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Zhang Zhung Tibet Travel / Exploration
September 2008 with John Bellezza
Includes visits to Yungdrung Ling and remote Menri monastery, Exploration of ancient Bon settlements, meetings with the drogpas of remote Upper Tibet, and the amazing Lake Namtso with its ancient Bon and Nyingma caves and petroglyphs. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Not a "trek," but, still, not meant for everyone, requisites are a strong interest in the ancient traditions of Tibet, an appreciation of the spiritual nature of the area, as well as health, endurance and a positive attitude. There is no better way to see the real Tibet. (March 26, 2008)
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Above: Bellezza on the Tibetan Ice Lake Expedition (Winter 2006)
Photo: Bon Foundation Newsletter
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About John Bellezza:
Alam's sponsored (ongoing) specialist on pre-Buddhist Tibet.
Recipient of post-doctoral fellowship from American Society of Learned Societies, 2007
National Geographic Grant, 2006, and many other top level grants
Discovery Channel film of Guge, 2006
Chosen as one of the 120 greatest living explorers in new book, Adventurous Lives, Adventurous Dreams
Published books with elite European presses
University of VA, visiting scholar
Discover of Zhang Zhung civilization in Tibet
Close associate of HH Menri Khenpo, head of Bon and Lopon Tenzin Namdak, senior-most Bon scholar.
25 intensive years of exploring the Himalaya
Professional mountain and cultural and pilgrimage guide since mid-1980s
From an interview with John in The Washington Post:
John Vincent Bellezza has begun to put a historical and archaeological foundation under the legend of Zhang Zhung. Tramping 30,000 miles across an area about the size of Texas and California combined, Bellezza documented 512 sites in northern and western Tibet, indicating that a far-flung civilization preceded the empire. Zhang Zhung was real, perhaps even an empire in its own right.
If you are looking for information about the September 2008 Tibet Looking Glass Pilgrimage, here are some of the many links for your exploration:
About John Bellezza, and his extensive work (Includes The Bellezza Newsletters)
The 2008 Pilgrimage (A PDF file on www.AdventuresWithinReach.com)
Bon Foundation 'Menri Road' Report
ZhangZhung.org
Bon Future Fund
NPR Interview with Alex Chadwick
Ligmincha.org The place to find the Bellezza Books.
Parabola Magazine Review of Four of John's books
Pilgrimage Contact:
Adventures Within Reach
2527 Broadway St.
Boulder, CO 80304
Toll free: 877.232.5836
Local: 303.325.3746
Fax: 915-242-1272
Email: info@AdventuresWithinReach.com
This page from friends of John Bellezza at the Philadelphia Meditation Center (John led two wonderful pilgrimages for us in 2000).
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Tibet Travel Archaeology Trip Bon Bonpo Nyingma Tibet Pilgrimage John Bellezza Menri Monastery Yung Drung Yungdrung Ling Bon Early Settlements Lake Namtso September 2008
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