The Light of Kailash, A History of Zhang Zhung and Tibet

This first volume of the translation of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu's works on the early history of Zhang Zhung and Tibet has been a longtime coming. OK, I haven't read it yet, but I am picking up my copy at the Shang Shung Bookstore tomorrow! For those interested in Tibetan culture, this is a must have. Chögyal Namkhai Norbu is one of the most authoritative authors on early Tibetan culture and has greatly shaped the understandings of Tibet's origins for many, including Tibetans themselves. You can buy it online by following this link (be sure to include an introductory SSI membership if it is your first purchase of the year.)


THE LIGHT OF KAILASH - A History of Zhang Zhung and Tibet, Volume One: The Early Period, by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu - Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, former Professor of Tibetan and Mongolian Language and Literature at the University of Naples L'Orientale, has dedicated his academic career to the study of Tibetan culture and has published a number of works, in particular, on its origin. In his findings, the cradle of Tibetan culture is to be looked for in the ancient realm of Zhang Zhung, which had been revered Mount Kailash as its center and heart, and in the Bon spiritual traditions which flourished within and spread from that Kingdom. The Light of Kailash, through meticulous selection and a critical use and analysis of a vast array of literary and often inedited sources, offers an open, daring, holistic, unbiased approach to the study of the cultural and spiritual heritage of Tibet, and to the understanding of the origin of this fascinating and endangered civilization. - Shang Shung Publications - Hardcover - Pub. Date: 2009 - 257pp