To seriously take an oath is a tradition of Tibetan. An ancient book of Tang Dynasty depiected the content of an oath made by Tu Shan Tsanpo who took an oath with his ministers, using a sheep, a dog and a macaque as sacrifice to cut their legs before the King, then spliting their intestines and ordered some wizard to declare to the deities of the sun, the moon and stars that all deities judged who would have the same consequence like the sheep if breaking hte oath.
Today, Tibetan has taken an oath seriouly as before. To swear has two kinds, one is to swear by words, the other is to swear by hads. To take an oath by words is to make oath orally and to take an oath by hands it to make the oath by using gestures or objects. In Tibet (many tourists like Tibet Tours), people usually swear when they make friends, demonstrate the innocence, decide to keep secrets, meditate disputes and confide in belief. Oral oath generally is that " Gong jue song" means that swear is made under the fame of Triratna; "Qiao ren bu" means swear is made by the fame of Budda Bakyamuni. In addition, some oaths are made by fame of local land deities, some are made by the fame of parents and children. Oaths of the latters are very burdened ones because their relatives are put into the oath, and not only the person but also the relatives will be impaired if one breaks the swear. It is complicated in taking an oath by gestures that is generally finished through religious ritual, for instance, to take an oath by putting a Buddhism scripture on one's head, knelt to Buddha sculpture, main Buddha sculpture or living Buddha.
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