Buddhist monks at Ta Prohm Temple in Angkor, Cambodia (by Bennett).

Ama Dablam Peak seen from Tengboche Monastery in Khumbu, Nepal (by Carolyn Cheng).

Lift used only by monks at Meteora monastery, Greece (by Buzia). Oh, wow!

Pilgrims at Kumbum chorten and Gyantse Dzong, Tibet (by reurinkjan).

Pigeons above Golden Pagodas, Bago, Myanmar (by Ivars Krutainis).

by k.kazantzoglou Greek and Proud of it! on Flickr.

The monastery complex at Mount Athos in Greece.

by ksengog on Flickr.

Sunset over the rocks of the Meteora complex of monasteries in Greece.

by danidavis5 on Flickr.

Key Gompa is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery located on top of a hill at an altitude of 4166 m above sea level in Himachal Pradesh, India.

by Lidia Ilona on Flickr.

Vardzia Cave City is a cave monastery dug into the side of the Erusheli mountain in southern Georgia. The monastery was constructed as protection from the Mongols. and consisted of over six thousand apartments in a thirteen story complex.

by Göran (Kartläsarn) on Flickr.

Rongbuk Monastery with Mount Everest in the background - Tibet.

photo by AC84 on Flickr.

Taktsang Palphug Monastery (also known as The Tiger's Nest), a prominent Himalayan Buddhist sacred site and temple complex, located in the cliffside of the upper Paro valley, Bhutan.