Ghost

A 煨桑炉 in a Tibetan Buddhist temple. Grandmothers put plants in them every morning. It was my first time to see this tradition...

prayers flags where the prayers are written in Naxi hieroglyphs...Some Naxi people practice their traditional belief Dongba, some practice Tibetan Buddhism...One important ritual in Dongba is the ritual for the couples who killed themselves for love.

ʕʘ̅͜ʘ̅ʔI biked 100KM or so to explore folk beliefs of this region after reading a book that studies this region from an anthropological perspective...So many small temples, local grandmothers likes spending their afternoon in them.

Maitreya will visit within at least 100000000 years. Maths of ancient India is very brilliant, I remember they have words for numbers that are "infinite".

I also saw a small trumpet made from the shinbone of a woman who died during childbirth. The lama explained why shinbones of such women's can be made into this instrument: 1.The baby died before it came to this world -sin 2.The woman died a unnatural death-her overwhelming grudges 3. The unexpected death. What a misfortune to her family. Her family may have certain 业障/karma. By donating her shinbone, the three can be resolved.

I learned from the Tibetan driver that they willingly donate 1/3 of their yearly income to the Temple. It occurred to me the Church simply wanted 1/10, and people were done with it.