Buddhism: Life, Pagodas, Temples
 Buddhism is a way of life for more than 90% of Burmese. Nearly all males are monks for a period of several weeks to their entire life. 2002:11:08 09:13:55 135 mm 1/180 f6.7 |
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 Monks live an ascetic life and carry their bowls daily to collect cooked food donations. Donors earn merit (or "karma") by helping. 2002:11:12 08:21:38 90 mm 1/126 f5.3 |
 This young monk listens to one of our earpieces; connected to a receiver, it enabled each of us to hear Kyaw Soe from a distance. 2002:11:11 16:18:59 55 mm 1/60 f5.6 |
 At the Nga Phe Kyaung monastery on Inle Lake, the monks train cats to jump through hoops, giving the monastery the "Jumping Cats" moniker. 2002:11:09 10:17:25 70 mm 1/60 f5 |
 A marble Buddha on a throne of jewels at the Jumping Cats monastery. 2002:11:09 09:57:56 28 mm 1/60 f4.2 |
 The "principal" at a monastery for young monks near Inle Lake. 2002:11:09 14:19:07 50 mm 1/10 f4.5 |
 In Mandalay we visited a nunnery with the nuns in traditional pink robes. Women who choose to become nuns make a life-long choice. 2002:11:10 08:59:03 38 mm 1/100 f5 |