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Worshipper and Viarocana Buddhist prayer wheel, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Chinatown, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Ullambana ceremony, when food is offered to the ancestors during the annual Ghost Festival, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, Chinatown, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Arrupe Karuna Krom outreach program run by the Catholic Church (Jesuits), a rural school, Battambang, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Tourists walking under the torii gate of Miyajima at low tide, Itsukushima, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hiroshima Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Opening ceremony for Loy Krathong and Yee Peng Festival at Three Kings Monument, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Opening ceremony for Loy Krathong and Yee Peng Festival at Three Kings Monument, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Opening ceremony for Loy Krathong and Yee Peng Festival at Three Kings Monument, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Palaung woman weaving, part of the Palau Hill Tribe near Hsipaw Township, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Portrait of a farmer burning crops in rice paddy fields, Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Shopper with basket considers purchase at local Japanese food stall, Nishiki Market (Kyoto's Kitchen), Downtown Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Bhaktivedanta Gurukula located at ISKCON Radha-Krishna temple, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Customers queue at busy local Japanese teriyaki food stall, Nishiki Market (Kyoto's Kitchen), Downtown Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Farmer burning crops in rice paddy fields, Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Street market with fresh vegetable stall, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Palaung woman weaving, part of the Palau Hill Tribe near Hsipaw Township, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Habiba Akhter, aged 18, a member of a youth club in Afcalpur village, repairing mobile phones, Rangpur District of North West Bangladesh, Asia

Diners sit and talk to seafood stall owner, Omicho fresh food market, network of covered stall lined streets, Kanazawa, Japan, Asia

Arrupe Karuna Krom outreach program run by the Catholic Church (Jesuits), a rural school, Battambang, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Qawali musicians performing, Urs of Mawlana Cheikh Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqani in Lefke, Cyprus, Europe

Girls in traditional dress walking past the cherry blossom at Sensi-ji Temple at night, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Shoppers at Omicho fresh food market, busy and colourful network of covered streets lined by stalls, Kanazawa, Japan, 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