 The film's first location is the Bodhgaya, the site of the Mahabodhi Temple and the Bodhi tree.Herzog then turns to the pilgrimage at Mount Kailash, after which the film then focuses on the second gathering in Graz.Herzog includes a personal interview with the Dalai Lama, as well as Tibetan former political prisoner Takna Jigme Zangpo, who served 37 years in a Chinese prison for his support of the International Tibet Independence Movement.