Nepal - Burning Butter Lamps at Swayambhunath Temple
Religious practices are an important part of the lives of the Nepalese people. The spinning of prayer wheels, prostrating pilgrims, collective chants and burning butter lamps are some Buddhist practices often encountered by tourists. A slip of paper bearing a mantra is kept inside the wheels so that prayers are sent to the gods when the wheel is spun. Scenes from the Buddha's life and Buddhist realms are depicted on thangka scroll paintings which are used during meditation and prayer ceremonies. Many Buddhist followers are seen performing these practices in Swayambhunath, Bouddhanath, and at other Buddhist sites around the Valley.
An allegory compares Buddhist reincarnation with the flame of a candle, as time passes neither the candle itself, nor the flame, are the same, but without the first candle there would be no flame.
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