witchdicks:

tomatesasesinos:

Sky burial is a ritual that has great religious meaning. Tibetans are encouraged to witness this ritual, to confront death openly and to feel the impermanence of life. They believe that the corpse is nothing more than an empty vessel. The spirit, or the soul, of the deceased has exited the body to be reincarnated into another circle of life. The corpse is offered to the vultures.

It is believed that the vultures are Dakinis. Dakinis are the Tibetan equivalent of angels. In Tibetan, Dakini means “sky dancer”. Dakinis will take the soul into the heavens, which is understood to be a windy place where souls await reincarnation into their next lives.

Photos.

Information.

badass.

  1. we-will-win reblogged this from yaruo
  2. karainmyheart reblogged this from blazed-for-days and added:
    Always trying to fit in.
  3. chastityswell reblogged this from blazed-for-days and added:
    CLICK NOW!!!!!
  4. clazzjassicalrockhop reblogged this from unbossed
  5. exhausterestrial reblogged this from grewv
  6. bunniesatemybrains reblogged this from piercingsandink
  7. nerdishnerd reblogged this from creepygirllove
  8. chinxbunny reblogged this from bulletzombie and added:
    Oh my god, tibetans are fucking metal
  9. lncoherente reblogged this from philosophic-alcoholic-blog
  10. queenjayd25 reblogged this from americanjawn