About French

French is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French has evolved from Gallo-Romance, the spoken Latin in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul.

Matthieu Ricard, A French writer and Buddhist monk

Apr

2018

Biography, Monks Himalayas Life

I chose to become a Buddhist Monk over a Bio-Chemist Matthieu Ricard is a popular name we hear when talking about Buddhism and Buddhist monk. He is from an intellectual french family; his father is a renowned French philosopher and mother is the abstract lyrics painter and Tibetan Buddhist called nun Yahne Le Toumelin. Seems like he's following his mom's path. After completing the PhD degree in molecular genetics at Pasteur Institute, Matthieu decided to become a .

The Tibetan Lung-gom-pa runners

Dec

2022

Monks Himalayas Life

Lung-gom-pa is an esoteric skill in Tibetan Buddhism that is believed to enable practitioners to run for extended periods of time without tiring. This technique is similar to those used by Kaihōgyō monks in Japan and practitioners of Shugendō. Like so much about Tibet, Lung-gom-pa running remains something of an enigma. Enlightenment through physical endurance Lung-gom-pa, also known as "tibetan marathon runners," is a form of spiritual training within Tibetan Buddhism. This practice involves intensive spiritual training, .

Difference Between Rugs and Carpets

Sep

2020

Carpets Pratima

As the terms carpet and are inclined to be used identically, there is, in fact, quite a difference between those two. Both Rugs and carpets describe a thick piece of cloth, usually woven from natural fibers like silk, wool, jute, and cotton or synthetic materials used for decorative purposes. The patterns or techniques used can differ to a great extent, depending on the region or the year or the method in which the given carpet .

Top 10 Composition of Pigments in the Tibetan paintings

Dec

2018

Culture, Dharma, Tibetan paintings dipakdaspaswan

The application of colour to the thangka canvas involved two main steps first, filling in the areas of different base colours, and second, the subsequent shading and outlining of those areas. To these steps there corresponded the two essentially different types of paint in the Tibetan palette Mineral pigments (rdo tshon and sa tshon) and The organic dyes or lakes (tshos) The mineral pigments had to be mixed with a binder before being applied as paints. .

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