Searching for Shanghri-la - Part II - Conversations with Sacred Mountains

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Here's a link to Conversations with Sacred Mountains A Journey Along Yunan’s Tea Caravan Trail (Book II of the Himalayan Trilogy) Laurence J. Brahm

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Expedition II:
Conversations with Sacred Mountains - Trekking the Tea Caravan Trail
In 2003, the Searching for Shangri-la expedition team followed the footsteps of Joseph Rock along the Tea Caravan Trail that for centuries had served as the main route for transporting Pu’er tea from Yunnan overland to Lhasa, and on to India. On the return journey back from India, pony caravans carried back with them Buddhist sutras (ancient written works to preserve important teachings). Historically the Tea Caravan Trail was a vital route for Buddhist philosophy entering China.

There are many ethnic nationalities living along the Tea Caravan Trail route – such as Yi, Bai, Naxi, Mosu, and Tibetan. Each has its own sacred protector mountain. They worship and pay homage to the mountain.
May I ask why people pray to a snow-capped mountain?
The river systems of each village come from the mountain. Snows as they melt with the change of seasons, nurture the fields that provide water - the very source of life itself - to the people. So by praying to the protector mountain and by protecting the delicate ecology of that mountain and its natural environment, the mountain protects the people.
Ecological civilization is not something we invented. It is something they already knew. We are just learning from them.
During the expedition, it was discovered that “Shangri-la” is actually a misspelling of the word “Shambhala,” an ideal realm in Tibetan Buddhism.
A new question arose: How to find Shambhala?

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