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Tibet Lhasa Photo - Jokhang Jowo Shakyamuni

Tibet Lhasa Jokhang Jowo Shakyamuni

Tibet Lhasa Photo - Potala Palace

Tibet Lhasa Potala Palace

Tibet Photo - Gyantse Kumbum

Tibet Gyantse Kumbum

Tibet Photo - Shigatse Tashilhunpo Maitreya

Tibet Shigatse Tashilhunpo Maitreya

Last Updated: April 2008

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Please see separate sections on Mount Kailash, the Guge Kingdom in Western Tibet, Mount Everest, and Shishapangma.

Lama Anagarika Govinda's words in his book 'The Way of the White Clouds', originally published in 1966, still ring true today:

"Why is it that the fate of Tibet has found such a deep echo in the world? There can only be one answer: Tibet has become the symbol of all that present-day humanity is longing for. As on a gigantically raised stage we witness the struggle between two worlds, which may be interpreted, according to the standpoint of the spectator, either as a struggle between the past and the future, between backwardness and progress, belief and science, superstition and knowledge -  or as the struggle between the spiritual freedom and material power, between the wisdom of the heart and the knowledge of the brain, between the dignity of the human individual and the herd-instinct of the mass, between the faith in the higher destiny of man though inner development and the belief in material prosperity through an ever-increasing production of goods."

Please keep a balanced outlook and see things from both the Chinese and Tibetan views. Trying to make the Chinese out to be absolute devils or seeing the Tibetans as perfect spiritual beings is just not reality.

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." - Gandhi.

My Top 5 Memories Of Tibet

  1. Lhasa Jokhang Temple - the holiest place in Tibet with the famous Jowo Shakyamuni statue supposedly made during Buddha's lifetime
  2. Lhasa Potala Palace - the tourist icon of Tibet used to be the winter home of the Dalai Lama, but is now a beautiful museum, but a bit sterile
  3. Gyantse Kumbum - beautiful on the outside, wonderful paintings on the inside.
  4. Driving the Friendship Highway between Lhasa and Kathmandu - wide open spaces, beautiful people, spectacular mountain views including Everest, Cho Oyu and Shishapangma.
  5. Shigatse Tashilhunpo - the home of the Panchen Lama, one of the best preserved Monastery complexes in Tibet