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| INTRODUCTION | |
| Map | 6 |
| Heaven on Earth | 7 |
| 1 GUARDIANS OF THE WORLD The Forces of Nature | 10 |
| Waters of Life | 12 |
| Sacred Stones | 16 |
| The Sacred Tree | 18 |
| The Sacred Mountain | 22 |
| Adam's Peak, Sri Lanka | 24 |
| Gunung Agung, Bali | 26 |
| Mount Kailash, Tibet | 28 |
| Appeasing the Owners | |
| Spirit Houses, Thailand | 34 |
| Guardian Spirits | |
| The Nats of Burma | 38 |
| Gateways to Other Worlds | |
| Hill-tribe Shrines of Thailand | 42 |
| Immortal Ancestors | |
| Tangyue Memorial Arches, China | 44 |
| Imperial Tombs of the Perfume River, Vietnam | 46 |
| The Way of the Gods (Shinto) | 50 |
| Miyajima and Ise-jingu, Japan | 52 |
| 2 THE MOTHER RELIGION OF ASIA Hinduism and its Influence | 60 |
| Varanasi, North India: Holy Mother Ganges | 62 |
| Pashupatinath, Nepal: Shiva, Lord of All Creatures | 70 |
| Nilakantha, Nepal: The Lord of Creation Sleeps | 72 |
| Tiruvannamalai, South India: The Hill of Light | 74 |
| Kanchipuram, South India: City of Sages | 80 |
| Tirumala, South India: Vishnu, Maintainer of the Cosmos | 86 |
| Angkor Wat, Cambodia: Citadel of the God Kings | 88 |
| Chandi Sukuh & Chandi Ceto, Java: Sacred Sexuality | 92 |
| Bali, Indonesia: An Island of Balance | 96 |
| Shatrunjaya, North India: The Peaceful Liberators | 100 |
| Amritsar, North India: The Golden Temple of the Sikhs | 104 |
| 3 THE PATH OF ENLIGHTENMENT In the Footsteps of the Buddha | 110 |
| Bodh Gaya, India: The Garden of Enlightenment | 112 |
| Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka: Planting the Seed of Truth | 116 |
| Temple of the Tooth, Sri Lanka: Power of the Relic | 120 |
| Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka: Medieval Capital of the Faith | 124 |
| Pagan, Burma: Field of the Cloth of Saffron | 128 |
| Shwedagon Pagoda, Burma: Memorial of Gold | 136 |
| Sagaing, Burma: The Power of Community | 142 |
| Si Satchanalai, Thailand: King Ramkamhaeng's Citadel | 146 |
| Wat Phra Kaeo, Thailand: Emerald Buddha Temple | 150 |
| 4 THE GREAT VEHICLE Mahayana Buddhism from the Himalayas to | |
| Japan | 156 |
| Borobodur, Java: The Cosmic Mandala | 158 |
| Angkor Thom & Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia: Buddha Kings of | |
| the Khmer | 164 |
| Swayambhunath, Nepal: The Lotus-born Stupa | 168 |
| Bodhnath, Nepal: The All-seeing Buddha | 172 |
| Samye, Tibet: Buddhism Reaches Tibet | 178 |
| Tashilunpo, Tibet: Seat of the Panchen Lamas | 184 |
| The Jokhang, Tibet: Tibet's Resilient Heart | 190 |
| Putuoshan, China: White Lotus Island | 196 |
| Koya-san, Japan: Return to the Source | 200 |
| A Note on the Photography | 206 |
| Glossary | 207 |
| Bibliography | 208 |
| Acknowledgments | 208 |
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