Dong Lei / Tibetan snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi) with prey, perched on Mani stone- a stone with mantra or prayer to Avalokiteshvara, near to Namtso lake, Nyaingqentanglha Mountains, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau,...

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Buddhist mani stone with lichen and domestic yaks in landscape, Serxu County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

Dong Lei / Mani stone, Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, Qinghai Hoh Xil UNESCO World Heritage Site, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Qinghai Province, China.

Dong Lei / Mani stone wall, Serxu, Shiqu county, Sichuan Province, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. August 2010.

Dong Lei / Mani stone with Mantra, at Namtso Lake, Holy Mountain, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Tibet, China, Asia

Dong Lei / Mani stone showing Avalokiteshvara mantra, Yadong County, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Tibet, China, September 2006.

Bernard Castelein / Mani stone and Tashiding Gompa, Sikkim, India October 2007

Colin Monteath / Carved Buddhist mani stones in Zangla, capital of ancient kingdom, Kingdom of Zanskar, Himalaya, India

Colin Monteath / Mani stone and Gurla Mandhata from Chiu monastery, Lake Manosarovar, Central Asia, Tibet

Bernard Castelein / Mani stone, Nepal

Colin Monteath / Carved Buddhist mani stones below ruined palace, Zangla, Kingdom of Zanskar, northwest India

Colin Monteath / Carved Buddhist mani stones below ruined palace, Zangla, Kingdom of Zanskar, northwest India