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Hands that never stop praying

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry (Hands that never stop praying)

Pilgrim holding a Mala (prayer beads). Malas are used for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra.

CHINA | Wednesday, 13 October 2010 | Views [2775]

Pilgrim holding a Mala (prayer beads). Malas are used for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra.

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A pilgrim spinning a Mani wheel, or the hand prayer wheel. According to the lineage texts on prayer wheels, prayer wheels are used to accumulate wisdom and merit (good karma) and to purify negativities (bad karma).

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Pilgrim couple taking a break while doing the Kora around the Jokhang Temple, Lhasa. According to the Buddhist tradition, Kora is the act of walking circumambulation around a temple, stupa, or other sacred site and it is always performed in a clock-wise direction.

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