"A selection of Don Farber's work to date, Visions of Buddhist Life brings an important message of compassion, healing, and understanding to today's troubled world." "The photographs, together with Farber's extensive captions, take us to the temples, monasteries, and colorful streets of Los Angeles, Kyoto, and Bangkok, and travel onward to China, India, Nepal, South Korea, and Taiwan. They depict Buddhists alone and in crowds, in cities rich and poor, in meditation and in conversation. They also picture some of the great teachers of our day - His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh, and the Very Venerable Kalu Rinpoche. A number of images capture some of the last Tibetan masters to have received their training before the Chinese invasion and are a vital documentation of a tradition in danger of vanishing forever." A study in the human face, in the art of spiritual devotion, in the evocative power of landscape, this collection of images provides an essential context for understanding Buddhism. Visions of Buddhist Life is also a visual and spiritual journey into a realm where the doctrine of nonviolence is paramount, and where peace begins with the thoughts and actions of the individual.