Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet

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I thought he was asking me if I was going up to circumambulate the Sakya Monastery on the rather more distant hill, and I tried to explain that it would be too far for me. As luck would have it, I failed to communicate that. Nevertheless, the three of us carried on walking up the hill. After a minute, my acquaintance recited the first few syllables of the long mantra. I responded with a few more.