Tibetan Buddhism think the reverence to the Buddha, to the dharma, the three ways are indispensable -- the body (action) language (spell) purpose (ideas). It does not like the things what you do in city, but, my friends, when you begin the Chengdu to Tibet travel and you are interested in the long kowtow, you should know some about that.
When the people in the pilgrimage to kowtow with all of the body cast to the ground, it is the "body" worship; At the same time, spelling constantly, it is the "language" worship; meditate the Buddha heart constantly, it is "meaning" worship. Three to get a good unified.
The Long kowtow is divided into three kinds--long distance, the short and the on-site. The long distance should go a far distance in several kilometers; spend several months; live in the streets and go hungrily; crawl over ice and snow; clinging to their destination. And the Short is for several hours, 10 days or a half of month.
Take the long kowtow is the first-class long kowtow-- all of the body cast to the ground; the two hands straighten forth; using the hand to delimit as the mark; get up and go to the mark and then creep again; so go round and round. When Meeting the rivers, it must have wade or a ferry, then the foot wide before cracking river, after that you can across the river. After the Night break, it needs to be obtained from the place where you stop kowtow in yesterday.
The Short long kowtow, general should take for a week, little criterion for hours, is more than ten days or a half of month. It is around the temple, the sacred mountain, the scared lake, the Reginleif, a week kowtow,
The methods and illustrations of the Long kowtow
1. At first, make one board, the length is more a elbow long than your own stature; it must use paulownia wood; take its smooth without section. About three feet wide; the before is more two small than the after one; and place it on the ground.
1. At first, make one board, the length is more a elbow long than your own stature; it must use paulownia wood; take its smooth without section. About three feet wide; the before is more two small than the after one; and place it on the ground.
2. The front of the regular set: combine the foot, place your hands on chest respectful, the centre of the palms cannot close tightly only when the two palms get closed.
3. The Three obeisance: placing first, to lift on the head above, move from up to down, move to the forehead for less time to live; and move to the throat to have less time live; then move to the heart and have less time to live.
3. The Three obeisance: placing first, to lift on the head above, move from up to down, move to the forehead for less time to live; and move to the throat to have less time live; then move to the heart and have less time to live.
4. Then unfold your hands, creep on the board, use your two palms forcibly to push forward, two legs straight also on the board. Meanwhile, two hands and two legs fell flat on the board, do not hold up. The five rounds, the two palms and the two knees should get to the forehead, head needs to land.
5. The head need to land on the board, but should not prostrate on the ground too long to get up. The two hands needs to move from up to down, and at the same time, the two legs immediately stand up.
6. The Two hands pain, with small cotton pad put under in palm for help.
7. The first sleep, you feel the body is so heavy and like the mountain, and have the asthma and feel dizzy, you must measure your length. When the beginning, the less also just as well; after the seven days increase gradually, then you will feel the body is so light and have a good sleep. If you can rise to more than several thousand, the more speed fast. And with the time pass by, your body feel light as a feather. The work of the fitness is more than the tai chi, Wudang and Yi jin jing etc.
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