The Life and Work of Auleshi: Sherpa Buddhist Artist and Adept

Contents: Preface. A Note on conventions. 1. Living in solitude, a memoir of Auleshi/Hugh R. Downs. 2. The coming of age of Sherpa Buddhism/Matthew T. Kapstein. 3. The life of Auleshi/ Ngawang Tengye, translated by Tib Shelf. 4. A Joyous and pure upland ridge/Trulzhik Rinpoche. 5. Advice to the Yogis of Solu-Khumbu/Drakar Choki Wangchuk. Tibetan text of the life of Auleshi/ Ngawang Tengye. Spellings of Tibetan names and terms. References. Aualeshi the artist: a selection of murals, paintings and drawings.