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Breaking the Tshatsha mould Long worshipped by Tibetans, clay tshatshas have filled the interior of stupas and the statues of Buddhas since the middle of the 11th century.
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Lineage of the Tibetan Panchen Lamas The Panchen Erdeni is one of the two major Living Buddha reincarnation systems of the Gelug Sect, meaning incarnation of Amitayus. "Panchen" means "great scholar," with "Pan" being the literary translation of "Pandit" (scholar) in Sanskrit, and "Chen" "great" in Tibetan.
- Holy Lake—a visual treat NANGGARZE, Tibet: It was an early May morning in 2004 when I first visited the Yamzhog Yumco. For a more complete view, my friends and I took a rarely-used path that runs alongside the lake.
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Cherish the Habit of Releasing Captive Animals in Tibet
On the bustling ritual walk road in Lhasa, religious believers from various places are marching slowly in one direction while reciting sutras and counting their beads. If you watch carefully, you will notice now and then in the stream of people some cattle, sheep and other animals following closely behind the ritual walkers?/p>
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Breaking the Tshatsha mould Long worshipped by Tibetans, clay tshatshas have filled the interior of stupas and the statues of Buddhas since the middle of the 11th century.
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Lineage of the Tibetan Panchen Lamas The Panchen Erdeni is one of the two major Living Buddha reincarnation systems of the Gelug Sect, meaning incarnation of Amitayus. "Panchen" means "great scholar," with "Pan" being the literary translation of "Pandit" (scholar) in Sanskrit, and "Chen" "great" in Tibetan.
- Holy Lake—a visual treat NANGGARZE, Tibet: It was an early May morning in 2004 when I first visited the Yamzhog Yumco. For a more complete view, my friends and I took a rarely-used path that runs alongside the lake.
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Cherish the Habit of Releasing Captive Animals in Tibet
On the bustling ritual walk road in Lhasa, religious believers from various places are marching slowly in one direction while reciting sutras and counting their beads. If you watch carefully, you will notice now and then in the stream of people some cattle, sheep and other animals following closely behind the ritual walkers?/p>
In the eye of numerous business people along Barkor Street in Lhasa, Qamba Zunzhub is none other than the "shoe king." In fact, they say, about 60 percent of Tibetan shoes created as Tibetan tourist souvenirs that are on sale in Barkor come from him.
