Motionless Journey
From a Hermitage in the Himalayas
Matthieu Ricard
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Matthieu Ricard, a photographer and Buddhist monk, recently spent one year in retreat at the Pema Ösel Hermitage (the place of the lotus of light) near Kathmandu.
Surrounded by spectacular scenery, nestled between lush valleys and the towering Himalayas, Matthieu meditated daily, waiting for the light that illuminates the path to awakening. Each day from his sublime viewpoint, he contemplated the different subtleties of light: at morning, before dusk and at evening. At the rhythm of one image per week, he has thus immortalized the magnificent landscapes that surrounded him.
These photographs, taken from the hermitage’s terrace and nearby, are the fruit of this long ‘wait without waiting’, and of the elation of bearing witness to nature’s harmony mixing intimately with the peacefulness of meditation.
Matthieu Ricard is the author of numerous books, including Tibet: An Inner Journey and Buddhist Himalayas, both published by Thames & Hudson. He has lived in the Himalayas for almost thirty years, and has been the French interpreter for the Dalai Lama since 1989.
Also of interest:
Tibet: An Inner Journey by Matthieu Ricard
Buddhist Himalayas: People, Faith and Nature
Buddhist Offerings 365 Days
Holy Places, Sacred Sites |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500543526 | | ISBN-13 978-0500543528 | | | | 23.8 x 28.9 cm | | Hardback | | 128pp | | 71 illustrations, 70 in colour | | First published 2007 | | | | £22.50 | | | |  | | | | 
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