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Objets essentiels de la symbolique bouddhiste : la Cloche (bell, ghanta, drilbou ou dilbu) et le Vajra ou Diamant (thunderbolt, dorjé ou dorjey) La cloche symbolise la connaissance de la vacuité (pôle féminin), elle est associée au Vajra qui est le symbole de la Compassion (pôle masculin) Tibet XVIIIè siècle Don H.G. Beasley, Esq

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Author Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France
Camera location51° 31′ 09.26″ N, 0° 07′ 37.1″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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