Stories about Religion in Lhasa
Film review: Seven Years in TibetCeleste Heiter - cheiter [28,911] Based on a true story, the 1997 Jean-Jacques Annaud film stars Brad Pitt as Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who, during an attempt to scale the Himalayan peak Nanga Parabat, is interned...
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Lhasa |
Tibet
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Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 4Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,906] 1st pass, after Simikot We flew from sea level to Simikot at 9,500 feet, and started walking -- up. Amazing, how quickly it all comes back: the agony, first. The slow, panting ascent on astonished,...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Lhasa |
Himalayas |
Tibet
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Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 1Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,906] Nepalganj When the Journey Begins The pilgrimage begins when you pack up the computer; when you go off line, unplug the modem and pull out the power cord. That's when the umbilicus is severed, and the...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Lhasa |
Tibet |
Nepalganj
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Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 3Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,906] Hotel Batika, Nepalganj If this is to be a journey beyond preferences, I am sorry. For I would truly prefer to be elsewhere. I would prefer to be somewhere northwest of Simikot, trekking through the...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Lhasa |
Tibet |
Nepalganj
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Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 5Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,906] en route to Kirmi The Karnali is the color of elephant hide, a churning river that looks fully capable of cutting the gorge it flows through; of cutting it another thousand feet. I climb past a high...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Lhasa |
Tibet |
Karnali River
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Kailash Pilgrimage JournalJeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,906] 16 May - 2 June 2002 * * * * * Day 1: 16 May 2002 / Nepalganj When the Journey Begins The pilgrimage begins when you pack up the computer; when you go off line . . . [ more ] Day 2: 17 May 2002 /...
Destinations:
Nepal |
Lhasa |
Tibet |
Kathmandu
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The Fourteen Dalai Lamas of TibetCeleste Heiter - cheiter [28,911] The tradition of the Dalai Lama actually began in the 16th century with Sonam Gyatso, the Third Dalai Lama of Tibet. It has long been believed by practitioners of the Buddhist faith that all sentient...
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Lhasa |
Tibet
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The Don Juan of Dalai LamasCeleste Heiter - cheiter [28,911] * * * * * I sought my lover at twilight Snow fell at daybreak. Residing at the Potala I am Rigdzin Tsangyang Gaytso But in the back alleys of Shol-town I am rake and stud. Secret or not No matter.
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Lhasa |
Tibet
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