Book Summary
One of the most captivating stories of exploration and discovery in recent memory, "The Heart of the World" is an extraordinary journey to one of the wildest and most inaccessible places on Earth--and a pilgrimage to the heart of the Tibetan Buddhist faith. "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.
Book Details
| Book Name | The Heart Of The World: A Journey To Tibet's Lost Paradise |
| Author | Ian Baker, Dalai Lama |
| Publisher | Penguin Books (May 2006) |
| ISBN | 9780143036029 |
| Pages | 511 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 611 |
