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    The Snow Leopard (Penguin Classics) (Paperback) By (author) Peter Matthiessen, Introduction by Pico Iyer

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    Short Description for The Snow LeopardAn unforgettable spiritual journey through the Himalayas? now celebrating its thirtieth anniversary IN 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and possibly glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard. Matthiessen, a student of Z en Buddhism, was also on a spiritual quest?to find the Lama of Shey ...
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  • On invisible tracks3

    Agnese Mariotti The author journeys across the Himalaya into Tibet facing the mountains and his true self. High in the mountains, awesome in their stillness and silence and yet vibrating with energy, Emptiness is only an illusion that contains all Life. Looking through clear air at a landscape of snow and rocks shimmering in the sunlight the author perceives his own reflection as he takes part in the perpetuating life, but realizes that he's unable to completely abandon his thought habits and freely follow the timeless flow of life. Understandably he cannot forget his responsibilities and affections and let go of his daily reality forged by "yesterday" and "tomorrow". The detailed descriptions of the land, of the occasional encounters with people and animals, of the sky, enveloping everything and alternatively filled with snow, sun or wind transport the reader on the icy trails, making him feel the precipices, see the sheep grazing, meet villagers quietly intent in their daily tasks, enter monasteries clenched on rocky peaks, designated passageways between earth and sky.
    Blue sheep, wolves, birds go their own ways through the mountains, the snow leopard observes unseen and leaves tracks. It's not the story of a quest but of a life experience that the author lives intensely moment by moment, attentive to his changing feelings and reactions. Expect nothing, stay aware and accept what comes: the journey is as intense in the Himalayas as anywhere else, anywhere life is.
    "Have you seen the snow leopard?"
    "No! Isn't that wonderful?" by Agnese Mariotti

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