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Mandala known as Khil-khor (dkyil 'khor) is a symbolic representation of landscape of the "Buddha-land," or the enlightened vision of a Buddha, which inevitably represents the nature of experience and the intricacies of both the enlightened and confused mind, or "a microcosm representing various divine powers at work in the universe." Such mandalas consist of an outer circular mandala and an inner square (or sometimes circular) mandala with an ornately decorated mandala "palace" placed at the center. Any part of the inner mandala can be occupied by Buddhist glyphs and symbols, as well as by images of its associated deities, which "symbolise different stages in the process of the realisation of the truth." |
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Friday, 17 February 2006 |
Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) is a constellation of symptoms that represents your body not being acclimatized to it's current altitude.
As you ascend, your body acclimatizes to the decreasing oxygen (hypoxia). At any moment, there is an "ideal" altitude where your body is in balance; most likely this is the last elevation at which you slept. Extending above this is an indefinite gray zone where your body can tolerate the lower oxygen levels, but to which you are not quite acclimatized. If you get above the upper limit of this zone, there is not enough oxygen for your body to function properly, and symptoms of hypoxic distress occur - this is AMS. Go too high above what you are prepared for, and you get sick.
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Saturday, 21 January 2006 |
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LADAKH: THE LITTLE TIBET
The similarities between Ladakh and Tibet are many. The most considerable commonality that both share is the Buddhist culture, this includes the vast field of Buddhist art and architecture. By about 1000 AD Tibetan language and culture spread throughout Ladakh. The Ladakhi language is a modified Tibetan form, but both share a common script. |
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