The book is popular, full of philosophical wisdom. Its celebration of the true, the good and the beautiful undoubtedly offers rich spiritual nourishment for the current time poor of spirit yet eager for quick success and instant benefits.
—Sogyal Rinpoche (author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying)

Many people will associate the film The Silent Holy Stones with Pema Tseden. He is highly proficient in Tibetan culture with high attainments. His translation of this book tells a well-known folk tale in Tibet. It implies a profound meaning in simple words, allowing you to calm down and reflect upon life when relaxing…
—Khenpo Sodargye (author of Living Through Suffering)

★ It is just like the Chinese Tibetan version of “One Thousand and One Nights” with a collection of Tibetan folk and traditional tales! During this journey of reading, the storytelling Cintamani Corpse would escape from the back of the body carrier over and over again, telling one touching story after another…
★ This book tells us that in addition to the good intentions and persistent pursuit of the earth covered with gold, the perceptive wisdom is also required for the achievement.
★ Folk tales and folk music, as an outcome of human wisdom, are treasures of the national culture and spiritual wealth of all mankind. On the land of Tibet, China for Snowland culture, there is a vast “virgin forest” of folklore, consisting of stories, epics, lyrics and songs. This “virgin forest” has not yet been affected by the wildfire of modern civilization, still with neverending stories and songs…This book is just one out of the multiple “neverending stories”.

It is said that a long time ago, on the distant snowy plateau, there was a Cintamani Corpse, with the upper body made of jade, lower body of gold and head of shells. Anyone who carried it home could have the earth covered with gold. The corpse could help prolong one’s life and eliminate the sin of murder committed by Dekyaw Sampo so long as he remained silent on the way carrying the corpse back. But the cunning Cintamani Corpse is prone to tell one touching story after another, and no one could listen to such stories without saying gee whiz. So, again and again, the corpse flew back to the forest of corpses after telling wonderful stories. Over and over again, Dekyaw Sampo picked up the corpse and indulged in its fascinating stories...

Pema Tseden (པད་མ་ཚེ་བརྟན) is a male Tibetan born in Guide County, Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province in December 1969. As a member of China Film Director’s Guild, China Film Associations and Chinese Film Literature Association, his film productions won many national and international awards. Since 1991, he has published literary works of more than 40 novelettes and short stories written in Tibetan and Chinese and more than 20 translations, which have been included in a variety of collections. His works have been introduced abroad with translations in multiple languages such as English, French, German, Japanese and Czech, which have won various literary awards.