MeditationMagazine | Special Section
Opening the Sky Door
A photo essay by Thomas Kelly on the Tibetan ritual of offering the dead to the living
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thomas kelly has lived in Nepal since 1978. His books include The Hidden Himalayas and Kathmandu: City on the Edge of the World. "Opening the Sky Door" is excerpted with permission from Tibet: Reflections from The Wheel of Life (Abbeville Press), photographs by Thomas Kelly and text by Carroll Dunham and Ian Baker.
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