Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Mountain Vastness

Traveling through Tibet is like being in a gigantic akasa kasina. Everywhere you look you see space, vastness, infinity. The mind easily falls into a state of clean, peaceful emptiness. Maybe this is why the Tibetans had such a strong tradition of meditation. Here are a few of the pictures I took of the mountains. The first picture is of the breathtakingly awesome 8027 meter high Shishapangma (Sanskrit, Gosainath) viewed from across the beautiful kingfisher’s wing-blue lake at its foot.

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6 comments:

  1. bobzaneDecember 2, 2009 at 7:18 AM

    Amazing pictures.

    Space says a lot.

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  2. AndyDecember 2, 2009 at 3:00 PM

    Dear Venerable Sir,

    Truly magnificent photographs, anymore available?

    With Metta

    Andrew

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  3. Shravasti DhammikaDecember 2, 2009 at 3:28 PM

    Dear Andy,
    Quite a few. But this blog is supposed to be about the Dhamma so I don’t want to post too many more.

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  4. Soe am iDecember 3, 2009 at 1:22 AM

    I just thought, its equally amazing how the visual faculty allows us to see..

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  5. aah-haaDecember 3, 2009 at 3:04 AM

    Picturesque landscape that I hope will remain forever. With the migration and settlement of Han Chinese in occupied Tibet, I am afraid this postcard-perfect scenery will be cluttered and littered.

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  6. Born to TravelDecember 6, 2009 at 9:33 AM

    Truly the abode of the gods

    Lets keep it that way.

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