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Yartsa gunbu sells for big money in the top department stores of Lhasa, and there is a growing market outside of Tibet. |
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Although Tibet is modernising fast, it retains a deeply spiritual culture. |
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Even today, Tibetan valleys resound to distinctive and extraordinary calls to prayer. |
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The Tibetan horn may be the world' s most unwieldy instrument, but its sound is unique. |
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Every morning, the nuns assemble for practice. |
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The air is chilly, but they soon warm up. |
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Monks and nuns comprise a substantial portion of society. |
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Largely selfcontained and isolated. Deep within the monastery is the spiritual engine that drives much of Tibetan culture. Buddhists believe in an endless cycle of rebirth in which the actions of this life will impact on the next. The goal of Buddhism is to escape from this earthly cycle of pain and suffering by achieving a state of freedom called enlightenment. |
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The enlightened guides, or spiritual teachers, are called lamas. |
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Yarsa gunbu bù jǐn zài lā sà de bǎi huò gōng sī lǐ chàng xiāo, ér qiě cáng wài de shì chǎng yě zài zhú jiàn biàn dà. jǐn guǎn xī zàng rì xīn yuè yì dì fā zhǎn, tā de jīng shén wén huà yī jiù gēn shēn dì gù. jí shǐ zài jīn tiān shén mì xī zàng dà xiá gǔ de huí xiǎng réng rán zài hū huàn zhe qí dǎo de rén men. xī zàng de hào jiǎo huò xǔ shì shì jiè shang zuì bèn zhòng de yuè qì, dàn shì tā de yīn sè dú tè. měi tiān zǎo chén lǎ ma men jù jí zài yì qǐ liàn xí chuī zòu. kāi shǐ kōng qì hěn liáng dàn tā men hěn kuài jiù nuǎn huo qǐ lái. lǎ ma men shì zǔ chéng shè huì de yī bù fen, tā men zì kòng yě dú lì, xiū dào yuàn de shēn chù shì tuī dòng zàng wén huà de jīng shén dòng lì. fó jiào tú xiāng xìn shēng mìng lún huí, tā men xiāng xìn rén men jīn shēng de suǒ zuò suǒ wéi néng yǐng xiǎng lái shēng. fó jiào de mù biāo jiù shì tōng guò dá dào yī zhǒng" wù" de zì yóu de jìng jiè, lái bǎi tuō sú shì de zāi nàn hé tòng kǔ. zhè zhǒng jiào huà de lǐng lù rén huò jīng shén shàng de lǎo shī jiào zuò lǎ ma. |