Tibet

Presents a photographic tribute to Buddhist spirituality and culture, and offers insider depictions of the pilgrimages made by the great lamas of eastern Tibet and the lives of hermit monks in remote Kham.

Autorentext

Matthieu Ricard is a French writer and Buddhist monk who resides at Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal. He has been the Dalai Lama's French interpreter since 1989.

Klappentext

Tibet is the Roof of the World, a place where you feel that you are in the sky just as much are you are on the earth. For over a thousand years, Buddhist culture has been at the heart of Tibetan society. This title offers a glimpse of this culture.

Inhalt

Introduction . A Traditional Society . The Largest Printing Works in the World . A Sense of Celebration . The Top of the World . The Return of a Lama to the Country of Snow . A Visit to the Hermits . A Pilgrimage to a Commune . Humanity