JULE 2024
Tibet | 西藏
SQUIRRELTRIP
Tibet is the land of Atlantean giants, mystical Shambhala and levitating monks
What about your karma?
The road to Tibet
The road from Xining to Tibet by train is a separate journey in itself. You can't miss the chance to travel on the highest railway in the world! The train overcomes a pass of more than 5000 meters and this is a good way to find out your resistance to mountain sickness. For passengers experiencing oxygen starvation, the train is equipped with a special oxygen supply system
The road from Xining to Tibet by train is a separate journey in itself. You can't miss the chance to travel on the highest railway in the world! The train overcomes a pass of more than 5000 meters and this is a good way to find out your resistance to mountain sickness. For passengers experiencing oxygen starvation, the train is equipped with a special oxygen supply system
Lhasa
Lhasa - capital of Tibet and home of the Dalai Lamas
Lhasa - capital of Tibet and home of the Dalai Lamas
ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པ་དྨེ་ཧཱུྃ
Om Mani Padme Hum
Om Mani Padme Hum
Potala Palace | 布达拉宫
Visit the Potala Palace, the highest palace in the world
Visit the Potala Palace, the highest palace in the world
Drepung Temple | 哲蚌寺
Visit Drepung Temple, the largest temple in Lhasa
Visit Drepung Temple, the largest temple in Lhasa
Tsampa is a traditional Tibetan dish, the main food of Tibetans, is flour from lightly roasted barley grains. Tsampa is also used for ritual purposes - pinches of tsampa are thrown into the air during many Buddhist rituals.
Jokhang Temple | 大昭寺
Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism
Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism
The road to Shigatse
Despite the huge distances of Tibet, modern transport communications allow you to cover large distances in a few hours due to the countless tunnels laid in stone five-thousanders. But a comfortable road will hardly allow you to touch the beauty of Tibet's natural landscapes. Therefore, people who have a heart inside, and not a cobblestone, choose picturesque mountain roads.
The mountain road from Lhasa to Shigatse takes about 9-10 hours. Highlights include Yamdrok Lake (莫诺湖) and the Carola Glacier (卡若拉冰川) and you'll see changing scenery from snow-capped mountains to lush valleys, streams and colorful farm fields.
The mountain road from Lhasa to Shigatse takes about 9-10 hours. Highlights include Yamdrok Lake (莫诺湖) and the Carola Glacier (卡若拉冰川) and you'll see changing scenery from snow-capped mountains to lush valleys, streams and colorful farm fields.
Despite the huge distances of Tibet, modern transport communications allow you to cover large distances in a few hours due to the countless tunnels laid in stone five-thousanders. But a comfortable road will hardly allow you to touch the beauty of Tibet's natural landscapes. Therefore, people who have a heart inside, and not a cobblestone, choose picturesque mountain roads.
The mountain road from Lhasa to Shigatse takes about 9-10 hours. Highlights include Yamdrok Lake (莫诺湖) and the Carola Glacier (卡若拉冰川) and you'll see changing scenery from snow-capped mountains to lush valleys, streams and colorful farm fields.
The mountain road from Lhasa to Shigatse takes about 9-10 hours. Highlights include Yamdrok Lake (莫诺湖) and the Carola Glacier (卡若拉冰川) and you'll see changing scenery from snow-capped mountains to lush valleys, streams and colorful farm fields.
House of local Tibetan people
Tibetan Yak
The Dalai Lama in the world of Tibetan animals. There is no more important animal in these places, the entire economic life of the Tibetans is based on the Yak. The meat and milk of the Yak feed people, and its wool and dried manure warm people in harsh cold times. The Yak is not just a symbol of Tibet, it is a unique animal, without which life in Tibet is impossible.
Tibetan Mastiff
This is one of the oldest working breeds. Representatives of this breed were guard dogs in Tibetan monasteries and also helped nomads in the Himalayan mountains.
The volunteer dog | 公益志愿犬
This handsome guy isn't just chilling by a mountain lake. He and his human partner are making sure Tibet remains one of the most ecologically clean regions on the planet
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery is an historically and culturally important monastery in Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet. Founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama, it is the traditional monastic seat of the Panchen Lama.
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery is an historically and culturally important monastery in Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet. Founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama, it is the traditional monastic seat of the Panchen Lama.
ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པ་དྨེ་ཧཱུྃ | Om Mani Padme Hum
Tibetan writing emerged at the beginning of the 7th century on the basis of Indian writing with the addition of a number of graphemes for sounds that were absent in Sanskrit.
Om Mani Padme Hum - one of the most famous mantras in Buddhism. This mantra has many meanings. All of them come down to explaining the meaning of the set of sacred sounds of the syllables that make it up. Literal translation: "Oh, pearl shining in the lotus flower!"
མ་ཎི། — "jewell" is related to the desire for awakening, compassion and love.
པ་དྨེ། — "lotus flower" is related to wisdom.
ཧཱུྃ། — personifies the indivisibility of practice and wisdom.
In particular, the 14th Dalai Lama explains that the mantra personifies the purity of the body, speech and mind of the Buddha.
Om Mani Padme Hum - one of the most famous mantras in Buddhism. This mantra has many meanings. All of them come down to explaining the meaning of the set of sacred sounds of the syllables that make it up. Literal translation: "Oh, pearl shining in the lotus flower!"
མ་ཎི། — "jewell" is related to the desire for awakening, compassion and love.
པ་དྨེ། — "lotus flower" is related to wisdom.
ཧཱུྃ། — personifies the indivisibility of practice and wisdom.
In particular, the 14th Dalai Lama explains that the mantra personifies the purity of the body, speech and mind of the Buddha.
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