2024 Author: Harold Hamphrey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:06
On the western side of the Tibetan Plateau, 200 kilometers from the border with Nepal, is the sacred Mount Kailash. It does not belong to the main ridge of the Himalayan highlands, according to geologists, this hill has risen from the bottom of the ocean. Over time, its edges were honed by wind and water, thanks to which Kailash acquired a rectangular shape.
For many millennia, this place has been considered sacred by all peoples living in nearby countries. In India, every Hindu dreams of seeing Kailash at least once in his life. It is this peak that is considered the refuge of the god Shiva, who, according to the legends of the followers of Hinduism, destroys illusions and burns bad karma.
The sacred mountain is a popular place for many yogis and seekers of truth who spend years there in prayer and meditation. And today there are sometimes people here who want to receive the energy of love and grace.
Buddhist Pilgrimage
According to Buddhist belief, if you walk around the mountain with the right motivation andthoughts, then the karma accumulated over several past lives will be cleansed. Therefore, the sacred Mount Kailash is a favorite place for many pilgrims. Hindus and Buddhists bypass it in a clockwise direction, and the followers of the Bon religion are moving in the opposite direction. True pilgrims, eager to receive guaranteed liberation from the sins of past lives, must go around Kailash 108 times (the length of one circle is 53 kilometers). It is worth noting that it is not recommended to bypass the sacred place to satisfy one's own ambitions, enlightenment will not come, and the mountain will take revenge on the unbelievers.
Difficulties of climbing
It is believed that everyone who made an attempt to conquer the sacred mountains of Tibet died on the way to the top or returned, but already crazy. Explain this ancient treatises. All of them say that the sacred mountain will submit only to the gods, it will drop the rest.
Millions of believers around the world are protesting against climbing Kailash, and the UN supports them. When the Chinese authorities allowed an expedition from Spain to climb the sacred mountain, its members could not rise above their base camp - thousands of pilgrims stood in their way.
Features of Kailash
The sacred mountain is a four-sided pyramid of regular shape. The side faces of this figure are turned to the four cardinal points, and the rounded top resembles an egg in shape. Kailash consists of thirteen horizontally arranged stepped layers, vaguely resemblingpyramids. The top of Kailash is covered with a cap of eternal ice. The south side-wall of the mountain is cut from top to bottom by a straight crevice that runs exactly along its middle.
Layered terraces on the walls of the crack form a huge stone staircase that leads from the base of the mountain to its top. In the rays of the setting sun, this natural design creates a peculiar pattern similar to the swastika.
According to Eastern cosmology, the sacred mountain is the center of the world system, which crosses the axis of the universe. The abstract thinking of the ancient cosmogonies, not limited by superfluous knowledge, clearly builds a colossal picture of the Universe. The theories of famous astrophysicists look pale against the background of the ancient Eastern concept of the universe.
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