List of Illustrations ......................................... vii
Acknowledgments ................................................ ix
Prologue ........................................................ i
1. Raising the Curtain .......................................... 7
2. The Lay of the Land ......................................... 19
3. Life Begets Death, Death Begets Life: The Life
Course Begins ............................................... 38
4. Adolescent Discord: Family Needs versus
Spiritual Deeds ............................................. 56
5. Growing Through Travel: The Pilgrimage for
Knowledge and Prestige ...................................... 74
6. The Merits of Matrimony: Commencing the Householder Life .... 98
7. High Peaks and Deep Valleys: The Imponderable Nature of
Everyday Life .............................................. 114
8. Anticipating the End of the Life Course: The Anxieties
of Old Age ................................................. 129
9. Parting Breaths: Death Is But a Transition ................. 142
10.Transcending Death: Rising Corpses and Reincarnations ...... 157
Appendix: Place Names ......................................... 171
Notes ......................................................... 175
Glossary ...................................................... 189
References .................................................... 195
Index ......................................................... 213
Illustrations
MAPS
Nubri in Relation to Nepal and Tibet ........................... 20
The Nubri Valley ............................................... 21
FIGURES
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