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Porter crossing a suspension bridge decorated in Tibetan prayer flags, Sagarmatha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Khumbu Valley, Nepal, Asia

Porter crossing a suspension bridge decorated in Tibetan prayer flags, Sagarmatha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Khumbu Valley, Nepal, Asia

Tibetan people at Boudhanath Stupa (Bodhnath Stupa), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

The Potala Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site, with Tibetan Buddhist devotees, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Trekking past a line of Tibetan chortens near Phoksundo lake in Dolpa, a remote region of Nepal, Asia

A golden dharma wheel and deer sculptures on the sacred Jokhang Temple roof, Barkhor Square, Lhasa, Tibet, China

Golden Wheel of Dharma and deer sculptures on the sacred Jokhang Temple roof, Barkhor Square, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Golden Wheel of Dharma and deer sculptures on the sacred Jokhang Temple roof, Barkhor Square, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhist monks at Losar (Tibetan New Year) in the Dalai Lama Temple, McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Tibetan Buddhist monks at Losar (Tibetan New Year) in the Dalai Lama Temple, McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Tibetan Buddhist monks at Losar (Tibetan New Year) in the Dalai Lama Temple, McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, 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