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Kailash is believed to be the most sacred and vital for these
religions: Bon, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Only way to get
a deeper undestanding of the Mount Kailash symbolism is to study
the religions, which explains the mystical significence of Mount
Kailash. There are so many conceptions which have profound spiritual
meaning and each conception really mean something to the people
who believe it.
Many claim that Kailash is the gate to "Shambhala":
the land where no name of suffering can be heard and the ultimate
destiny of the meditation practitioners. Shangra-la is
another name used to synonymous with Shambhala.
Hindus also say that Kailash is
the throne of Lord Shiva: the man between God and human. Tibetan
Buddhists beleive that Kailash is the fortress of the
most wrathful tantric deity called "Chakrasamvara":
the supreme embodiment of wisdom and compassion. Bons
explain Kailash as the mountain of Swastika:
the central force of the universe. Jainists refer to
Kailash as "Astapada": the holdy land
where Rishabha attained his spiritual realization. These are some
popular thoughts about Kailash.
 Kailash
is also the source of the four great rivers of Asia -the Indus,
Brahmaputra, Sutlej and Karnali and the most holy river Ganges
of Indian subcontinent. These rivers flow through widely all over
Asia and have certainly contributed to make the sacredness of
Mount Kailash.
Thousands of pilgrims visit Mount Kailash and make their prayers
and wishes each year. Kailash is a unique place to see how different
religious people do their spiritual activiest toward the same
mountain. Non-religous tourists also increase to see Mount Kailash
as one of the most wonderful natural attractions. Many described
the beauty of the Kailash area as "heaven on earth".
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