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Singing bowls are used for meditation, relaxation and healing purposes. These small, circular bowls function like bells and have a melodious sound when played. Singing bowls come mainly from Tibet although they are also played in Nepal, India, and Bhutan. Tibetan Llamas have been using them for thousands of years. However, they have always been considered sacred and therefore their existence was mostly kept secret until the Chinese invaded Tibet in the 1950's. Since that time knowledge of singing bowls has slowly spread, and their use has become more common in other cultures.

Traditionally singing bowls are made from a mixture of seven metals, though most singing bowls on the market today are made from only three or five metals. These bowls produce tones that allow you to relax deeply and create harmony between body and soul. When you place the ringing bowl on your body the sound waves reach every cell with vibrations that massage the cells as they pass through your body. It doesn't take long to reach a state of complete relaxation. This cellular massage has also been known to provide healing results to sick or damaged bodies. Singing bowls can also be used for relaxation while you play the bowl.

There are two ways to play a singing bowl. The first way is to strike it with a mallet. The second way is to rub the bowl with a wooden stick producing continuous singing tones. Good singing bowls have lots of different tones that come out as you move your mallet around the outside of the bowl. To prepare for a cellular sound massage you must first lay flat on your back. Make yourself comfortable and then place the singing bowl on your chest. Because the vibrations tend to make them slide you may want to put a piece of non slip matting, like you would find in the kitchen drawers, between the bowl and your body. Once everything is in place and you are comfortable use the mallet to strike the singing bowl close to the rim.

As the bowl begins to ring your ears will begin to pick up lower tones. Not only will you be able to hear the bowl ring, but you will also begin to feel the sound waves as they pass through you body. Your chest area is mainly a large air chamber. This chamber acts in the same way as the hollow cavity of a guitar or violin. The sound will resonate inside your chest and continue on through the rest of your body. As you concentrate on the combined sensations of audible sound and tangible vibration your body will enter a deeply relaxed state.

Though the bowl will continue to sing for some time, it will be necessary to repeat the striking action from time to time, if you can find the energy to do so. You don't have to put it on your chest. And if you are a flexible enough person to place it on your back and still be able to strike it with the mallet, then that is always an option. If you want to try placing the bowl on your back, but find it difficult to strike the bowl from this position, it is fine to recruit someone else to be the striker. There are also singing bowl therapists who place the bowls around you, and on top of you. These therapists can adjust the sound and play the correct tone for your particular chakras.

Striking the bowl will make it resonate, but rubbing it will make it sing. The difference between a resonating sound and a singing sound is simply the isolation of a single note. When rubbing the bowl, you need to hold the base gently between the fingertips of one hand. You want to keep the fingers toward the base so that they won't mute the tones you are going to play. It is sometimes nicer to use a leather mallet. This will eliminate the clanging sound often associated with a plain wooden stick.

Hold the striking stick vertically alongside the bowl. Wrap your hand tightly around the top end of the stick, and rub the bottom end around the outside edge of the bowl. When you play the singing bowl in this way, you can use a plain wooden mallet, rather than a leather-wrapped mallet. Press the wood firmly to the rim in order to keep it from rattling.

As you begin to rub the rim of the bowl you will hear several tones mingled together. As you continue to rub one note will begin to stand out above the rest and the other tones will slowly fall away until you are left with a pure and penetrating ring.

Singing bowls can be relaxing for use in your own personal meditation, and they can also be used for yoga classes and other situations to begin or end a class.

Sylvia Smelcer is the owner of e-commerce sites, including one that sells Buddhist thangkas, and one that sells tingshas, and enjoys writing articles about Buddhism.

Lhasa, Tibet Travel Information - Travel Guide and Tips

If you are not a Chinese citizen, you can not travel to Tibet alone. It is illegal to do so. You have to find a Chinese travel agent for your Tibet tours. 

 

You will need a "permit to enter Tibet" from the TTB(Tibet Tourism Bureau). Without this permit, you can not buy a plane ticket to Tibet.

 

How to get this permit?
You'll need to provide your personalinfomation(name,citizenship,age,sex,occupation,passport number),your planned route to Tibet, a basic schedule,purpose of your trip,contact phone number, etc to the local Chinese travel agent or the local office of the TTB. They will need the clear copies of your passport and visa too. You can fax or email these copies to the agent or local TTB office. The TTB need 2 or 3 days to process your application.

 

How to get in?
By air: You can fly to Lhasa. But it is risky to fly to Tibet from a much lower altitude city because of the quick transition.(Altitude sickness) You can use a traditional Tibet medicine named "HongJingTian". It can alleviate your altitude sickness.If you are in Sichuan Province,flying from Chengdu to Lhasa is the easiest option.

 

By train: The Qinghai to Tibet train began to operate in July 2006. It took less than 48 hours to travel from Beijing to Tibet by train. The cheapest ticket is only 389 RMB but you should realize that it is not so comfort to travel by train in China( So crowded and noisy ).I don't recommend this type of transportation. The only advantage is that you can slowly adapt to Tibet's high altitude instead of a sudden transition of the altitude if you take the plane.

 

By road: Forget it! This mode of transportation will cost you a few days and the road fromSichuan to Tibet is dangerous!!

 

The Tibetan culture:
1. Tibetan Khatag (hada)
Khatag is very important for the Tibetan people. It is a silk product looking like a towel. The Khatag represents honesty ,loyalty and the purity of the heart. The Tibetan people believe that the white color means purity. That is why the Khatag is always white. Presenting Khatags to other people is a common comity in Lhasa, Tibet and it is used in all kinds of critical Tibetan events. (wedding, funeral, Buddhism ritual, etc)

 

2. Welcome tea and welcome wine in Lhasha, Tibet
The Tibetan people use the Tibetan tea and Tibetan wine to welcome their guests. Usually the wine is called "Qingkejiu", a special wine made by the Tibetan people. If the Tibetan people present the "Qingkejiu" to you, it means you are a noble guest for them. The tea they use here is called "Suyoucha" and it is given to the guests by the female Tibetan people. You will need to wait for them to present this tea to you. It is not polite to get the tea by yourself in Lhasa, Tibet.

 

3. How to say hello to the Tibetan people
When you meet the Tibetan people, you can add a "La" to the end of their names. For example, if her name is "Zuoma", you can call her "Zuomala" and this will show your respect to her.

 

4. Watching the funeral in Lhasha, Tibet
In Tibet, the sky funeral is very common. But there are many taboos here too. This kind of funeral is forbidden for the strangers to watch. You will need to leave the funeral quietly if you happen to meet one in Lhasa, Tibet.

 

5. Tibetan new year
The Tibetan people have their own calendar. It is similar with the Chinese traditional calendar and the first day for a year is usualy also the first day in the Chinese calendar.

 

6. Tibetan Lamp holiday
The 15th day of every year (in the Tibetan calendar) is named the Lamp Day in Lhasa, Tibet. The Tibetan people make lots of Suyou lamps in this day for the Buddhism rituals. The Suyou lamps look like human, birds or animals.

 

7. Shower week
The Tibetan people have a holiday named shower week. In this week, they will do the shower near the river. This weak is also called "Muyu" holiday in Lhasa, Tibet.

 

8. Xue Dun holiday
"Xue" means Yoguat in Tibetan. It is a special homemade Yoguat of Tibet. "Dun" means dinner. Now this Xue Dun holiday is becoming a holiday for the Tibetan opera shows and that is why Xue Dun holiday is also called the Tibetan Opera Day. Usually it is from the end of June to the beginning of July.

 

9. Horse racing holiday
Horse racing and archery are very popular in Lhasa, Tibet. This horse racing holiday is from July to August in the Tibetan calendar. The Tibetan people also do some barter during this holiday.

 

10. Wangguo holiday
This holiday is for the Tibetan people to celebrate the harvests. There are also horse racing, archery racing, Tibetan opera shows during this holiday.

 

11. Shagedawa day
It is the 04-15 in the Tibetan calendar. Some believe it is the day of Wencheng princess' wedding in Tibet. The people in Lhasa, Tibet celebrate this holiday every year.

 

12. Yak day
The Yak day is a traditional holiday for the Tibetan people. In this day, the Tibetan people will decorate their yaks with fresh flowers and this is to show their good wishes for the future.

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Are there any Chinese from the Mainland who would like Tibet to be free?

... just wondering if all Chinese people agree with China's propaganda machine about Tibet, or are there some good hearted Hans out there who dissaprove of China's insistence of maintaining its grip on and cultural genocide of Tibet?

Being a Tibetan, i believe in my heart and soul that we can and we will Free Tibet.

When I personally say Free Tibet, I mean independence from China ! because otherwise we will never be able to live freely in our own homeland ! In the last 60 years China has shown it's true face in my homeland Tibet !

Why the hell not ? Show me where does it say that an oppressed people cannot regain their freedom so we can determine their own future !
China has not even given us a Real meaningful autonomy !
it is just on paper, when it comes down to it, we are prison in our own homeland. Chinese Gov't is done nothing to help us Tibetans, and done everything to exploit Tibet's natural resource and marginalize Tibetans. So Why settle for something less than independence? when we can't even get a real autonomy?

Chinese have stripped us of our Freedom of religion by removing thousands of monks and nuns from monasteries and putting heavy restriction on monastery,
Chinese have striped us of Freedom of speech by arresting, torturing, shooting and killing Tibetans who speak up against Chinese policies in Tibet.
China has striped us of our Freedom of culture & language by not teaching & encouraging Tibetan culture and language in Schools in Tibet.
China has striped us of our freedom to maintain our IDENTITY by flooding Tibet with millions of Chinese, giving them incentives to move to Tibet, thus marginalizing us in our own homeland and taking what ever left over work that we have prior to the influx of Chinese.

We are capable of running our own Country, We have done for thousands of years, having relations with Nepal, India, Mongolia, China, Bhutan, East Turkistan... and even with the British in the last 100 yrs.
Look at our exile gov't in India, we have a democratic governing system. Tibetan refugees are provided shelter and are helped to settle in. Tibetan children are given education and are getting fed, with dignity. Our Exile Gov't and our spiritual teacher His Holiness Dalai Lama has done an exceptional job maintaining our culture and providing shelter and education to close to 200,000 Tibetan refugees.
Even without our Country, we have accomplish all this.

When those Chinese who say that "China is doing a favor to Tibetans", you guys should be ashamed of spreading such heartless lies. When you guys say such hurtful and demeaning things, it shows your Han Chauvinistic views.

"China is incurring huge expenditure in transferring and consolidating the Chinese population in Tibet. Massive investment has been made to build a network of modern highways all over Tibet. China can also boast of having laid the highest railway track in the world that connects Lhasa with Beijing. In fact, China often complains that its “civilizing” mission in Tibet is costing the government and people of China large amounts in terms of subsidies to an under-developed region. According to official Chinese statistics, the level of annual subsidies to the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) in the late 1980s was around 1 billion yuan or $270 million. However, all the infrastructure that China has built in Tibet has not made the lives of the native Tibetans any better; it has only taken the exploitative apparatuses of the Chinese government deeper. "

http://woodsmoke.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/how-china-is-plundering-the-natural-resources-of-tibet/

In the last 60 Years (since 1949), China has done every means to assimilate Tibetans, to marginalize us in our own homeland.
The Tibetans refugees are still pouring out of Tibet. This is something you can go see in northern India at the Refugee Reception center.
There is no sugar coating here, as many Chinese mainlanders and uninformed Overseas Chinese loves to believe.
The suffering that we tell the world about is not something we read in books or watch some movies about !
We live the life that we tell the world about.

And then we have Chinese like Elena, who i actually believe is a male Chinese, pretending to be female to gain sympathy. You should be ashamed of repeating The lies of CCP !
Rewriting Tibetan history to fit your own justification for China's and Chinese occupation of my homeland Tibet is very saddening to see.

Rights group accuses China of abuses in Tibet
Chinese security forces brutally beat and even shot dead some protesters during unrest in Tibet in 2008, and tortured many in the subsequent crackdown, Human Rights Watch said in a report Thursday.

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