“Why are the big pipes in Buddhist temples so sonorous? A governor of Tibet decided to summon a pundit lama from India, where the Blessed One lived, to purify the foundations of the teachings. How to meet the guest? The high lama had a vision and gave the drawing of a new pipe, to meet the guest with unprecedented sound. And the meeting was wonderful. Not in the luxury of gold, but in the value of sound”.

(N.K. Roerich. Altai – Himalayas.)