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The most Interesting Facts and the secrets of Mount Kailash
“Strangers have rarely visited this wild land. In places we could look across the border of Tibet and see Mount Kailash. Although Kailash is only 6,666 meters high, Hindus and Buddhists consider it the most sacred of all the Himalayan peaks. Near it is the large lake Manasarovar, also sacred, and the famous monastery. At all times, pilgrims came here from the most remote parts of Asia.” Tenzing Noghray, conqueror of Everest.
Fact No. 1. Many names
Mount Kailash (Kailash) is one of the most mysterious places on our planet. She is also known by other names: Europeans call her Kailash, the Chinese call her Gandhisyshan (冈底斯山) or Ganrenboqi (冈仁波齐), in the Bon tradition her name is Yundrung Gutseg, in ancient texts in Tibetan she is called Kang Rinpoche ( གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; gangs rin po che) - “Precious snowy one.” A bunch of interesting secrets and the legends about Kailash do not leave people, both pilgrims and researchers, indifferent.
Fact No. 2. Center of 4 religions
Mount Kailash is the sacred center of 4 religions: Hinduism, Jainism, Tibetan Bon religion and Buddhism. The dream of every Hindu is to see Kailash with his own eyes at least once in his life. Related to this desire are serious visa restrictions issued by China for Indians wishing to visit these places. In the Vedas (ancient texts of this religion), Mount Kailash is the favorite place of residence of Shiva (cosmic consciousness, personifying the masculine principle of the Universe).
The Tibetan ancient religion Bon considers Mount Kailash to be the place of origin of life in the Universe and the center of power. According to their legends, this is where the mystical country of Shangshung (Shambhala) is located, and the first Jain master Tongpa Shenrab descended into the world from Kailash.
Buddhists revere this mountain as the abode of Buddha in one of the main incarnations - Samvara. Therefore, every year during the Buddhist religious holiday Vesak (other names - Saga Dawa, Visakha Puja, Donchod Khural), dedicated to the enlightenment of Buddha Gautama, thousands of pilgrims and tourists from all over the world gather at the foot of Mount Kailash.
Fact No. 3. Beginning of 4 rivers
According to Hindu mythology, the four main rivers of Tibet, India and Nepal originate on the slopes of Mount Kailash: Indus, Brahmaputra, Sutlej and Karnali. Jains believe that at Mount Kailash their first saint, Jina Mahavira, achieved enlightenment, after which he founded his own teaching - Jainism.
Fact No. 4. Swastika symbol from the shadows
Swastika Mountain – another name for Kailash. The appearance of this name is associated with the pattern formed by two cracks on its southern side. In the evening, the shadow cast by the rock ledges depicts a huge image of a swastika on it. The swastika is a sacred symbol for many peoples of the world. In India, for example, the swastika is considered as a solar sign - a symbol of life, light, generosity and abundance, closely associated with the cult of the god Agni. A wooden tool was made in the shape of a swastika for producing sacred fire. They laid him flat on the ground; the depression in the middle served for a rod, which was rotated until a fire appeared, lit on the altar of the deity. The swastika was carved in many temples, on rocks, and on ancient monuments in India. The swastika is one of the symbols of Jainism.
Fact No. 5. Orientation to cardinal directions
Mount Kailash has a pyramidal shape, strictly oriented to the cardinal points. There is also evidence to suggest the presence of voids both in the mountain itself and at its foot. Some researchers who have studied the mountain and its secrets claim: Kailash is an unnatural artificial formation, erected in ancient times by an unknown person and for what purpose. It is possible that this is some kind of complex, a pyramid.
Fact No. 6. Liberation from sins
In the Bon religion and Hinduism, there is a legend that says: walking around Kailash (kora) allows you to cleanse yourself of all sins committed in a given life. If the kora is performed 13 times, the pilgrim who completes it is guaranteed not to go to Hell; if the kora is performed 108 times, he breaks out of the circle of rebirths and reaches the degree of enlightenment of the Buddha. A kora performed on a full moon counts as two. That is why there are always many pilgrims around the mountain today, making their way to atone for sins.
Fact No. 6. Climbing Kailash is impossible
Mount Kailash is closed to climbers: not a single person has yet visited its peak. This is due not only to the fact that climbing it is officially prohibited. There are legends that Kailash is able to incomprehensibly change the desire of climbers to climb, thereby not allowing anyone to approach him. Those who get too close to it, and those who intend to climb to its top, are suddenly instructed to go in the opposite direction.
Whether this is true or not, the top of the mountain still remains unconquered. In 1985, the famous mountaineer Reinhold Messner received permission to climb from the Chinese authorities, but refused at the last moment.
In 2000, a Spanish expedition for a fairly significant amount purchased permission to conquer Kailash from the Chinese authorities. The team set up a base camp at the foot, but were never able to set foot on the mountain. Thousands of pilgrims blocked the expedition's path. The Dalai Lama, the UN, a number of large international organizations, millions of believers around the world expressed their protest against the conquest of Kailash and the Spaniards had to retreat.
Fact No. 7. Mirrors of Time on the surface of Kailash
Another mystery of Kailash, around which there are numerous disputes and judgments, is the mirror of time. They mean many rocks located near Kailash, having a smooth or concave surface. Whether these surfaces were created artificially in ancient times or are a play of nature is still not known.
There is an assumption that these formations are a kind of “Kozyrev mirrors” - concave mirrors, at the focus of which the speed of time can change. A person who comes into the focus of such a mirror may experience various abnormal and psychophysical sensations. According to Muldashev, the mirrors around Kailash are placed in a certain system in relation to each other, which creates something like a “time machine” capable of transporting the initiate not only to different time periods, but also to other worlds.
Fact No. 8. Lakes Manasarovar and Rakshas Tal - so close, but so different
Two lakes located at the foot of Mount Rakshas Tal and Manasarovar are located nearby and are separated from each other by only a small isthmus. However, both these lakes are strikingly different from each other, which represents another mystery of Kailash.
The waters of Lake Manasarovar, revered by Tibetans as sacred, are fresh. According to legend, Lake Manasarovar was the first object created in the consciousness of Brahma. This is where its name comes from: in Sanskrit “Manas sarovara” means “Lake of Consciousness” from the words manas (consciousness) and sarovara (lake). According to one of the Buddhist legends, this lake is the same legendary Lake Anavatapta, where Queen Maya conceived Buddha. Manasarovar, like Kailash, is a place of pilgrimage, around which a ritual circumambulation - kora - is also performed in order to cleanse karma. Pilgrims come here to take ceremonial baths in the purifying waters of Manasarovar. It is believed that this lake is a place where “purity” lives; in its bottom layer, near the northwestern shore, the water is alive. Anyone who touches the sacred land of Manasarovar or bathes in this lake will definitely go to heaven. Anyone who drinks water from the lake will ascend to heaven to God Shiva and be cleansed of his sins. Therefore, Manasarovar is considered the most sacred, revered and famous lake in all of Asia. The area around the sacred lake is 100 km.
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Near Manasarovar there is a salty dead lake Rakshas tal (also Langak, Rakas, Langa Tso (Chinese: 拉昂错, pinyin: Lā'áng Cuò). In Hindu mythology, this lake was created by the lord of the Rakshasas, the demon Ravana, and on this lake there was a special island where Ravana sacrificed one of his heads to Shiva every day. On the tenth day, Shiva gave Ravana superpowers. Lake Langa Tso is contrasted with Lake Manasarovar created by the gods. Manasarovar has a round shape, and Langa Tso is elongated in the form of a month, which symbolizes light and darkness respectively.According to local customs, touching the water of the dead lake is prohibited, as it can bring bad luck.
The number of legends, stories and various traditions associated with this place is simply enormous: it is unlikely that any other place on our planet can boast so many secrets and mysteries.
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Sacred Bark: 13 + 1 around Kailash
Myths about Mount Kailash
There are many legends and stories surrounding this mysterious mountain. Kailash or Kailash is one of the most high mountains in the Gangdise range, which is located mostly in China, in the Tibetan Plateau.
Kailash is also unusual at night. The Milky Way seems to be just a stone's throw away 4 main mysteries of Kailash
It was easier for the ancestors, looking at the mountain - they saw the divine will in everything. In the age of scientific and technological progress, the mysteries of Kailash haunt rational and inquisitive minds. Perhaps descendants will be able to find all the answers.
- No one has ever conquered this mountain. Although it is not the highest point in the world, not a single climber has managed to climb to its peak. According to Buddhist legends, not a single living creature has the right to ascend to the abode of the gods. Otherwise he will have to die.
- The sides of Kailash face the four cardinal directions. It’s as if it’s not a mountain, but a man-made pyramid. Was nature really so precise in its measurements, and why? There is no answer to this question.
- On the southern side of the pyramidal peak of Kailash you can see the swastika sign - a sacred symbol of many peoples of the world. In fact, these are two cracks or depressions intersected almost at right angles, deepened by watercourses. And then the human consciousness decides whether to see inexplicable signs in this or not.
- The height of Kailash is 6666 meters. Scientists continue to argue about the accuracy of these data; according to some sources, the height of Kailash is slightly less. You can find a dark beginning in this figure, but once you convert the measurement from meters to feet, all the mysticism dissolves.
Lake Mansarovar - another mystery of Mount Kailash Sacred Bark: 13 + 1
Pilgrims come to Mount Kailash to perform a ritual circumambulation around it. During the circumambulation they recite the sacred mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum”. Religious texts say that one who circumambulates Kailash 108 times will achieve liberation forever and achieve nirvana. Nevertheless, even one or several walks around the mountain are a powerful worship of the deity in which the visitor believes.
Diagram of the outer cortex. 53 kilometers are usually covered in 3 days A walking tour or detour around Kailash is called “kora”. There are several trails, but the most popular are the outer bark and the inner bark. It is believed that only one who has performed 13 outer koras around Kailash can perform the inner kora.
Tibetan pilgrims perform kora around the sacred mountain Why Kailash is a universal shrine
Mount Kailash is considered a sacred place for several believers. Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and others flock here. Hindus believe that Shiva and his family live on Kailash. The mountain is the center of the universe, the most energetically powerful point on the earth, from where the deeds and blessings of Shiva emanate.
The smiling face of Shiva was discovered on Google maps in Kailash Buddhists believe that Buddha lives on Kailash. He sits here for centuries in a state of samadhi and can only be seen by those who themselves achieve this state. Followers of the Buddha perform prostrations near Kailash as a sign of curbing their own rushing mind and in order to acquire good merit.
Pilgrim at the foot of Mount Kailash Spiritual asceticism in the form of a complex and long journey burns karma, cleanses the mind and body, and connects a person with higher powers. This is a kind of challenge to yourself, your comfort zone and mental limitations that do not allow self-realization. If you leave what you are most attached to at Mount Kailash, even mentally, after the pilgrimage, life can change greatly.
Priests of different religions perform their rituals at the mountain The entrance to Shambhala, the invisible land of great teachers and knowledge, is located at the foot of Kailash. This is what Buddhists and Hindus think, Helena Blavatsky, Helena and Nicholas Roerich wrote about this.
Receive a blessing from a sadhu - People go to Kailash for this too Myths about Kailash
Some pseudoscientists confidently declare that the mountains of Tibet are the work of ancient civilizations, and all the peaks of the Himalayas are lined up in a single chain mysterious pyramids. Some “wise men” calculated that from Kailash to Stonehenge it is exactly 6666 kilometers. This is, of course, not true. And no living beings could build the Himalayas.
You can make sure what is a myth and where is the truth only on the spot, by listening to your soul The myths about the man-made Mount Kailash also include information about anomalous “Tibetan mirrors” and the theory of Nikolai Kozyrev. Allegedly, near Mount Kailash, time can slow down and speed up, it can flow in the opposite direction, and so on. All this is very interesting, but extremely uninformative and unconvincing - there is no scientific evidence for these theories yet.
Around Kailash, everything man-made is of great importance Tours to Tibet, to Mount Kailash and to the sights of this officially unrecognized country are organized by many tour operators. The Chinese authorities opened Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, to visitors as recently as 2008 after the Beijing Olympics. From now on, the Mount Kailash tour can be done from Nepal by car or plane, or from China by train or plane. Visas and entry permits are issued at travel agencies.
Report at the II International Scientific and Practical Conference “SACRAL GEOGRAPHY. ASPECTS OF EDUCATIONAL AND PILGRIMAGE TOURISM", April 9-12, 2016, St. Petersburg
S.Yu. Balalaev
Kailash Phenomenon Research Group, Voronezh, Russia
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Based on the analysis of ancient Hindu, Buddhist and Bon texts, as well as the results of regular expeditions of the research group “Kailas Phenomenon”, carried out over the past ten years, data is provided on the sacred geography of the region of the most sacred mountain in Asia, Kailash, located in the southwestern part of Tibet. Mount Kailash is considered by millions of people to be the center of the Universe. In Hinduism, it is identified as the physical manifestation of the mythological pinnacle of the Universe, Mount Meru - the axis connecting heaven and earth. Together, the sacred mountain, the lakes and the four rivers that originate near it form a vast geographical mandala that has had a profound impact on the worldview of the people living in the Himalayas. The Kailasa mandala can have a special influence on pilgrims. The conclusion is made about the need for a comprehensive study of the Kailash phenomenon.
Keywords: Kailash, Meru, sacred geography
In Tibet, three areas are considered the most important for pilgrims: Kailash, Tsari and Lapchi. The inaccessibility and restrictions of the Tibetan government in the first half of the 20th century, and then the ban on visiting this territory by the PRC until the 80s, did not allow foreign travelers to explore this unique region in detail. However, to this day Tibet is the most closed territory on our planet to visitors. Only certain areas are accessible and require special permission to visit.
Over the past ten years, our group has organized and conducted 16 expeditions to the region of Mount Kailash (Tibet), one of the goals of which was to study the phenomenon of Mount Kailash.
Kailash is a sacred place of pilgrimage for about a billion (!) adherents of four world religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Bon). The pilgrimage to Kailash is the highest in the world and takes place at altitudes from 4600 to 5830 m. The configuration of the valleys surrounding Kailash allows you to complete the kora (circumvention) of Kailash in one day (about 50 km). There is no other mountain on our planet that is sacred to such a huge number of people belonging to different religious denominations.
Photo 1: Satellite image of the routes of the outer and inner cor.
Immediately to the south of the mountain lies the rather large lake Manasarovar (Mapang in the Bon tradition). Together, the mountain and the lake form the most famous natural pilgrimage sanctuary in highland Asia. For several millennia, this area has had great cultural significance not only among Tibetan Buddhists and Bonpos, but it has also been depicted in the art, literature and rituals of the major Indian religious traditions (Brahmanism, Buddhism and Jainism).
Photo 2: Lake Manasarovar
IN Lately this area began to attract Western scientists, researchers, seekers of spiritual truths and tourists interested in Asia. In our opinion, the study of the sacred geography of Mandala Kailash is of great importance, both using the analysis of ancient texts and using direct energy-information perception during travel to these places. To get a more holistic picture, we will try to put together a mosaic from the ideas of various religious faiths that consider this mountain sacred: Hinduism, Buddhism and Bon. We will pay special attention to ancient tests describing this region.
The kora around Kailash for pilgrims is more than passing through geographical places; it is a passage through the immortal world of the human soul, where myth, the material world and awareness merge into an inseparable essence.
The region of Mount Kailash is one of the eight strongest geoactive zones of our planet, located at the peaks of the planetary Merkabah. The high activity of such zones, which are its “acupuncture” or “chakra” points, is due to the higher manifestation in these areas of energy-informational interaction of continuums of different dimensions of space and time with our physical three-dimensional world.
Location of Mount Kailash and some geometric features of this region.
An interesting pattern in the location of Kailash related to its coordinates has been discovered. The coordinates of the point on the Serdung Chuksum pass are 31.058926°, 81.313320°, the ratio of longitude to latitude gives 2.618... This number is associated with the golden ratio, more precisely it is the square Ф = 1.618....
Photo 3. On the surface of the planet, you can draw lines whose points will have coordinates whose longitude to latitude ratios are equal to 0.618; 1.618; 2.618.
Photo 4. Near Kailash, this line passes through the Serdung Chuksum pass, connecting Mount Kailash and Nandi, through Mount Pakna, Khandro Sanglam Pass, Lake Chenme.
Special energy flows are present here on the summer solstice, during sunrise. Despite the great distance from Kailash (about 40 km), in good weather from the round platform you can observe the sacred peak, which begins to glow in the first rays of the rising Sun over the still dark surface of the lake, similar to a river carrying its waters to Kailash. The Sun rises behind the man on the shore of the lake contemplating Kailash. Gradually the lake begins to brighten, as if it were lighting up from Kailash. Along with the first rays of the sun, a powerful energy vortex appears, directed towards Kailash, which literally takes you to the top of the Sacred Mountain.
The distance from the Serdung Chuksum pass to the middle of the sacred lake Gauri Kund is 6.666 m, azimuth 55.5 degrees. The distance of 6.666 m, accurate to a factor of 1000, corresponds to one of the characteristic dimensions of our planet - one sixth of the length of the earth’s circumference (40,000/6 = 6,666.67 km). By dividing the length of the earth's circumference by integers, other characteristic distances are obtained. The accuracy of the correspondence between the number 6,666 and the distance between the point near Kailash and the small mountain lake is unusual!
Photo 5. Kailash and Gauri Kund lake
Photo 6. The distance from the Serdung Chuksum pass to the top of Mount Pakna is 3.333 m, azimuth 64.3 degrees.
Photo 7. “Special” distances associated with lakes in the Kailash region
Ancient sources identify the Four Great Uncreated Mountains of Existence. The most important is, of course, Mount Kailash (Tise).
The second mountain described in ancient texts is the Mountain of Fragrant Incense (Pori Ngeden, on modern maps of Ponri). Here is what is said about it: “To the left of Mount Tise, in an area extending as many yojanas as can be covered in one day, is the Shang Shung Mountain of Fragrant Incense, the mountain of deities. In shape and outline, it resembles an antlered deer jumping over rocks and meadows. The top is a snow-covered boulder that looks like the sparkling fiery Mount Mary. In the middle of the snowy cliffs and meadows there is a grove of medicinal and fragrant plants, filling the air with pleasant smells and fragrance; The healing plants that naturally grow on this mountain can cure all the diseases of living beings.”
Photo 8. Mountain of Fragrant Incense.
“What is in the northeast is a large boulder of fire-stone, which lies on the Mountain of Fragrant Incense and is called the Rock that Guides Living Beings. They say that when a fire is lit on this rock, everything eaten and drunk and everything touched by the fire and smoke gives rise to enlightenment.”
At the foot of Mount Ponri are the ruins of a monastery with the same name. It was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and has not been restored to this day. This monastery is one of the eight monasteries that Tibetans used to visit during the kora around Manasarovar. Nowadays it is visited by pilgrims very rarely...
Photo 9. Ruins of the Ponri Monastery.
The third mountain described in ancient Tibetan texts is Mount Gurla Mandhata (7,694 m). It is the highest peak on the Tibetan plateau and is located 69.6 km from Kailash in a southerly direction. This mountain is offset from the main axis of the Great Himalayan Range. The name Gurla Mandhata is used by the inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent. Tibetans usually call it Ngemo Na Nyi, and for followers of the Bon religion it is known as Takri Trabo.
Photo 10. Mount Gurla Mandhata.
“In a region extending for as many yojanas as can be covered in two days, and called the Land of the Elder Sister Granting Prayer with a Smile, to this great grief The Healing Mountain Takri Trabo is facing. It is called so because its shape and outline resembles the Indian striped tiger. Its top is a snow-covered boulder, white as the fangs of a young tiger rushing at its prey. The upper part is made of black slate with white stripes, reminiscent of a wild boar with white bristles on its chest. The middle part is made of blue slate, clear as the sky reflected in the lake. At the foot of the mountain there are meadows, the yellowness of which is reminiscent of the Golden Island. Inside, the body of the mountain looks like a swastika of long life, from the middle of which the pleasant-tasting water of long life continuously flows. Drinking this water or using it for ablutions gives longevity and bodily strength. In addition, in the cave Ke-ru-ri j there live people who live for countless kalpas without undergoing birth and death.” We found several references to a cave at the foot of this mountain and special healing water flowing from its slopes. This is a subject for research in our future expeditions...
In Eternal Bon, this mountain, as well as the lake La Nga Tso, which lies at its foot, is the domain of the goddess of incredible power Drablay Gyalmo. This armor-clad, deadly weapon-carrying queen of warrior deities is believed to originate from the Shang Shung era. Gekho's consort is Drablay Gyalmo, who, like her consort, is also a deity from heaven. She is still respectfully worshiped by Bon practitioners, no matter how far from Upper Tibet they live. This goddess is said to have the fiery radiance of the sun and has solar and lunar ornaments on her head. Her eyebrows are zigzag lightning bolts, and her hair is a swirling stream of golden light and thunderbolts. Drablay Gyalmo's rosary is made of the eight great planets (including the two lunar nodes), and her lace is made of twenty constellations. In her peaceful form she represents a white goddess mounted on a lioness and holding a cloth-decorated arrow of life. In her wrathful form, she is a black sorceress dressed in goat skin, releasing the red and white owl of death. In the terrifying aspect of Drablay Gyalmo, all the warrior gods of Shangshung are in unquestioning obedience.
Purely geographically, in a southern direction from Mount Kailash there is Lake Rakshas Tal, and from Mount Ponri there is Lake Manasarovar. Accordingly, water flows from Kailash flow only into Lake Rakshas Tal, and from Mount Ponri - into Lake Manasarovar. Note that part of the water flows from Mount Ponri first flows into Lake Kurgyal Chungo, a lake that arose during the process of First Creation, and only then they fall into Lake Manasarovar.
Photo 11. Satellite image of lakes Rakshas Tal and Manasarovar.
The 4th mountain mentioned in ancient texts is Mount Riva Tsepgye, which is located west of the lake Rakshas Tal
Specially shaped rock formations in the Kailash region
Stone Oms
On both sides of the path along which pilgrims walk through the Drolma La pass, there are two mountain formations, the shape of which is similar when viewed from above to the sacred Vedic symbol - OM. The dimensions of the OMs are about 2.8 km. This is especially clearly visible in satellite images, on which the level of 5700 m is marked with a blue background. Apparently, these are the largest stone OMs on our planet. It is very unusual that both Oms have a center of symmetry located in the sacred lake Gauri Kund. Of course, these are miraculous stone formations, but what is striking is that they are located next to each other and their main elements are symmetrical!
Photo 12. Satellite image of 2 stone OMs and Gauri Kund lake.
The meaning of OM in the Vedic tradition
The OM mantra is considered a sacred sound that appears during creation, the emergence of the universe and its destruction. It is one of the oldest in Vedic culture. The symbol OM is a symbol of the infinity of the spirit, the Divine in the world and man. The syllable Om is the initial sound that creates the Universe - the first manifestation of the yet unmanifested Brahman, which gave rise to the perceived Universe, which originated from the vibration caused by the sound OM.
The central point of this “device” is the Gauri Kund lake. In addition to the meditations at the Drolma La pass, it seems very important to go down a little below the kora path to the Gauri Kund lake. Here you can drink a few sips of water, wet your hair and wash. And merge with two OMs, feel the divine sound inside yourself...
Photo 13. Lake Gauri Kund.
East of Serlung, the monastery located at the beginning of the Inner Kora Trail, is the branching valley of Gyangdrak. Above the same name Buddhist monastery runs through a large amphitheater-shaped valley containing the remains of more than 30 dokhangs. High level settlements in the area reflect its status as the probable capital of Shangshung. The Gyangdrak Amphitheater is an ideal place for establishing an ancient settlement. It is well protected from harsh northern winds and has a southern location. Gyangdrak also has permanent water sources, something that plays an important role in the arid conditions of western Tibet. In addition, the area has sufficient reserves of stones for the construction of ancient residential buildings. Gyandrak Monastery is located in a place of great geomantic power. The focal axes of the two valleys forming the stone OM intersect precisely at the location of this monastery! Two huge stone mirrors concentrate energies in this very place!
Photo 14. Satellite image of stone Om and Gyandrak monastery
The large natural amphitheater at Gyangdrak has a very deep history. According to Bon sources, this amphitheater was nothing other than the site of the first capital of Shangshung. It is said that a castle known as Gyangri Yulojon was founded here and was ruled by three different kings.
Pyramid-like rock formations near Kailash
The pyramid in the Kailasa complex is understood not only as its classic version with flat edges, but also as a more general case when the edges can be concave or curved with varying degrees of curvature and consist of several layers.
Photo 15. The eastern edge of Kailash with the adjacent concave Stone Mirror Dharma King Norsang.
The regular pyramid-like shape of Kailash and the regular concave shape of the Stone Mirror, similar to a crescent, are clearly visible. The sloping ridge leading to the summit platform is oriented exactly east-west.
Near Kailash there are both trihedral and tetrahedral pyramids. The upper part of the pyramids often consists of several layers-terraces, which have their own resonant properties. Some pyramids have a truncated top, some have a pointed one. The pyramids flow into each other, forming with their concave faces unique structures with valleys of a regular ellipsoidal shape.
Photo 16. Pyramid-like rock formation located to the west of Kailash.
Photo 17. “Mexican” pyramid. View from the inner kora pass of Serdung Chuksum.
In the Kailash Mandala there are many mountain formations that were formed in special subtle energy fields inherent in this place, and, as a result, have special shapes. One of these pyramid-like formations, unusual in its regular shape and size, is located 18 km from Kailash, azimuth 108 degrees. At the foot of the pyramid at an altitude of 5512 m there are two small lakes, one with turquoise water, the second with dark, almost black.
Photo 18. Pyramid-like formation located in the southeast direction from Kailash. Blue background – level 5800 m
Stone swastikas
Photo 19. Three-rayed swastika made of concave mountain faces near the lakes Kapala Tso and Kavala Tso.
Stone "mirrors"
By stone mirrors we mean concave stone formations that are the slopes of mountain ranges. As a rule, they form characteristic semicircular valleys. Such mirrors can reflect and enhance various energy and information flows. Many stone mirrors, touching each other, form stone pyramids with concave edges.
Photo 20. There are quite a few concave rock formations in the Kang Tise ridge. One of the largest is the concave stone mirror of the Valley of Life and Death.
The stone mirror of the Valley of Life and Death consists of 3 parts, like three parabolic antennas. The connections of these mirrors form small projections that, when viewed from the valley, create the sides of a regular trapezoid. Their inclination angle is approximately 55 degrees from the horizon. Therefore, the real focus is not on the earth's surface. It is located at an altitude of about 1500 m above the surface, i.e. at the height of the peak of Kailash! And at the beginning of the glacier, at a distance of about 2 km from the stone antenna, there is a projection of the focus of the central mirror, oriented towards the earth's surface. This amazing point of true focus can be fully experienced while meditating in this place...
Photo 21. Kailash and stone mirror.
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If we take a horizontal section at an altitude of 5780 m, it turns out that the length of the arc formed by the stone concave mirror is 1.97 km and equal to the radius of the circle forming it.
Recall that the length of the arc of a circle along which its radius fits is the natural arc and angular unit of radians. As we know, along any complete circle its radius is approximately 6.28 times. More precisely, the length of a full arc of a circle is 2 radians, and in any number systems and units of length. Thus, the size and shape of the stone mirror of the Valley of Life and Death is connected with the world constant “Pi”.
Photo 23. The stone mirrors of the southeastern shoulder of Kailash, forming the Valley of Life and Death and the Symmetrical Valley, have a common axis of symmetry at a distance of about 6 km.
Perception of the Kailash Mandala in various traditions in accordance with the level of human consciousness.
There are different types of perception of the Kailash Mandala. Firstly, the perception from those people who do not follow the religious path: for them it is a sparkling and majestic snow-covered mountain, rising into the sky like a king sitting on his throne. And the mountain has such splendor because its small peaks are arranged in the manner of ministers bowing before the king.
Photo 24. View of Kailash from a helicopter.
Secondly, from the point of view of Hindus, this snowy mountain looks like a crystal reliquary sanctuary (stupa). And it has such splendor because inside it contains a palace in which the great god Mahadeva and the goddess Uma reside in a “mother-father” union.
Even today, hundreds of thousands of Hindus travel to the Himalayan pilgrimage sites (tirtha) every year. The most visited place of pilgrimage, which is most often mentioned in religious texts and epic works, is the area of \u200b\u200bMount Kailasa and Lake Manasarovar. For many, he is the earthly personification of Meru, the great mountain mentioned in the Mahabharata. This mountain is also perceived as the physical embodiment of Shiva's linga. She embodies the ancient idea of “the navel of the earth,” “the axis mundi,” “the first of the mountains,” “the fixed point of the revolving world,” “having roots in the seventh hell and rising to the highest paradise.”
Mythical tales in the Shiva Purana say that the Himalayas are the abode of Shiva. This is the country where Lord Shiva lives with his wife Parvati.
Popular Hindu perception associates the Himalayas with God Shiva - the Destroyer and Creator of the Hindu Triad. The other two gods of the Triad also live here: Brahma - the Creator, and Vishnu - the Protector. According to ancient Hindu religious texts, the abode of the creator Brahma is called Brahmaloka, the abode of God Vishnu is called “Vaikuntha” and the abode of God Shiva is called Kailash. Of all three, only Kailash can be reached in a physical body and returned having touched divinity. According to Hindu mythology, Kailash is the divine center at the heart of all creation, and with its reverence comes the vision of the divinity of all things.
The northern face of Mount Kailash and the ridge of adjacent mountains is the primary lingam (phallus) of Shiva. Over time it was reproduced in thousands of architectural forms and became a fetish in India. The Linga symbolizes the generative impulse towards enlightenment present throughout the Universe.
Photo 25. Shivalingam and Mount Kailash
The Linga of Shiva, or Mount Kailash, is of natural perfection, and together with the yoni, or womb, represents the community or union of opposites. The womb and phallus symbolize opposing natural forces and their union—the transcendental qualities of divinity. The stories, legends, myths and religious significance of Kang Rinpoche (Mount Kailash) constitute the richest aspect of human culture. This echoes the veneration of natural features throughout the world, but nowhere else is there such a long-standing and complex bridge between nature and religion.
Thirdly, in the opinion of those who adhere to the teachings of the “Little Vehicle” and independent practitioners who have taken the path, appearance appears as a snowy mountain, but within it is the majestic Buddhist saint Angaja, in great joy of meditation with his retinue of 500 worthy Buddhists (Arhats).
Fourthly, according to the perception of those who have achieved the highest good - saints who have achieved the accomplishment of the Vajrayana path from hidden ritual formulas (mantra), then for them Mount Tise (Kailas) has the form of Samvara - perfect ability, enclosed in the arms of Varaha - perfect wisdom in the shape of the snowy mountain Mala Tisza. All her minor peaks are in the form of sixteen goddesses of knowledge making offerings to her.
Sacred Valleys of Kailash
Photo 26, 26a. The main valleys - Flag Valley, divine Valley and Fortress Valley have the form of three channels for transmitting the vital energy of the subtle yogic body, respectively, central, left and right
So, ancient Hindu, Buddhist and Bon texts speak of the Kailash Mandala as a unique multidimensional, multi-level formation, the Center of the World, containing all aspects of Existence. The central part of the Kailash Mandala is a huge stone eight-petalled lotus formed by eight valleys separated by eight mountain ranges adjacent to Kailash. In the center of this stone lotus is Kailash. All this corresponds to ancient descriptions of the legendary Mount Meru.
The basis for understanding the sacred geography of the Kailash region is the so-called lotus model of the Kailash Mandala. From the point of view of Buddhist ideas, this model is described in detail by the German researcher Wolfgang Vollmer.
Photo 27. Satellite image of Kailash Mandala. The orange line is the ring of the outer cortex. The blue lines are the river beds starting at Kailash. Blue background – horizontal section at an altitude of 5600 m.
1. Gangjam Chu (north)
2. Polung Chu (northeast)
3. Khandro Chu (northeast)
4. Eastern Gate
5. Shingjong Chu
6. Gedhun Chu
7. Gyangdrag Chu/Selung Chu
8. Western Gate
Considering these valleys as the dividing lines between the petals, and the isolated mountains between the valleys as the lotus petals themselves, the Kailasa massif can be considered as an eight-petaled lotus flower - the Circle of Great Bliss.
Note that the valleys of the outer crust, of course, do not form a regular circular shape. But there is a surprising pattern in its size. If we build a cross oriented to the four cardinal directions, the center of which is at the top of Kailash, then its crossbars within the outer kora path will measure 15,400 m and 9,510 m in the north-south and west-east directions, respectively. The ratio of these numbers gives 1.619, i.e. The dimensions of the crust that pilgrims pass through practically correspond to the golden ratio!
Photo 28. Mount Buddha's Throne. The place where Master Buddha used to preach the Buddhist doctrine to Ma-dros-pa, the king of the snake deities (klu).
Sheldra (Crystal Semblance) is one of the most famous places pilgrimage to Kang Rinpoche. It is located up the valley from Serlung Monastery at an altitude of 5300 m. For centuries, Sheldra was used by Buddhists for meditation and was partially restored after the effects of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. However, no one lives there permanently now. There was no prior information about the history of the site. Considering the abundance of ancient sites built in the same style and occupying similar geographical position in the region, Sheldra's roots seem to go back to an ancient cultural layer.
Photo 29. On the rocky mountain behind the Serlung Valley is the famous Crystal Likeness (Sheldra).
Photo 30. At the top of Sheldra there is a rocky mountain known as Shiva's Palace, and on the side there is a protruding rock called Shiva's assistant monkey Hanuman.
Within the enclosure of ritual sceptres (dorje ra-ba) surrounding the majestic mandala of Tise is the so-called Inner Kora (nang-skor) Sheldra, and here are located the golden funerary shrines of the hierarchs (gdan-rabs) of the Bri-gung sect. Currently, the Thirteen Golden Tombs is a completely Buddhist sanctuary site. Until the 11th century AD, this place probably belonged to the Bonpos. It is likely that these monuments in their original form were the thirteen chorten tombs mentioned in the Bon sacred geography tradition. However, no archaeological evidence has yet been found to support this idea.
Photo 31. Thirteen chortens in the Saptorishi niche.
The Thirteen Golden Tombs are located directly above the ancient temples and hermitages of the region, thus making it impossible to establish a direct link to ancient settlement patterns. The climate at an altitude of 5800 m is exceptionally harsh, characterized by snowfall and freezing temperatures during all months of the year. Also, the air pressure at this altitude is very low to be suitable for permanent human habitation. As now, in ancient times the use of the site was probably limited to ritual and ceremonial functions of a short duration.
Despite its modern architectural character, the areas around the Thirteen Golden Tombs are replete with Bon mythology. Bon texts say that the front (southern) side of the great crystal chorten that is Kailash was decorated by the founder of the Bon religion (Tonpa Shenrab) and the first king of Shangshung (Kakki Charusen, Kags Kui bya-ru kan), as well as other religious figures. It is believed that ancient sacred texts written in the language of the Shangshung Kingdom are also hidden near the “Thirteen Crystal Chortens”.
Lower Valley of lHa-lung. Main roundabout
Then, if you go from the lower reaches of the Dar-lung valley further [to the northwest] around the Buddhist path of circular circumambulation (chos-skor), you can reach the so-called Prolongation Ridge in the lower reaches of the lHa-lung valley. The mountain in the east is the Palace of Yellow Dzambhala. Higher up on the way to the west, on the Mandala Terrace, is the “immutable nail” - the footprint of the Master Buddha, which is surrounded by the footprints of 500 worthy Buddhists.
A little higher on the gentle slopes of the mountain there is a cave where Naro Bon-chung stayed in the past, and inside there is a footprint of the master Mil-la [Ras-pa]. On the side of this cave there is a spring called Disease-Cure Healing Water. Also at the top there is a shrine-tomb known as the Self-Manifesting Sixteen Buddhist Saints. From here, on the way west from the Golden Pool, you can cross the LHa-chu River and continue to the mountain called the Palace of Black Dzambhala.
Photo 32. Satellite image
Dzonglung Valley, Zutrul Phuk Monastery
Photo 33. Mountain, in the south, at the lower end of Khandro Sanglam - Palace of the Blessed Mother of Long Life. From here, on the eastern bank of the Dzongchu River, there are footprints of the protector of living beings, gTsang-pa rGya-ras.
Photo 34. Tent camp at the foot of Mount Medicine Buddha
Below to the side there is a hill like a golden two-story house called the Medicine Buddha Palace. All kinds of medicinal herbs grow on the slopes of this hill, and there are countless meditation cells for Bri-gung hermits.
Proof and Faith
As for statements about elements of the landscape such as “This is the deity, and this is his palace,” one should not adhere to views that consider these statements to be exaggerations simply because they are invisible to ordinary perception. These are exclusively the visions of many bodhisattvas who lived in this place. In this regard, everyone can discover faith and reverence in their hearts without any ambiguity.
The Kailasa Mandala carries special “reference” vibrations, when co-tuned with which a person can activate the work of his own energy system, align the subtle bodies and build a communication channel with his higher aspects.
Kailash has a transformative effect on people who make a pilgrimage to it. This is expressed, for example, in a change in the picture of the world, in which a person begins to perceive himself not only and not so much as a physical body, but as a spiritual being, whose spirit only temporarily resides in a dense body. The resulting vector of development leads to an equalization of the balance of the spiritual and material sides.
Mandala Kailash is one of the most important energy information nodes of our planet, a giant natural converter of energies coming from the Cosmos for our planet and the people inhabiting it, as well as the place where the reverse energy exchange of the planet with the Cosmos takes place. Thus, one of the options for energy-information exchange between the Earth and the surrounding space is carried out. Kailash influences the evolutionary processes of the Earth and man.
Photo 35. Energy-information exchange of the planet and the Cosmos through Kailash.
It seems very important to continue studying the sacred geography of the Kailash region from the point of view of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Bon, as well as with the help of modern scientific research and direct spiritual perception.
The first group to Kailash is being recruited in 2020: in addition to the crust around Kailash, you will see the North Face of Everest, beautiful lakes, the Ancient Kingdom of Guge, the Garuda Valley and rarely visited ancient cave complexes in Western Tibet - Dungkar and Piyang. Route . Arrival in Lhasa on April 26, 2020. Unique tour to Kailash Kora with a Russian guide! Join us!
Mount Kailash (Kailash) - Jewel of the Snows, the center of the universe, the abode of Shiva and Buddha Shakyamuni in the guise of the wrathful deity Chakrasamvara, the patron of one of the highest tantras of Vajrayana Buddhism. There is a belief that if you walk around the sacred mountain 108 times, you can achieve enlightenment.
Kailash has attracted ascetics, yogis and pilgrims for many centuries. Nowadays, more and more people are interested in traveling to this peak. And it’s not just the unusual tetrahedral shape of the mountain, reminiscent of an artificially built pyramid, but rather the fact that Kailash is a shrine for millions of representatives of four religions: Hindus, Jains, Buddhists and Bonpos. Every year, thousands of pilgrims make a sacred circumambulation around Kailash, offering prayers and performing religious practices.
Geography
Mount Kailash is located in the Tibetan province of Ngari in Western Tibet, Tibetan Autonomous Region, China. Kailash is one of the peaks in the Gandhisa mountain system (冈底斯山脉pinyin: gangdisi shanmai), located in the south of the Tibetan Plateau and running almost parallel to the Himalayas.
Kailash is the highest mountain peak in its area (6714 meters / according to other sources 6638 meters), which also differs in appearance from neighboring mountains with its tetrahedral pyramidal shape, oriented to the four cardinal directions. In the Kailash region, the four main rivers of Tibet, India and Nepal originate and spread to the cardinal points: the Brahmaputra in the east, the Indus in the north, the Sutlej in the west, and the Karnali (a tributary of the Ganges River) in the south.
Name
Kailash is known by many names. The most common name in Russian Kailash is the name of the sacred mountain in Sanskrit. It is also quite common to write Kailash.
So which is correct: Kailash or Kailash? - Both options are correct, since both spellings are found in ancient Indian texts - both with the sound “s” at the end and with the sound “sh”:
- कैलाश Kailāśa (“Kailasha”) and केलास Kailāsa (“Kailasa”). It should be noted that modern India now says "Kailash", while "Kailas" is perhaps a more authentic name, for such a spelling is found in the ancient Indian epic "Mahabharata".
- In Tibet, the most popular name for the peak is Kang Rinpoche(གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ wylie: gangs rinpoche), which translated means “Snow Jewel” or “Precious Snow Peak”. In classical texts the peak is called Kang Tise(གངས་ཏི་སེ wylie: gangs tise) or simply Tise (ཏི་སེ wylie:tise).
- Followers of the Provobuddi religion of Tibet Bon call this sacred mountain Yundrung Gutsek (གཡུང་ དགུ་ བརྩེགས བརྩེགས wylie: gyung drung dgu brtsegs), which means "nine -story Mountain of the Swastika."
- IN English language the most common name for a peak isKailash, originating from Sanskrit.
- The Chinese names for Kailash are derived from the Tibetan ones: Gan Renboqi(冈仁波齐 pinyin: gang renboqi) from the Tibetan name Kang Rinpoche and Gandhisishan(冈底斯山 pinyin: gangdisi shan) from Tibetan Kang Tise. Also, Kailash in Chinese is popularly called simply “sacred peak” - Shenshan(神山 pinyin: shenshan).
Kailash in world religions
Mount Kailash is sacred to representatives of four religions: Buddhism, Bon, Hinduism and Jainism. For Buddhists, Kailash is the abode of Shakyamuni Buddha in his wrathful form. For Hindus, it is the abode of Shiva, the destroyer of illusions. For Jains, Kailash is sacred as the place where their first saint, Adinatha, achieved enlightenment. Followers of the Bon religion believe that from here the founder of the religion, Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche, descended from heaven to earth.
Despite the fact that believers of these four religions have different interpretations of the significance of Kailash, they all consider this peak to be the most sacred place, the “heart of the world,” the axis of the universe (Latin axis mundi), connecting heaven and earth, through which a practitioner can contact higher powers.
Kailash in Buddhism
For Tibetan Buddhists, Kailash is the abode of Shakyamuni Buddha in the form of the wrathful deity Korlo Demchog (འཁོར་ལོ་བདེ་མཆོག་ wylie: ‘khorlo bde mchog) or Chakrasamvara in Sanskrit. Demchok is depicted in conjunction with the spiritual consort Dorje Pakmo (རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕག་མོ wylie: rdo rje phag mo) or Vajravarahi. Their union is a symbol of the unity of emptiness and bliss (བདེ་སྟོང་དབྱེར་མེད wylie: bde stong dbyer med). Diligent spiritual practice is the only way to know this symbol.
For Buddhist followers of the Lesser Vehicle (Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, etc.), Kailash is a place that Buddha Shakyamuni himself sanctified along with 500 arhats, emanating himself in the Kailash area.
After Shakyamuni Buddha, Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, an 8th century AD Buddhist master revered as the second Buddha, meditated here. He left behind terma treasures in the rocks around Kailash.
Three centuries later, Milarepa, a famous Tibetan meditation master, hermit, mystic and poet, meditated here. Despite the rapid spread of Buddhism in Tibet since the 8th century, Kailash and the surrounding area remained a place especially revered by followers of the Bon religion. But after Milarepa, the secrets of Kailash were also revealed to Tibetan Buddhists. Having achieved spiritual realization, Milarepa and his disciples went to Western Tibet to the places of Buddha Shakyamuni. Arriving in the Kailash region, he met a Bon master named Naro Bonchung. A dispute arose between them over dominance in the Kailash region, which they agreed to resolve through competition using siddhis - supernatural powers. The first competition was on Lake Manasarovar near Kailash: Milarepa stretched his entire body across the surface of the lake, and Naro Bonchung stood on the surface of the water from above. Not satisfied with the results, they continued the competition by running around Kailash: Milarepa ran clockwise and Naro Bonchung counterclockwise. Having met at the top of the Dolma la pass near the northern slope of Kailash, they continued the magical battle, but again could not decide who the winner was. Then Naro Bonchung proposed the following competition: whoever climbs to the top of Kailash on the day of the full moon immediately after dawn will be the winner. On the appointed day, Naro Bonchung, riding his shamanic drum, flew to the top of Kailash. Milarepa rested calmly below, causing his disciples to worry. But, as soon as the first rays of the sun reached the peak of Kailash, Milarepa grabbed one of the rays and instantly reached the sacred peak. Naro Bonchung was stunned and fell from his drum. Thus, Milarepa won and the followers of the Bon religion lost control of the region, moving their spiritual center from Kailash to Mount Bonri east of Lhasa.
Since then, and right up to the present day, Mount Kailash has been sacred both to Tibetan Buddhists and, in particular, to adherents of the Kagyu school, to which Milarepa belonged. But followers of the Bon religion continue to revere this peak. Thus, Buddhists make a pilgrimage around Kailash clockwise, and Bon followers counterclockwise.
In the 13th century, Master Gotsangpa discovered the magical powers of Kailash for adherents of the Drukpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. He also spent 5 years meditating at the Dirapuk Monastery, located before the Dolma la pass opposite the northern elephant of Kailash. Therefore, to this day, this monastery, Kailash and all the surrounding areas of the peak are especially revered by adherents of the Drukpa Kagyu school.
Although there are many sacred peaks in Tibet, only the Kailash region is a powerful and comprehensive mandala, where every peak and every hill is the abode of one or another deity, where every cleft in the rocks was a place of meditation for hermits. Nowhere else are there so many places of power with self-manifested symbols of the path to enlightenment.
Kailash in Bon religion
bon symbol
The founder of the Bon religion was named Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche. He lived about thirty thousand years ago in the spiritually perfect place of Olmo Lung Ring, where only enlightened beings could enter. According to the surviving descriptions, this place looked like a mixture of ideas about the mystical land of Shablale, Mount Kailash and Mount Meru. Despite the fact that Olmo Lung Ring is a magical place, according to some sources it was located in the territory of the country of Tazik to the west of the kingdom of Shang Shung in Western Tibet. In the center of Omolungring there was the sacred peak of Yundrung Gutsek - the “Nine-Storey Swastika Mountain”, symbolizing the “Nine Paths of Bon”, from where Tonpa Shenrab descended into the world of people. At the foot of the mountain, four great rivers originated, spreading in four directions. Some followers of the Bon religion believe that Mount Yundrung Gutsek is the sacred Kailash. According to other versions, Tonpa Shenrab moved the power and magic contained in Mount Yundrung Gutsek inside Kailash. At the end of his life in our world, using the axis of the world located on Kailash, he returned to heaven. In any case, Mount Kailash is a sacred place for followers of the Bon religion, symbolizing the place of the god Shang Shung Meri. The teachings and lineage of Meri (Me Ri) were one of the main practices in Shang Shung and are preserved to this day.
Kailash in Hinduism
In Hinduism, Kailash is the abode of God Shiva - the supreme God of gods, destroyer of illusions, master of yoga and tantra. Shiva, along with his wife Parvati, resides on the peak of Kailash in the highest meditative state of Absolute Bliss. According to Vishnu Purana, Kailasa peak is a reflection of Mount Meru, which is the center of all universes in both material and spiritual aspects.
Due to the hemispherical shape of Mount Kailash, it is personified with the lingam - the main symbol of Shiva, the masculine principle. In the Puranas, the Lingam is the manifested image of the Eternal Unmanifested Shiva, who is beyond time, space, qualities and forms. At the base of the lingam there is a yoni - a symbol of shakti, the universal feminine energy. Thus, the sacred lake Manasarovar, located near Kailash, is the personification of yoni and the abode of Parvati, therefore, together with Kailash, it is especially revered among followers of Hinduism. For them, a pilgrimage to Kailash and Manasarovar is, first of all, a meeting with God. Therefore, millions of believers go to the sacred peak every year.
Kailash in Jainism
For followers of Jainism, Kailash is also both a sacred peak and Mount Meru, personifying the center of the universe. Rishabha, who became the first saint in Jainism, achieved nirvana in the Kailash region, thereby marking the beginning of the Tithankara tradition. In the Jain worldview, the world has no beginning or end, and time moves in a circle, like the wheel of existence. Thus, our world has already completed countless time cycles, and countless cycles will also come after our time. Each cycle or “kalachakra” is divided into two half-cycles: growth and decay. In each half-cycle, 24 Tirthankaras are born, the first of which was Rishabha, also known as Adinatha.
stupas at the Dirapuk monastery on the northern slope of Kailash
Hello, dear readers.
Today we’ll talk about a place that is significant for every Buddhist. This is Mount Kailash (or Kailash, or Kang Rinpoche, which in Tibetan means “Precious Snow Mountain”, and many more synonyms in the languages of different peoples of the world). This is one of the most high peaks mountain range, which is located in the Gangdis system. It is located in the Tibetan Plateau on the territory of the People's Republic of China.
Outwardly, it is very different from all the mountains - it has the shape of an almost regular pyramid, the four sides of which are oriented to the cardinal points with only a slight deviation. Height 6638 - 6890 m. Those who like to see mysticism in everything believe that in fact the peak is located 6,666 meters above sea level, but measurements do not confirm this data. Mount Kailash has not yet been conquered by any climber.
The history of its origin is shrouded in deep mystery. The earth “erected” the Tibetan Plateau more than 5 million years ago, while scientists determine the age of Kailash as 20 thousand years, which is much less and more than strange.
If you look carefully at the satellite photographs as close as possible, you can see places where the “plaster” has broken off, revealing a monolithic wall underneath. This gives reason to assume that Mount Kailash in Tibet is a man-made pyramid, and the largest of all existing on earth.
But who built it? And not only it, but the entire complex around it, which includes mountains (pyramids?) of much smaller size, semicircular and flat formations, located exclusively in a spiral? Or maybe it is a giant crystal that accumulates the energy of space and earth, the second part of which is hidden in the bowels of the earth?
Location and relief features
The mountain peak is located in Western Tibet. This is one of the most inaccessible places, as if someone (or something) made special efforts to ensure that only initiates could get here. Kailash is the largest watershed in South Asia. The Indus, Karnali and Brahmaputra flow nearby.
Waters from the Kailash glaciers flow into Lake Langa Tso, from which the Sutlej River, the largest tributary of the Indus, originates.
The southern slope is dissected vertically by a deep crack, which is intersected in the middle by another, horizontal one. With a certain refraction of sunlight in the air, a swastika sign appears, which is why some sources call Kailash “Swastika Mountain”.
Location coordinates: 31°04′00″ N. w. 81°18′45″ E. d. (G) (O) (Z) 31°04′00″ n. w. 81°18′45″ E. d.
Religious significance and summiting
Kailash is considered the center of the world by adherents of four religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Bon and Jains. Buddhists think that an avatar creature (incarnation) of Buddha Akshobhya lives here - Samvara has four faces and twelve arms, and the mountain is called Himavat. This place is shrouded in secrecy and many legends. The peak, however, did not succumb to any mortal.
Attempts to reach the summit
However, what will stop a person (or people) who does not believe in anything, neither in God nor in the devil? There were many attempts to conquer Kailash. But not a single ascent was successful - some turned back on the way to the foot, and those who nevertheless set foot on Kailash talk about an interesting phenomenon.
At first, an excellent asphalt road leads to the mountain. Like everywhere else, it cannot be straight and bends somewhere. In places where it crosses the mark of 6,666 meters (to the foot), high-quality asphalt suddenly suddenly gives way to old and cracked, and the dividing yellow stripe, which was very bright a meter ago, becomes dull and faded. It is difficult to drive in these areas because the air around you becomes thick and viscous.
Interesting things happen to those who try to get to the foot on bicycles or motorcycles:
- with the same effort on the bicycle pedal, the speed drops by half, or even three;
- sudden breakdowns occur, for example, a bicycle wheel can curl into a figure eight for no apparent reason;
- the motorcycle suddenly begins to “sneeze”, or even refuses to move at all, but upon inspection it is not possible to identify any problems.
Games with time
Some try to deceive the mountain. In Tibet, to this day there is a legend about unlucky travelers who wanted to conquer the peak by hook or by crook.
Four Englishmen (or Americans, or maybe Russians - after many years no one remembers the nationality of these people) began to Kora (circumvention around Kailash) along with the rest of the pilgrims, but at some point they left the sacred path and moved up the slope
After some time, four ragged, stubble-covered people with feverishly shining eyes and completely inappropriate behavior came to the pilgrims’ camp. After the descent we had to send them to a psychiatric hospital. All four travelers died insane within the next year. At the same time, they grew old very quickly, turning into very old men.
It is believed that inside the spiral, the center of which is Kailash, time accelerates significantly, while outside, on the contrary, it slows down. This fact is confirmed by many travelers. However, it is stated that time flows faster on a subconscious level. After committing Kora, the chain of events happening to a person accelerates, but he himself does not physically age.
Bypass of Kailash
There are 9 sacred routes or Cor. Three of them are known to all pilgrims - these are the traditional Koras: external, Nandi, Dakini. Little-known routes almost forgotten by the indigenous population of Tibet are Touching the Faces of Kailash, crossing the Geo and Shapje passes from the south through the Gyandrak Monastery. Some of the paths of the Kora appeared to pilgrims during meditation - holistic, spiral, Merging of elements.
Kora is the circumambulation of a shrine, particularly Kailash, in a counterclockwise direction. Among pilgrims, prostration is most revered - when a person falls on his face, then rises, puts his feet where he was just lying face down, and thus moves forward. The kora around Kailash can last a very long time (several days with breaks for sleep and food) and include not just one round, but several.
Particularly zealous followers of religion honor the number 108. It has a special, sacred meaning in many religious movements, including Buddhism:
- The Kangyur (collection of Buddha's sayings) consists of 108 volumes;
- Buddhist monks' rosary consists of 108 beads;
- The pilgrim must make sure to do 108 prostrations during the Kora.
Lakes of Mount Kailash
Manasarovar and Rakshas Tal are antipodal lakes. In one the water is “living”, in the other it is “dead”. Interestingly, the reservoirs are very close to each other, separated only by a narrow strip of land and a canal. According to beliefs, if water from Manasarovar flows into Rakshasa, it means that the energy is in balance.
Objectively, the lakes are really different. Manasarovar – round, slightly elongated, with the purest fresh water, a calm mirror of the water surface, there are a lot of fish in it. There are monasteries around. Nature pleases with a riot of colors, birds sing, swans fly in in the summer.
Rakshas Tal - curved like a crescent, widening on one side, salty with a high content of silver, there is no life in it. The weather here is always bad and the surrounding landscape is inhospitable. However, the lake is sacred. There are many stupas along the banks.
Swimming in a lake with “dead” water “cleanses the body to the bones.” Bathing in Rakshas Tal is performed by everyone who passes through the Kora around Kailash. The water here is icy, and the water mirror is not smooth, like at Manasarovar, but is in constant agitation, and the wind blows all the time.
In the center of the lake, on an island, there is a small monastery where monks live in complete solitude - you can get out of here to land only when a stable ice cover is established.
People bathe in the waters of Lake Manasarovar after bathing in Rakshasa. Nearby are thermal springs– locals have wooden baths here. The water in the thermal baths is healing, so there are many people who want to improve their health.
A little further is the Buddhist monastery of Chiu Gompa. Its name translates as “little bird.” It is located at the top of the hill. If you climb to the very top, you can see all the surroundings. You get great panoramic shots here.
“Om” is translated from Sanskrit as “word of power”. Buddhist monks pronounce this mantra during meditation. Om is a universal sound vibration that tunes the body to the “right mood.”
Death Valley
Another sacred place for Buddhists, and not only. Located at the northern “face” of Kailash. Three kilometers long. It ends where the “ice mirror” (glacier wall) is located. According to legend, yogis go here to die. Only a “pure” person can return alive from the valley of death. This place destroys everyone who has “bad” thoughts.
Tenzing Vandra, the Great Medical Lama of Western Tibet, says the following: “Kailas is an ordinary mountain, covered in legends. Everyone sees here what they want to see. The miracles that are attributed to this place really happened, but they were performed by people - the yogi Milarepa (who had levitation), the guru Rimpoche and others.”
Is it true or fiction that Mount Kailash is the center of the world, built ancient civilization aliens - Atlanteans and Lemurians? Or does this live only in the minds of believers and esotericists, such as Mulgashev, Balaev?
Scientific expeditions have not found any signs that Mount Kailash is man-made. Also, stone mirrors of ideal geometric shape were not found, in a word, nothing of what the locals, and then some Europeans, believed for centuries.
However, one should not think that the path to Shambhala, as Muldashev called this place, is open to everyone. Only those who are pure in mind and heart can understand what is really happening here.
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