Photos on full-body kowtow
The full-body kowtow prayer stands on the Barkhor Street, facing the Jokhang Monastery and chanting Om Mani Padme Hung. He puts his palms together devoutly and held them over his head. [Photo/China Tibet Online]
The "full-body kowtow" is one of the most sincere ways for Tibetan Buddhism prayers to pay respect for Buddha. When the full-body kowtow prayer prostrates himself before the Buddha, it is the "body" worship. At the time when he is constantly chanting Om Mani Padme Hung, it is the "word" worship. While the prayer constantly thinks of Buddha in the heart, it is "mind" worship. Therefore, the "body", "word" and "mind" are well united when the prayer does full-body prostrations.
The full-body kowtow prayer leans down to kowtow. [Photo/China Tibet Online]
The full-body prostration is divided into three types: long distance, short distance and prostrate locally. When a prayer does the long distance full-body prostration, he often starts from the house, walk near thousands of miles during many years and goes to the destination of Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa of Tibet. Regardless of the bad weather and poor environmental conditions, he persists in performing full-body prostrations day and night. The short distance full-body prostration can last for hours or days.
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