Sera The Way of the Tibetan Monk Author:Sheila Rock, Robert Thurman The Sera Jey Monastery, reestablished near Mysore, India, houses 5,000 Buddhist monks living in exile -- including survivors of the destruction of the Tibetan monastery in 1959. Sheila Rock's moving portraits are a celebration of the everyday simplicity and subtle beauty of the ascetic life. More than a hundred duotone photographs document the c... more »ompassionate expressions, emotional openness, and aura of serenity inspired by lives of renunciation and seclusion.A percentage of the royalties from this book go to the Sera Jhe Health Care Committee in aid of various humanitarian projects.« less