ENTRY DESCRIPTION
This image corresponds to a long term project intended to reveal the deep spirituality which impregnates the Tibetan Bon-Lama religious culture.
The dances of these young women correspond to rituals performed under the Bon religious tradition, which represents the oldest Tibetan religion and which is Shamanistic in nature and believes in good and evil spirits which should be worshiped or exorcised.
The religion existed in Tibet since the VII century and at that time it was prosecuted by Buddhism , but the fusion between the Bon religious elements and the Buddhist Lamaism gave birth to the uniqueness of the Tibetan Buddhism as compared to other forms of Buddhism. The term Bon signifies "truth" and the path for liberation. The girls in one of the images are getting ready to perform a ritual dance to pacify the evil spirits and attract the good ones into their village and lives.
On the other hand, the "Lamaism" which has been frequently used to design the Tibetan Buddhism, has to do with the word "Lama" also known as "the superior one" and which can only be referred to the few monks who have achieved total spirituality.
Their traditional religious beliefs, strive for compassion, equanimity, clarity of mind and wisdom, and in a last stage to achieve "Nirvana" which means liberating themselves from the cycle of reincarnation.

AUTHOR
My name is Javier Sanchez-Monge Escardo .I was born in Madrid in 1965.Education: Degree in International business management at the Schiller International University Germany (Heidleberg), 3 years of Biology studies at the University of Alcala de Henares and a degree in Philosophy, followed by a PHD still to be finished. Several advanced photography courses, video and editing. Can speak and write in different languages. Constantly I have been travelling around the world, photographing and living in foreign cultures.

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