Treatment: "JOURNEY INTO THE THIRD EYE" - Pg 12

LAMA BASHIR (CONT'D.) On the other hand, you will also be able to avoid unpleasant places, or where you cannot avoid them; you will have the advantage of preparing for them ahead of time. (pauses) Sunji, you will come to know, true success is achieved from making certain sacrifices; and overcoming the difficult challenges designed to try us. DISSOLVE TO: EXT. CHAKPORI LAMASERY - DAY (SPRING) SUPERIMPOSE: Three years later. Patches of pearly white snow, coat the rooftops and dab the brown monchromatic landscape. Barren trees and shrubs reach up to the frigid sky, waiting patiently for the next photosynthetic rays of life. The building is roused from it's hibernative dormancy; by the CRACK of the icy doors. Chattering MONKS bundled up in thick robes and blankets, briskly clear the snow from the entrance. A flock of snow geese flap overhead, paying a SQUAWKING homage to the first day of spring. Lama Bashir, fifteen-year-old Sunji, Lau, Nangsang and six Monks file out onto the slushy road, mounted on mules. They wear yak-wool ponchos and scarves over their robes, to insulate them as best they can. The soles of their felt boots are bound with fur to afford them some traction on the perilous mountainscape. Their knapsacks of supplies bump rhythmically against the mule's sides; as they embark on their expedition. EXT. MOUTAIN TRAIL - DAY Sunji's caravan slowly ventures farther and higher into the Chang Tang Highlands. The landscape has changed from the familiar plains and hills; to a jagged, cavernous world of immense snow-covered mountains and deep canyons.