Showing posts with label tibetan. Show all posts
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Friday, May 29, 2009

Tibetan Ice Characters on Frozen lake


32°54'30.71"N 97° 2'46.56"E

A frozen lake near Gyegu, Tibet displays huge tibetan characters carved into the ice and snow. The characters represent a common Tibetan mantra, "Om mani padme hung" - the mantra of Chenrezig, a buddhist Bodhisattva. Roughly translated, the phrase means "May all beings atttain enlightenment." The tallest letters are approximately 192 feet tall.