Land of Pure Vision

Kawagebo is one of Tibet’s holiest summits and a popular destination for Buddhist pilgrims, who circumambulate the 6,740-meter m ...

got was a check post located many kilometers from the lake. 16 Bhairav Kunda, Nepal, 2008. According to Hindu mythology, the 4,3 ...

treasure valley. In traversing the length of the Tibetan plateau, the river flows through the heart of its sacred geography. 23 ...

they are in the area for an annual horse festival. I observed men dressed in sheepskins and fox-fur hats, sporting coral earring ...

40 The Buddha’s birthplace, Lumbini, Nepal, 2008. Siddhartha Gautama was born a prince in 563 BCE in the village of Lumbini in s ...

wildflowers. It was a lovely place on a summer afternoon, and the monks had gone there for a picnic. 49 King’s tomb, Chongye Val ...

trim work outlines numerous tiny chapels filled with colorful religious paintings. I climbed among the spiraling balconies of th ...

appearances for tourists. These so-called tourist sadhus may be seen in the early morning hours making preparations, checking th ...

74 Rickshaw puller, Lumbini, Nepal, 2008. Surrounding the sacred birthplace of the Buddha is a ten-square-kilometer monastic zon ...

the Potala Palace, former residence of the Dalai Lama, makes it one of the most recognized buildings in the world. Constructed i ...

the guesthouses. The closed monastery looked abandoned, but the views across the valley were stunning. 88 Monastic ruins, Tibet, ...

Metal cylinders on a spindle, stamped with a mantra and filled with ritual items, are turned by Tibetan Buddhists in acts of wor ...

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religion and Landscape in the himalaya and tibet There is an extensive literature on spiritual landscapes in the Himalaya and Ti ...

Thubron, Colin. To a Mountain in Tibet. New York: HarperCollins, 2011. Thurman, Robert, and Tad Wise. Circling the Sacred Mounta ...

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