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Navel of earth : a
place where the divine takes earthly
form. For Hindus it is Kailash, for
Jain - Ashtapada - Meru, for Buddhist
- Kang Rinpoche
To most pilgrims it is enough to know
the mountain is holy, they to not
ask why? But take its presence as
a blessing and go through tremendous
hardship to be touched by its power.
Holy place never had any beginning.
They have been holy from the time
they wear discovered, strongly alive
because of the invisible presences
breathing through them. Man is amazed
or fearful as he feels the vibrations
of invisible power in the air, and
religions, feebly falling behind like
all human institutions, gradually
assign various names and different
symbols to delineate the mystery.
Man's response to Kailash
and Mansarovar is varied and fascinating,
emotionally moving in itself. But
underlying the different cultural
and religious expressions is a more
fundamental reality, a realm approached
not by reason, but by intuition and
faith. Faith does move mountains.
In the case of Kailash it has lifted
an earthly peak into the realm of
the divine, transforming it into a
symbol of the single unifying center
lying at the heart of all creation.
A Kailash Mansarovar
region is the origin of Indus, Satluj,
Karnali and Brahamputra River.
Once the sky was covered
with cloud and suddenly the moonlight
showed from the crack, which has just
appeared in the cloud, the silvery
rays came down on Mansarovar and it
appeared as if a god is descending
down from the heavens to take a bath
in the Manas. It seemed as if divine
spiritual power is incarnating itself
with Mansarovar. This scene refreshing
and spirit rejuvenating and is beyond
the expressions of words. Even during
the daytime, the sun also presents
the same scenic refreshment.
Once you have seen this
place, you can rightfully feel that
you did not have such an experience
in the past and you are not likely
to have any in the future.
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