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Home » Blog » Tibetan Buddhism Ritual Long Kotow

Tibetan Buddhism Ritual Long Kotow

September 16, 2017 by Tibetan Trekking Travel Leave a Comment

Long Kotow is one very powerful ritual of Tibetan Buddhism. It usually happens on the road to Lhasa, and Jokhang temple is the most selected end of such a ritual which last for years; This ritual is like to measure the length of the road that the pilgrims will have done in the years; It also happens in monastery, which usually begins from the main gate, then follow the clockwise direction and to reach the main gate again, of which is counted as one Full-circle; Note: in the year of Horse, which is the year that Sakyamuni Buddha was born and passed away, one circle is counted as 12;

In most of cases, this holy ritual is usually used as expiating, praying…etc;

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