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 Few
mountains in the world rival
the grandeur of mount
kailash (6714m.), the famed
holy peak in western Tibet.
Kailash has long been a
object of worship for four
major religions. For the
Hindus, it is a domain of
Shiva. It is also the abode
of samvara – a multiarmed,
wrathful deity worshipped in
the chakrasmvara Tantric
cycle of Tibetan Buddhism.
The jains of India also
revere the mountain as the
site at which the first of
their saints emannine story
Swastika Mountain, upon
which the Bonpo founder
shenrab alighted from
heaven.
Sprawling below Mount
Kailash is the sacred lake
Manasarovar (4560m.), where
a ritual bath will deliver a
pilgrim to Brahmas, paradise
and a drink of its water
relinquishes the sins of a
hundred lifetimes. |
