Mount Everest Base Camp, the three day walk out begins. As well as other celebration shenanigans.
Tags: India, Nepal, Film, Trekking, Hiking, Mountain, Climbing, Mt, Everest, Ji, puloot, resham, phiriri, Himalaya, Kathmandu, Travel, Travelling, Traveller, Sam, Hawley, Hawleywood, Nepali, Nepalese, Prayer, Wheel, Sadhu, Buddhism, Buddha, Architecture, Stupa,

Ch. 6 Pangboche Teaching [00:55]
Travels through India and Nepal. Chapter Six: During the trek through the Himalaya to Mount Everest, we stopped at Pangboche School to teach the kids.
Tags: India, Nepal, Film, Trekking, Hiking, Mountain, Climbing, Mt, Everest, Canon, 5D, mkii, Ji, puloot, resham, phiriri, Himalaya, Kathmandu, Travel, Travelling, Traveller, Sam, Hawley, Hawleywood, Nepali, Nepalese, Prayer, Wheel, Sadhu, Buddhism, Buddha, Arc