In today's tumultuous age photography has become a pervasive pursuit. Everywhere you look everyone seems to have a camera and everyone seems to be taking passionate photos on favourite themes, selected subjects and preferred people, who personally spark their wide-eyed interest. As with anything in life, the importance is not in the accomplishment of what photography can do (for you), but rather in the love which you bring to the art of photography. The transformative photographer must approach his subject with a comprehensive, evolutionary, detached but warm love, coupled with humour and an ability to leave things unaltered and fundamentally free.
Simhananda is an award winning author of numerous books on photography and spiritual wisdom and has been an experienced speaker on this specialized subject for over 35 years. Simhananda, literally means lion's roar. His writings roar out' power, sensitivity, and tenderness, and convey a unique spiritual statement to the world. He cherishes people, places, and the whole blessed planet. He recently published his second volume on Gampopa's famous 12th century Buddhist classical works. This volume on traditional Buddhist teachings is oriented to the occidental mind, and his commentaries are refreshing, modern, and sometimes quite humorous.