by Andrew Harvey (Author)
High up in the remote mountain passes on the Indian border with Tibet, China and Pakistan, Ladakh has been a centre for Buddhist meditation since three centuries before Christ and is one of the last places on earth where a Tibetan Buddhist community still survives. Arriving by rickety bus, Andrew Harvey was unprepared for the breathtaking splendour, colour and silence of the landscape, and was entranced by the simple way of life of its people, for whom the sacred and everyday merge into one. Frustrated by the spiritual poverty of his sophisticated, western, intellectual lifestyle, Andrew Harvey finds peace, hope and freedom in the Buddhist teachings of Thuksey Rinpoche at Shey monastery, and discovers spiritual strength.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Rider
Published: 03 Apr 2003
ISBN 10: 1844130487
ISBN 13: 9781844130481
Book Overview: Rider welcomes to its list Andrew Harvey's acclaimed classic of spiritual travel writing