{"id":1076,"date":"2011-10-20T06:34:33","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T13:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2011-10-20T10:10:59","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T17:10:59","slug":"sins-of-a-lifetime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/20\/sins-of-a-lifetime\/","title":{"rendered":"Sins of a Lifetime"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1091\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/20\/sins-of-a-lifetime\/tarchin-40-kailash-kora-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Tarchin 40--Kailash Kora\" src=\"http:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tarchin 40--Kailash Kora<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The Buddhists, Hindus, Jains and Bonpo regard the sacred Mount Kailash as the heart of the world.\u00a0 One full circumambulation around the thirty-two mile trail around the mountain is said to erase the sins of a lifetime.\u00a0 Pilgrims on this <em>kora<\/em> will leave cherished personal items behind like a piece of clothing, a braid of hair or even a tooth to symbolize their death and rebirth.\u00a0 While on the journey they contemplate the\u00a0nature of impermanence by taking time to imagine their own deaths.\u00a0\u00a0 In actuality the Kailash Kora claims a few lives every year.\u00a0 While it took me three days to complete the full <em>kora<\/em> many Tibetans are able to do it in a day.<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1078\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/20\/sins-of-a-lifetime\/pilgrims-on-dolma-la-pass-kailash-kora\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"Pilgrims on Dolma la Pass--Kailash Kora\" src=\"http:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pilgrims on Dolma La Pass--Kailash Kora<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"lead\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1125\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/20\/sins-of-a-lifetime\/pilgrims-on-dolma-la-pass-kailash-kora-8\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At 18,500 feet the Drolma La Pass is the highest point on the Kailash Kora and is known as the \u201chill of salvation.\u201d\u00a0 The pass offers every pilgrim the possibility to be cleansed of all previous sins and a transition from their old life to a new one.\u00a0<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<dl><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1083\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/20\/sins-of-a-lifetime\/pilgrims-on-dolma-la-pass-kailash-kora-4\/\"><\/a><\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1125\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/20\/sins-of-a-lifetime\/pilgrims-on-dolma-la-pass-kailash-kora-8\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1081\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/20\/sins-of-a-lifetime\/pilgrims-on-dolma-la-pass-kailash-kora-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"Pilgrims on Dolma la pass--Kailash Kora\" src=\"http:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pilgrims on Dolma La Pass--Kailash Kora<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1125\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/20\/sins-of-a-lifetime\/pilgrims-on-dolma-la-pass-kailash-kora-8\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Buddhists, Hindus, Jains and Bonpo regard the sacred Mount Kailash as the heart of the world.\u00a0 One full circumambulation around the thirty-two mile trail around the mountain is said to erase the sins of a lifetime.\u00a0 Pilgrims on this kora will leave cherished personal items behind like a piece of clothing, a braid of&#8230; 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