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Top: the 3 jewels (the Buddha, the Dharma (teachings) and the Sangha (spiritual community)

Color: yellow for the Lama’s robes

Images: lotus flower, 3 jewels with Bon swastika (Bon was the religion of Tibet before Buddhism), fish, vase with flowers

Inside the Box: barley

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Blue skies, sun rises, sun sets.

Very quickly, you leave us

Like a bow leaving it’s arrow.

We stay.  It’s good to stay.

Our future is good.

Top: flower

Images: Knot of eternity, eight-petaled flower, Bon swastika, 3 jewels (the Buddha, the Dharma (teachings) and the Sangha (spiritual community), sun, moon, flowers

Inside the Box: Kata (white scarf used as offering to Lamas or enlightened people)

Text: World Peace

Blue sky, sun rises, sun sets.

Very quickly, you leave us

Like a bow leaving it’s arrow.

We stay.  It’s good to stay.

Our future is good.

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Top: the 3 jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma (teaching) and the Sangha (spiritual community)

Colors: monastery

Images: goldfish, land, mountains, river, clouds; an island surrounded by water; fruit

Inside the box: barley, primary ingredient of Tsampa, a basic Tibetan food