Tibet has suffered extreme political turmoil & upheaval over the last 50 odd years. Occupied in 1950, Red Guards destroyed thousands of official buildings & holy places during the Cultural Revolution, & religious freedom & traditional education are still severely under threat. Due to the strength of Tibetan faith in Buddha, in the Dalai Lama, & against the odds, many buildings have been reconstructed, their devotion & belief remain extraordinarily strong. Buddhism permeates every aspect of a Tibetan`s life, whether living in Tibet or in exile in Nepal, India or the United States. A magnificent & time-stopping work, The Path to Buddha is divided into five parts, in which we see the monks in animated discussion, meditation & prayer; & we follow the devout believers on their arduous journeys to prayer. The two main chapters are interspersed with sections of portraits of this proud & dignified people whose own innate sense of their own being can be seen in the simplest of things, such as the way they dress & adorn themselves.