When I look at this photo taken in in a Tibetan monastery, I always wonder what he is actually waiting for.
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The lamps traditionally burn clarified yak butter. The Tibetian offer the lighted butter lamps to representing the illumination of wisdom.
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@realTuckFrumper well, telling from the robe, he's an apprentice, an acolythe or an amateur-nun. They come with their own long-sleeve shirts and throw over the black tunic an the headscarf during the service or the retreat. Some times also a white apron.
The penguin left to him wears the scapula and a well fitting scarf.
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