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Sky Burial

In a traditional Tibetan Buddhist sky burial a rogyapa or "body breaker", cuts up a human corpse and lets vultures devour it. This is seen as compassionate as o...
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In a traditional Tibetan Buddhist sky burial a rogyapa or "body breaker", cuts up a human corpse and lets vultures devour it. This is seen as compassionate as one is feeding living beings.
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Canon EOS 50D

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Aperture f/16.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/80

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Jan, 2013

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Sky Burial

In a traditional Tibetan Buddhist sky burial a rogyapa or "body breaker", cuts up a human corpse and lets vultures devour it. This is seen as compassionate as o... Read more

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In a traditional Tibetan Buddhist sky burial a rogyapa or "body breaker", cuts up a human corpse and lets vultures devour it. This is seen as compassionate as o...
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