Friday 15 January 2021

The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion

It's the business of Buddha outside Bendigo, Australia. Lama Thubten Yeshe had a vision for a grand stupa and so, it is being built. It's modeled after the Great Stupa of Gyantse in Tibet.

Head away from Bendigo city center, out into the scrub, and you'll come upon this big presence.


Inside, the main treasure, a giant, jade sitting Buddha, ready for final placement on the center altar. It's going to take a crane.

A makeshift altar amid the construction.


Back outside, always room for some animals. Buddha loves elephants and you gotta have a kangaroo in Australia.

Although the exterior of the stupa still needs its final decoration, prayer wheels have been attached, temporarily. A little holiness into the infinity.

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