Pictures around the first inside ring of the Mandala of of the Boudha Stupa

  

Everyday I go to the stupa to do Kora  -  (Walking around the Stupa reciting prayers and Mantras) Around the stupa there are entrances to go in, and a pathway leading around so you can do Kora within the first walls of the Mandala. It's very nice, and very peaceful inside the walls.

Screen shot taken from google images

    These are some of the things you can see close up inside the walls of the stupa. Unfortunately I    don't know the stories behind all of them,  but I hope to know by the time we leave. 
     What I do know is that everything is ancient. The Stupa itself is over 2000 years old.


Everything was just given a fresh whitewashing in honor of  Saka Dawa - Buddhist holy days.

Above you can see the prostration boards that are left there all the time. Many people come everyday to do their Ngondro practices here.  I actually did some of mine here when we came in 2010.This visit  I  sit and do my practices or meditation  in this area.  - the plastic over the boards are ones that have been claimed : ) and to protect the wood during monsoon season.