When my latest book, ‟In Defense of Animals”, was published last fall in France, the complaint I most often heard during interviews and in TV and radio talk-shows was that my concern about the fate of animals was ‟offensive,” …

The peak of Jitchu Drakey in Bhutan (22 929 feet), also called Tsering Gang, is reflected in Lake Tsophu (14 271 feet), at two hours’ walk from Jomolhari base camp (May 2007)…

Golden Temple, Amritsar, India…

Dhakpa Lhari, Eastern Tibet…

During the public rehearsal of an annual festival of sacred dances at Shechen Monastery in Nepal, the dancers do not wear masks or costumes but add multicolored scarves to their monastic dress. Here, they practice a dance in honor of …

The summit of summits, pinnacle of the Roof of the World, known to the West as Mount Everest. Those who live close to it have for centuries called it Sagarmatha (“the ocean’s brow”) in Nepalese, or Jomolangma (“goddess of the …

Riwo Kangkar, the highest mountain in Eastern Tibet (July 2013) …

Iceland, April 2014…

Woman from Eastern Tibet

Old Tibetan woman in a home built by Karuna-Shechen…