Land of Pure Vision: The Sacred Geography of Tibet and the Himalaya by Zurick David

Land of Pure Vision: The Sacred Geography of Tibet and the Himalaya by Zurick David

Author:Zurick, David [Zurick, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780813145587
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2014-10-14T04:00:00+00:00


22 Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet, 2009. A serene stretch of the Yarlung Tsangpo River presents a glassy surface in the early morning mist. Sand dunes on the opposite shore dissolve into the horizon, and a monastery appears in the offing. The rugged canyon land to the east, where the river wraps around 7,756-meter Mt. Namche Barwa, is called Pemako—known to the Tibetans as a beyul, or treasure valley. In traversing the length of the Tibetan plateau, the river flows through the heart of its sacred geography.



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