The Heart of the World: A Journey to Tibet's Lost Paradise by Ian Baker;Dalai Lama (9780143036029)
Ian Baker;Dalai Lama
Release Date: 01 May 2006 Format: Paperback Pages: 511 Category: Religious Publisher: Penguin Books ISBN: 9780143036029 ISBN-10: 0143036025
"The Heart of the World" recounts an extraordinary journey into one of the most inaccessible places on earth, and a pilgrimage to the heart of Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetan prophecies proclaim that the greatest of "beyul," or mystical sanctuaries, lies at the eastern edge of the Himalayas, veiled by a colossal waterfall in the forbidding Tsangpo gorge. After years of investigation, world-class climber and Buddhist scholar Ian Baker and his "National Geographic"asponsored team made worldwide news by finding a magnificent 108-foot-high waterfallathe legendary grail of both Western explorers and Tibetan pilgrims.