I enjoy appreciating them from all possi-ble angles: gazing at them across their horizontal expanse or from a bird-eye’s view, looking up at them from nearby or viewing them from a distance I relish looking at them in all different sorts of light-ing: in the rays of dawn in the morning, in the dimming lights of dusk, or in broad daylight I enjoy going everywhere in the mountains, crossing them or trudging through them, whether in vehicles, on horseback, or simply on foot. I enjoy the moments when all my eyes meet is mountains. One is left wondering: where else in the world could one see such forbidding and lofty mountain ranges even more vast than these? Even the flat part of the plateau is several thousand meters above sea level, making it the roof of the world. The desolate and cold Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is composed of such massive mountains and rivers. The mountains are high, and the rivers wide. The People Who Kowtow in a World of Ice and Snow 207 Singing Songs of the Soul in the Camp of the Pilgrimage Tribe 214 Why We Go on Pilgrimages 221 Experiences and Legends in Norbu Zangpo’s Family History 223 What We Know and What We Do Not Know 231 A Daily Chronicle of the Journey 234 Fulfilling Vows at Jokhang Monastery 238 Into Humans to Gokza Lhamo 194 The Guardian Deity of Lhoka’s Cultural Relics 200 The Tombs to Threnggo Valley 183 The Potters of Tsenyül 189 A Collection of Folktales from the Apes that Turned The Monks and Nuns of Chimphu Hermitage 162 The Territory of the Lhagyari, Kings of the Hundred Deities 175 Several Thousands of Years from the Living Dead Who Keep Traveling to the Source of Tibetan Civilization: the Southern Tibetan Valley 159 The Deities Are Honored and the Ghosts Are Given Alms 144 Chapter 5: Where the Yarlung Tsangpo Flows 159 Who Summon Deities to Descend into Their Bodies 127 A Relic of High Antiquity: The Deities of the Three RealmsĪnd Their Mysterious Qualities 138 The Perfect Fire Offering in Tsenthang Village, in Which Legends in the Secret Mountain Valleys 109 Local Deities, Where Do You Come From,Īnd What Have You Come to Do? 112 The Tsen Deities and the King of the Myriad Tsen 116 Investigation of the Deities and a Record of Their Genealogy 121 The Deities Have Descended: Three People I Know
Khedrup’s Sacred Moment 99 Khedrup’s Secular Worries 102 A Soul Afloat in the Never-ending Passage of Time 106Ĭhapter 4: A Countryside Covered with Deities 109 Spirit Medium Who Summons Deities to Descend into His Body and Yangguk – the Invitation of Blessings 96 Prevention at the Ongkor Festival in the Year of the Monkey 91 Another Ancient Custom from Khedrup’s Hometown: A Male
Khedrup’s Literary Talent 81 Khedrup’s Vicissitudes of Life 84 An Ancient Custom from Khedrup’s Hometown: Hail
Legends on the Banks of the Zhörong River 41 Drigung Thil Monastery’s Past Brilliance and Adaptation 41 An Ascetic Monk Who Spent Eleven Years in Confinement 43 The Most Renowned Sky Burial Ground in Tibet 48 Tendzin Chödzin: A Ḍākinī’s Incarnation 58 Treu Lo Kagyü: A Grand Ritual Conducted for the Soul 63 Souls Are Like the Wind 73Ĭhapter 3: Scenes from the Margin: Trülku Khedrup’s Dramatic Life 81 The Farm Woman Tsöndrü Wangmo and Her Family 10 Farming Ballads and the Ongkor Festival 13 Young City Riders Leaving Home Ballads Behind 19 Looking for the Goddess of the Earth: A Myth That Has Vanished 25 Entering into Everyday Life in Thragu 31 A Young Guy Who No Longer Returned to Thragu 37Ĭhapter 2: The Spectacular Zhörong Mountain Valley 41 Starting from the Ancient Spring Plowing Ceremony in the Fields 5 Prologue 1 Chapter 1: Thragu’s Sacrificial Practices throughout the Seasons 5
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