Shuhao is a 24 year old Taiwanese university graduate. His older brother Shuwei, whom he has idolized since childhood, dies on a bicycle ride to Lhasa. He decides to complete Shuwei's journey, hoping to prove himself through this challenging trip. Shuhao's inexperience almost sees him headed over a cliff one dark night. Food poisoning nearly costs him his life just after surviving an attack by a pack of menacing Tibetan Mastiffs. In the end, Shuhao arrives in Lhasa to see the Potola Palace. His lonely journey, filled with laughter and tears, brings him to the discovery of a new purpose in life.

极端渴望自由的六世达赖喇嘛传奇人生，藏传佛教史上最引人注目的上师情歌。 　仓央嘉措之所以被世人珍爱，不仅仅缘于他的六世达赖之尊位，更缘于他自身洋溢着活灵活现的“人性”。而这种“人性”恰恰在他的诗歌里获得了忧伤而又得体的表达。 在本书中，作者用传记与诗词结合的方式，对仓央嘉措的生平进行了梳理和评价，这些梳理与重译的基础，只能是历史，只能是还原仓央嘉措作为一位领袖的身份，只能是他的诗歌原本传达的内容。