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== The significance of religion in Tibet == | == The significance of religion in Tibet == | ||
In order to understand Tibet one must understand its religion—for the two are virtually inseparable. This passage from an eighth or ninth-century Tibetan text describes how heaven and earth are one in the land and hearts of the people of Tibet: | In order to understand Tibet one must understand its religion—for the two are virtually inseparable. This passage from an eighth- or ninth-century Tibetan text describes how heaven and earth are one in the land and hearts of the people of Tibet: | ||
<blockquote>This center of heaven, this core of the earth, this heart of the world, fenced round by snow, the headland of all rivers, where the mountains are high and the land is pure.</blockquote> | <blockquote>This center of heaven, this core of the earth, this heart of the world, fenced round by snow, the headland of all rivers, where the mountains are high and the land is pure.</blockquote> | ||