The Hanging Monasteries of the World


	The Hanging Monasteries of the World
amgumen
10-3-2007 9:54 PM
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10-4-2007 12:03 AM
meancookie89
this is gorgeous
10-18-2007 1:29 PM
cobylyn
Absolutely stunning photographs. Did you live here or vacation or pilgrimage?
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Sigiriya, Sri Lanka - The Lion Mountain</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><DIV>Build on a "magma plug" outstanding rock, a remnant of an ancient volcano, the sacred city of <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigiriya">Sigiriya</A> contains the ruins of the palace and the temple, dating back to 500 AD. Even older times (about the 3rd century BC) saw this rock as a site for a mountain monastery of the devotees to the Buddhist Sangha. 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Meteora, Greece - "Build Your House on a Rock"</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/D1CB112E-8717-41F8-B7FA-514763970E87" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/39560912-53F1-4312-A436-B10128109FA7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/6EB08E2D-CDD4-443A-BB32-1F3B8F497EC3" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/DBFBD20B-D284-498F-A2E1-A4FF8F9AF2B3" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/24E903D5-00AF-4452-991B-A9311A49AE49" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/AF9A9BBD-8BE3-44AE-9B29-7CF4CCF34C73" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/CF8095C7-E049-4F8B-9D36-0EB32315AF97" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/B1AED7C7-F8C1-4DFC-AE99-803F4325D460" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><B>4. Cave Monasteries of Cappadocia, Turkey</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/78087B7A-4EBD-4EBB-94A8-5205150EB9AE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/357C18A8-4C54-4693-9AB3-49CC5C7AD4DA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/FCD7EAE3-DBCC-477C-940B-0F947FA80568" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/B7F9705F-6197-46FA-A9C7-13ECD3B31B88" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><B>How far would you be willing to go to get your peace & quiet?</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><DIV>Some paths to sacred places require a special safety blessing. Take this bridge, for example:</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/46746260-F402-4599-9FDA-F089B634F3C8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html">This Russian sign says it straight: <BR /><DIV>"Get a blessing before crossing this bridge"</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/839B1F0C-90DD-4668-8AE4-50EF82A20722" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><DIV>All the sheer walls and narrow winding paths behind you, once on the sacred ground, it can be truly inspiring:</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10/hanging-monasteries-of-world.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.darkroastedblend.com/img/0DD4460F-0A28-4292-96EE-29F09F2710F4" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6CD480FD-8156-45B5-849A-0605342F0F8E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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