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multicolors: Uno dos tres cuatro I kno you want me you kno I wantcha ;););););))

multicolors:

Uno dos tres cuatro I kno you want me you kno I wantcha ;););););))

jackhilliethethird: Blessings of a Jain Monk

jackhilliethethird:

Blessings of a Jain Monk

scatteredwritingonthewall: “There is no place more powerful for practice, more blessed, or more marvelous than this; may all pilgrims and practitioners be welcome!”Milarepa Mount Kailash (6,714 m) is a peak in Tibet, in the Gangdise Mountains, which is part of the Himalayas. The word Kailasa means “crystal” in Sanskrit. In Tibetan, Kailas is called Kang Rinpoche, or the “Precious jewel of snows”. The Bon call it Yung-drung Gu-tzeg which means “Nine story swastika”, because there is a swastika symbol can be seen on the south face of the mountain. Kailash is considered as a sacred place in four religions of the region - Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Bon. Mount Kailash is symbolically viewed as the earthly manifestation of Mount Sumeru or Meru, as it is also known. Sumeru is considered the actual focus - the absolute central point - of the mandala of the universe. Some think that the name Sumeru is a reference to the ancient kingdom of Sumer that laid far to the west in Mesopotamia - maybe human race’s first city. The cosmologies and origin myths of Asian religions speak of Kailash as the mythical Mount Meru, the Axis Mundi, the center and birth place of the entire world. There have been no recorded attempts to climb Mount Kailash; it is considered off limits to climbers in deference to Buddhist and Hindu beliefs. It is not clear whether this has ever been done. Buddhists believe that Milarepa is the only human being to have stood on its peak.

scatteredwritingonthewall:

“There is no place more powerful for practice, more blessed, or more marvelous than this; may all pilgrims and practitioners be welcome!”
Milarepa

Mount Kailash (6,714 m) is a peak in Tibet, in the Gangdise Mountains, which is part of the Himalayas.


The word Kailasa means “crystal” in Sanskrit.
In Tibetan, Kailas is called Kang Rinpoche, or the “Precious jewel of snows”. The Bon call it Yung-drung Gu-tzeg which means “Nine story swastika”, because there is a swastika symbol can be seen on the south face of the mountain.

Kailash is considered as a sacred place in four religions of the region - Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Bon.

Mount Kailash is symbolically viewed as the earthly manifestation of Mount Sumeru or Meru, as it is also known. Sumeru is considered the actual focus - the absolute central point - of the mandala of the universe. Some think that the name Sumeru is a reference to the ancient kingdom of Sumer that laid far to the west in Mesopotamia - maybe human race’s first city.

The cosmologies and origin myths of Asian religions speak of Kailash as the mythical Mount Meru, the Axis Mundi, the center and birth place of the entire world.

There have been no recorded attempts to climb Mount Kailash; it is considered off limits to climbers in deference to Buddhist and Hindu beliefs. It is not clear whether this has ever been done.
Buddhists believe that Milarepa is the only human being to have stood on its peak.

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Yogis are many, but I love these wandering sadhus.
Smeared with dust, they eat little,
Never saving a grain in their begging bowls.

No food in their packs, they carry only hunger,
No desire to eat have they,
Thirst they pour and drink.

These ascetics have conquered their desires.
In their wilderness they found the destination
For which they searched so long.
On the path of truth,
They found it lay within.

—Shah Abdul Latif, Sur Ramkali

(Source: incenses)

tentaclesandteacups: I think I need this sign above my bed .______.

tentaclesandteacups:

I think I need this sign above my bed .______.

bombaistico: Jain Temple, Mumbai

bombaistico:

Jain Temple, Mumbai

multicolors: Brb social life is calling! (Taken with instagram)

multicolors:

Brb social life is calling! (Taken with instagram)

multicolors: Feeling much better now but my stomach is still a little “I can still make you suffer but I won’t because you’ve suffered enough” 0: but soon it will probably be gone too! And oh I am glad about that because I am going to the cinema today :D with a guy ;););))) okay the guy is my dad so I have nothing to brag about (Taken with instagram)

multicolors:

Feeling much better now but my stomach is still a little “I can still make you suffer but I won’t because you’ve suffered enough” 0: but soon it will probably be gone too! And oh I am glad about that because I am going to the cinema today :D with a guy ;););))) okay the guy is my dad so I have nothing to brag about (Taken with instagram)

(Source: thekwgalaxy)