Comments on: Erdene Zuu Monastery http://theglobalguy.com/world-travels/asia/mongolia/erdene-zuu-monastery Henry Malmgren's escapades around the globe. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:43:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: http://theglobalguy.com/world-travels/asia/mongolia/erdene-zuu-monastery/comment-page-1#comment-510 Thu, 26 May 2005 00:58:17 +0000 http://www.theglobalguy.com/mongolia/erdene-zuu-monastery/#comment-510 Your caption concerning the classical mongolian script is slightly off. That is actually the classical script of Tibet, for Mongolia was heavily influenced by Tibetan Buddhism and Lamaism. The classic Mongolian script is written downward, and looks similar to arabic turned 90 degrees. Oh, and the picture of the rock with the tibetan writing on it says "om mani padmi hum" ("hail the jewel of the lotus"), a popular mantra. Just thought you'd like to know. Your caption concerning the classical mongolian script is slightly off. That is actually the classical script of Tibet, for Mongolia was heavily influenced by Tibetan Buddhism and Lamaism. The classic Mongolian script is written downward, and looks similar to arabic turned 90 degrees.

Oh, and the picture of the rock with the tibetan writing on it says “om mani padmi hum” (“hail the jewel of the lotus”), a popular mantra. Just thought you’d like to know.

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