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- noun Plural form of
monastery .
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Arya Tara, a celestial Buddha, is often referred to as the mother of all Buddhas, and her image is in monasteries and temples throughout Central Asia.
April L. Bogle: Her Holiness: Is the Time Right for a Female Dalai Lama? April L. Bogle 2010
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And, few hands deal with the rewriting of those text; like the hands of the monks in monasteries trying to maintain the writings in the face of barbarian invansions.
Amazing Thread v.2.0 2009
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His father had been painting in monasteries, and Tsherin had been painting with his father since the age of 12.
Max Eternity: Buddha 2010: Contemporary Tibetan Art in New York Max Eternity 2010
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Arya Tara, a celestial Buddha, is often referred to as the mother of all Buddhas, and her image is in monasteries and temples throughout Central Asia.
April L. Bogle: Her Holiness: Is the Time Right for a Female Dalai Lama? April L. Bogle 2010
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His father had been painting in monasteries, and Tsherin had been painting with his father since the age of 12.
Max Eternity: Buddha 2010: Contemporary Tibetan Art in New York Max Eternity 2010
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Arya Tara, a celestial Buddha, is often referred to as the mother of all Buddhas, and her image is in monasteries and temples throughout Central Asia.
April L. Bogle: Her Holiness: Is the Time Right for a Female Dalai Lama? April L. Bogle 2010
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The Church had no answers and no cures and the monks in monasteries and the nuns who nursed those sick died along with everyone else.
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Arya Tara, a celestial Buddha, is often referred to as the mother of all Buddhas, and her image is in monasteries and temples throughout Central Asia.
April L. Bogle: Her Holiness: Is the Time Right for a Female Dalai Lama? April L. Bogle 2010
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Arya Tara, a celestial Buddha, is often referred to as the mother of all Buddhas, and her image is in monasteries and temples throughout Central Asia.
April L. Bogle: Her Holiness: Is the Time Right for a Female Dalai Lama? April L. Bogle 2010
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Buddhists also honor a wide array of saints, she pointed out, and the most religious Buddhists gather in monasteries for communal worship.
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