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	Mount Kailash

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1-17-2008 1:45 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2bbe9c4d-629a-4f0c-939b-85a9f877a20d/9FDCF501-7D62-4091-BD77-D38275ACBD9E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/mount-kailash.htm" href="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/mount-kailash.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sacred-destinations.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/mount-kailash.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sacred-destinations.com/img/C8753276-562C-48F3-A12F-35FF94540EA0" alt="Tibet" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/mount-kailash.htm"><H1>Mount Kailash </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/mount-kailash.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sacred-destinations.com/img/C9A840CD-E525-433C-A48C-CE37752F88AE" alt="Mount Kailash, Tibet" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/mount-kailash.htm"><STRONG>Mt. Kailash</STRONG> is a peak in the Gangdisê mountains in Tibet. It is  the source of some of the longest rivers in Asia and is a <A href="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/../sacred-sites/sacred-mountains.htm">sacred mountain</A> not just to one faith but to four: Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and followers of Bön.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/mount-kailash.htm">Next to the mountain are the <STRONG>sacred lakes</STRONG> Manasarowar and  Rakshastal.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/mount-kailash.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sacred-destinations.com/img/758D8D58-2236-4E04-8F87-D95148EBE3F9" alt="Sacred Significance" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/mount-kailash.htm">According to <STRONG>Hindu</STRONG> mythology, Shiva, the God of destruction and regeneration, resides at the summit of a legendary mountain named Kailāśā.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/mount-kailash.htm"><P>Mount Kailāśā is regarded in many sects of Hinduism as Paradise, the ultimate destination of souls and the spiritual center of the world. Some traditions also aver that the mountain is Shiva's linga and Lake Manasarowar below is the yoni of His consort. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/mount-kailash.htm"><P>In <STRONG>Jainism</STRONG>, in which  Kailash is known as Mount Ashtapada,  the mountain is sacred because the founder of their faith, Rishabhadeva, attained liberation from rebirth on the mountain. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/mount-kailash.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sacred-destinations.com/img/2C4D38EC-9D12-429A-B606-6AF41A08073B" alt="Pilgrimage" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/mount-kailash.htm">Every year, thousands make a <STRONG>pilgrimage</STRONG> to Kailash, following a tradition going back thousands of years</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9FDCF501-7D62-4091-BD77-D38275ACBD9E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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