Lotus on the Snow

Unlike all movies that have been made involving the Himalayas-the planet's highest and home to the world's highest peaks including Mount Everest and K2 [Chogo Gangri]-and all books that have been written about Asian countries located around this mountain ranges, Lotus on the Snow (LOTS) by Nguyen Phong has its unique characteristics. It does not take the readers' breath away because of the magnificence of the Himalayan Ranges, but it makes the readers hold their breath because of the affection that these mountains compel in them. LOTS does not intentionally call for the readers' sympathies or trigger enragements with accounts of arrest, trial, torture, and crucifixion as the highest grossing The Passion of the Christ does, but the readers unconditionally give it their wholehearted sincerity, trustworthiness, and admiration. It naturally fills the readers' heart with genuine compassion and soothes the readers' soul with mind-blowing conversations. Most characters in LOTS make the readers keenly ponder about human beings and wonder about life. Most prominently, they distinctively touch the readers' heart in an indescribable way. A wealthy, successful Chicagoan physician took a journey to Dharamsala-the quaint Indian hill headquarters of the Dalai Lama in exile-after he experienced a series of catastrophes. What he actually heard, physically witnessed, and consciously realized after the journey gave him an amazingly different perspective that very few beings can perceive in life. LOTS is not only an inspirational story for those who are drowning in their professional and material successes but also a motivational account for those who are searching for spiritual salvation. Thought-provoking nature of characters and their relationships have made LOTS appear to be enthralling for most professions. The lessons drawn from this book are valuable accumulations of personal experience that neither power nor money nor fame can buy. The actual costs are the direct practices.