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Travelers to Tibet may find mani stones and mani stone mounds almost everywhere, in monasteries, beside villages, along paths and on mountains. Sometimes they are decorated with sheep and yak horns. Usually the universal mantra Om Mani Padme Hum is inscribed on smooth stone plates, pebbles and rocks. Images of deities and great adepts, and sutra texts are also normal themes.
Tibetan people build these bizarre artworks to show their piety to their deities and the Buddha's teachings. When encountering a mani stone mound, Tibetan people will circumambulate it clockwise to get health and peace and ward off negative adversity. | |
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