Saturday, October 2, 2010

Tibet

"We become who we want to be by being who we want to become...Your character is a measure of who you're becoming...It is also a measure of how well you're using your time here on earth" - Richard G. Scott




spinning Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheel

Tibet is a sacred, heavenly place. This pic sums it up














time out

Abbot playing with the kids

an orphan...he has 7 brothers and sisters

Horse back...the most common way of getting around

The yak range..the tents in the left hand corner are nomad family homes






the gatekeeper



Spinning the Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheel





Tibetan prayer flags


Yak

Teacher and students from the Shan Cunzi School







drinking fresh, boiling yak milk over hot coals with a nomad family in their tent near Bamei.





















Tibetan Buddhist mantras written on the mountainside

Traditional Tibetan house

The religious devotion in Tibet is pure and sincere. love it!

making mini stupas with the locals.





magnificent Gongga Mountain (almost 25,000 ft. tall)...only one man has successfully climbed to the top and made it back alive. The locals boast that it is the most dangerous mountain to climb of all.

2 comments:

  1. steve. amazing. you are a great person. i'm in Dalian, let me know next time you have an adventure in China, i'll be right there too!

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  2. Thanks, Neek! Dalian is great. I would love to meet you in China. Take care!

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