January 1st, 2005 - Suffering and Desire
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Kham Quick Facts:
-Most Tibetans are Farmers and/or  Nomads
-Worships mountain gods and follow  Tibetan Buddhism
-Monasteries are growing and monks  and lamas exert a large influence
Kham Tibetans do not believe that man’s problem in life is separation from God as a result of sin.  They believe that humanity’s universal problem is suffering, and the root of all suffering is desire.  To be delivered from suffering one must eliminate desire.  To this end they follow their religious practices – DESIRING TO ELIMINATE DESIRE!  The man in the above picture passes his time by thumbing his prayer beads and humming mantras. 
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