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  • Yak Butter for sale at Barkhor Square, Lhasa - Barkhor Square is an area of narrow streets and a public square located around Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa. <br />
Barkor Square has been the most important devotional circumabulation for Tibetan pilgrims for centuries as it is today. The walk was is about one kilometre long and encircles the entire Jokhang,  Most of the tiny alleys have been demolished in recent years and replaced with wider streets and new buildings by the Chinese government.
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  • Kora is performed by walking around a temple or other sacred site.  Kora many be performed while spinning prayer wheels, chanting mantra or repeatedly prostrating oneself. In this way a kora acts as a meditative exercise. In accordance with Buddhist tradition, a kora is always performed in a clockwise direction and is performed 108 times.
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  • Prayer Wheels for sale at Barkhor Square - A prayer wheel is a cylindrical wheel on a spindle made from metal or wood, traditionally, the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum is written in Sanskrit externally on the wheel.  According to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, spinning such a wheel will have much the same meritorious effect as orally reciting the prayers.
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  • Tibetan Monks having a chat on the streets of Lhasa at Barkhor Square
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  • Tibetan Novice Monks taking a break from their kora circumnavigation at Barkhor Square.
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  • A Kora is both a type of pilgrimage and meditation following Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The Kora is performed by walking around a temple, stupa, or other sacred site in a clockwise fashion and is often performed 108 times.  Kora many be performed while spinning prayer wheels, chanting mantra or repeatedly prostrating oneself. A kora functions as a calming meditative exercise.
    tibetan-pilgrims-1.jpg
  • A Kora is both a type of pilgrimage and meditation in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Kora is performed by walking around a temple, stupa, or other sacred site.  Kora many be performed while spinning prayer wheels, chanting mantra or repeatedly prostrating oneself. In this way kora functions as a calming meditative exercise. In accordance with Buddhist tradition and belief, kora is always performed in a clockwise direction and is often performed 108 times.
    tibetan-pilgrims-2.jpg
  • Pilgrims at Barkhor Square, Lhasa - Barkhor Square is an area of narrow streets and a public square located around Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa. <br />
The square has been the most important devotional circumabulation for Tibetan pilgrims for centuries as it still is today. The walk was is about one kilometre long and encircles the entire Jokhang,  Most of the tiny alleys have been demolished in recent years and replaced with wider streets and new buildings by the Chinese government.
    barkhor-square-8.jpg
  • Tibetan Prayer Wheels, Barkhor Square  - Barkhor Square is an area of narrow streets and a public square located around Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa. <br />
Barkor Square has been the most important devotional circumabulation for Tibetan pilgrims for centuries as it is today. The walk was is about one kilometre long and encircles the entire Jokhang,  Most of the tiny alleys have been demolished in recent years and replaced with wider streets and new buildings by the Chinese government.
    barkhor-square-5.jpg
  • Barkhor Square is an area of narrow streets and a public square located around Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa. <br />
Barkor Square has been the most important devotional place for a circumabulation or "kora" for Tibetan pilgrims for centuries.  Most of the alleys have been demolished in recent years and replaced with wider streets by the Chinese government.
    barkhor-square-3.jpg
  • Monk Clothing and Accessories shop - Barkhor Square is an area of narrow streets and a public square located around Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa. <br />
Barkor Square has been the most important devotional place for a circumabulation or "kora" for Tibetan pilgrims for centuries.  Most of the alleys have been demolished in recent years and replaced with wider streets by the Chinese government.
    barkhor-square-2.jpg
  • Yak Sculls Shop Lhas - Barkhor Square is an area of narrow streets and a public square located around Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa.  Barkor Square has been the most important devotional circumabulation for Tibetan pilgrims for centuries as it is today. The walk was is about one kilometre long and encircles the entire Jokhang,  Most of the tiny alleys have been demolished in recent years and replaced with wider streets and new buildings by the Chinese government.
    barkhor-square-4.jpg
  • Tibetan Pilgrims at Barkhor Square, Lhasa - Barkhor Square is an area of narrow streets and a public square located around Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa. <br />
Barkor Square has been the most important devotional circumabulation for Tibetan pilgrims for centuries as it is today. The walk was is about one kilometre long and encircles the entire Jokhang,  Most of the tiny alleys have been demolished in recent years and replaced with wider streets and new buildings by the Chinese government.
    barkhor-square-6.jpg