Through first-hand accounts, extraordinary photographs & his own observations, chronicler Brian Harris paints a revealing portrait of a rich, centuries-old culture which is on the very brink of extinction.
Accounts by Tibetan elders currently living in India, Canada & the United States portray a wide range of human experience，from the mysterious to the earthy & familiar. Royalties from the sales of this book are divided among Seva Service Society Tibetan Health Education Organization Nuns Project & the Delek Hospital Aid Foundation.
Combines color photos of Himalayan Buddhist culture in regions of Tibet，Ladakh, Lahual，Sikkim and Tibetan refugee settlements in India with memoir-style accounts of Tibetan elders living in India, Canada and the Us, recounting events of daily life in monasteries, villages and palaces and adventures with bandits, religious rituals and spiritual experiences. For general readers. No index.
