Pilgrims praying before the Blue Buddha in central Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

North side of Mount Everest, from Rongbuk monastery, Central Tibet, Tibet, China, Asia

Yamdrok lake, central area, Tibet, China, Asia

Vultures, drigung. bodies what we most attached to, says of monks. Thats offering ones body carries greatest merit. believe that should benefit other beings at every stage of ones life. After completion of powa ceremony, corpse is traditionally offered to great vultures lammergeiers that frequent charnel grounds. Vultures descend on flayed corpse. Offering bodies to birds is same as reciting mantras. It brings merit benefit to dead person as well as to family friends bring here. While cutting up corpse i to keep a pure compassionate mind. would feel if someone felt cutting up your body. -tomdenla. Tibet

Tibetan nomads from central tibet profitting from selling yartsa gunbu, covetted aphrodiasic propoerties sold to chinese vendors in lhasa

A Nomad Girl near Lake Manasarovar in Central Tibet

Mani wall, Mani stone, Dudh Kosi valley, Solukhumbu, Khumbu, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

Mani wall, Mani stone, Dudh Kosi valley, Solukhumbu, Khumbu, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

Tibetan Buddhism, Rongbuk Monastery, white stupa, Mount Everest, base camp north side, the Himalayas, central Tibet, U-Tsang, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, tent roof with an endless knot emblem, Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Ue-Tsang, Central Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region, Himalaya Range, People's Republic of China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, central temple, Uetse, Samye Monastery, Himalaya Range, Central Tibet, Ue-Tsang, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, old golden rock relief of Buddha, Palha Lu-Puk Monastery, Lhasa, Himalayas, U-Tsang, Central Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Asia

Reconstructed Shigatse Dzong Fortress, with the historic town centre of the Tibetan town of Shigatse, central Tibet, Tibet, China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, Drigung Monastery, Drigung Til, view of a Tibetan village below, Meldro Gonkar, Lhundrup district, central Tibet, Tibet, Himalayas, China, Asia

Prayer flags flying above the Yarlung valley on Yumbulagang Palace, first and oldest fortress in Tibet, Himalayas, Central Tibet, Tibet, China, Asia

Rebuilt Shigatse Dzong fortress with Tibetan old town of Shigatse, Central Tibet, Tibet, China, Asia

View of China's most remote city of Ali, Shiquan, in the far west of Tibet, Aksai Chin, Tibet, Central Asia