Compared with the earth, human beings can only be regarded as a grain of dust, a drop in the ocean. There are countless things in this world that can shock people's hearts, especially the forces of nature. Although human beings stand at the top of the earth's food chain and seem to rule the entire earth, in the long history of the earth for billions of years, the short history of human beings is so short. So we often have a reverence for nature, and it is also a matter of course.
On the earth we live on, a big mountain, a big river, an endless sea, and a vast sky can bring us a great shock to our hearts.
In the face of nature, we often feel that we are so small, which also creates people's worship of famous mountains and rivers. Since the beginning of written records, many majestic mountains have been covered with mysterious veils and named sacred mountains and holy mountains.
The mountain is not high, and the immortal is named. Many myths and legends are closely related to the famous mountains, such as China's Five Mountains, Huangshan Mountain, Kunlun Mountain, Mount Everest, Kailash and so on.
Among these sacred mountains, there are still countless unsolved mysteries of mankind, which adds to their mystery. Many of these mountains have become holy capitals for people to visit, but there is still a pure land that has not yet been set footed, and has become the most mysterious place in the hearts of the world, that is, the famous Tibetan sacred mountain - Kailash.
There are many sacred mountains and lakes in Tibet, including four sacred mountains and eight sacred mountains in Tibet, each of which is admired by countless believers.
Kailash, at 6656 meters above sea level, is among the many peaks of the Ganges Mountains, after the 7095-meter-high LengbuGangri, and it does not have the height of Mount Everest, nor does it have the cultural heritage of Mount Taishan. However, this sacred mountain, which is not too high in altitude, is famous all over the world and has become a sacred mountain recognized by the world. Why?
Kailash, along with the Meili Snow Mountain, the Animaqing Mountain Range, and the Gaduo Kyaw Wo of Yushu in Qinghai, is known as the Four Sacred Mountains of Tibetan Buddhism. Kailash is located between the Northern Kunlun Mountains and the Southern Himalayas.
The head that rises high, like a great pyramid, rises over the plateau of Alipuram, the second main peak, Kailash, at 6656 meters above sea level.
Kailash Peak is a sacred mountain in many religions. Known in Sanskrit as Mt. Girassa, the northern foothills of Mount Kailash are the birthplace of the Shiquan River in the upper Indus River. According to legend, Yongzhong Bon originated from this mountain; Hinduism believes that this mountain is the dwelling place of Shiva, the center of the world; Jainism believes that this mountain is the place where its ancestor Reis Habana attained enlightenment, and Tibetan Buddhism believes that this mountain is the dwelling place of Katsura Vajrayogini, representing immeasurable happiness, and the believers who have been wandering the mountain here for many years continue to be.
In many legends around the world, there is a shadow of kailash, a sacred mountain. The Indians called this mountain Kailas, believing that it was the center of the world, the source of all the waters, and the sun, moon, and stars used this as an axis to circle back and forth, each going its own way. According to the Indian document "Past Books", the kingdom ruled by the Hindu god of wealth, Yamabhala, is located on this mountain, and several peaks around the mountain are the treasure houses of the god of wealth.
Jainism also regards Kailash as a spiritual holy mountain, the place where the founder of the religion, Leshabaha, was liberated. They believed that if they cultivated on such a sacred mountain of Bon, they would receive the blessing of the gods and would achieve positive results.
In Jainism, which arose in the 5th-6th centuries BC, Kailash was called "Ashta Boda", the highest mountain.
In the original Bon belief, it is believed that the root of Kailash, which looks similar to the crystal stone, is like a cross-shaped vajra pestle, which extends down to the Dragon Realm, and its peak pierces the Realm of the Divine Realm, which is the sacred mountain that runs through the three realms of the universe.
In the Buddhist concept, Kailash Sacred Mountain is composed of four treasures of gold, silver, glass and glass, and Mount Meru, which is surrounded by the Seven Golden Mountains and the Twelve Continents, symbolizing the center of the entire Buddhist universe.
The Small Dictionary of Buddhism describes: Sumiya, yamana, the center of a small world. During the pre-Buddhist era of The Vajrayogini, Kailash was known as the "Nine-Fold (Ten Thousand) Character Mountain", and it is said that 360 deities of Bon religion lived here. The Bon patriarch Tun Bashin descended from the sky, and this mountain is the place where it landed.
According to tantra, it symbolizes the Tantric Buddha-figure Katsuraku and the Mother Buddha Vajrayogini, while other Buddhists believe that the Buddha lived on this mountain, surrounded by 500 arhats.
Kailash is also a holy place blessed and practiced by many Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and great monks and masters.