Many thanks to all of you who have made pledges so far. A very good start! And to everyone who hasn't pledged yet - there's still plenty of time.

A couple of you have asked about the archive footage in the trailer on the website. The footage of the Himalayas at the very beginning is from Tibet - a Buddhist Trilogy, a feature-length documentary filmed in 1977 which is one of the rewards if you pledge. The footage of the Bhutanese monks is by One to One Productions, who made a short film of the stupa process which we hope to release to coincide with the publication of the book.

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