For centuries, monks have sought solitude and isolation on their path to spiritual enlightenment, choosing some of the most remote places on the globe to construct their monasteries. Some of these ...
Armenia, located in the highlands of West Asia, has just become easier to visit for Europeans. The country of windswept peaks, medieval stone monasteries and a capital city of monumental architecture ...
Some 5,500 metres (18,000 feet) above sea level in the Indian Himalayas sits the Tnagyud Gompa Buddhist monastery, where snow can leave the monks in complete isolation for seven months a year. The ...