Bhutan Highlight

You can see phallus or even called the “Thunderbolt of Flaming Wisdom” painted on walls of buildings and houses throughout Bhutan. This is the creation of great lama Drukpa Kuenley…

The Bhavachakra, the wheel of life is a mandala representing the Buddhist view of the universe. To Buddhist, existence refers to a cycle of life, death, rebirth and suffering that…

Chorten also known as ‘stupa’ in India, are quite common in the countryside of Bhutan. Thousands of chortens can be found all over the country, at crossroads, near a dzong…

As you travel Bhutan, you can see cone-shaped clay castings clinging to rocky outcroppings near caves, piled high at the foot of prayer wheels and even floating down rivers on…

Buddhist prayers flags are inscribed with auspicious and sacred emblems, symbols and texts in the forms of invocations, mantras and sutras. Prayers flags are traditionally hand made in Bhutan and…

The diagram above is related to Buddhism: The elephant represents buddha’s disciple Ananda, the monkey represents disciple Mongulyana, the rabbit represents disciple Shariputra, and the bird represents buddha himself. The…

The four guardian kings came before Shakyamuni Buddha just after the Buddha achieved enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. The four kings individually offered a black bowl to Buddha which is…

The eight auspicious signs or symbols of good fortune are the important part of Buddhism. In Buddhism, many different signs or symbols are used to illustrate abstract meanings. Among them, the most…

Through the ordinary eye, we observe just as a bowl of water but if it is observed through spiritual point of view, it depicts lots of significances. Being water one…