[PDF.28tx] So Close To Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas

So Close To Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas

[PDF.hp74] So Close To Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas

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 | #2553905 in Books |  1995-05-16 |  1995-05-16 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.50 x6.75 x1.25l, | File type: PDF | 297 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| The Best|By Leslie|The most informative book I've read about Bhutan, and enjoyable to read, too|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent basis for understanding Bhutan|By Language freak|Fortunately I read the reviews and duly noted that the book focused on Bhutan, which was my main interest. Idally the book|From Publishers Weekly|Journalist Crossette visits the last remaining strongholds of Tantric Buddhism, examining the ways this culture has preserved its uniqueness amidst the homogenizing influences of contemporary geopolitics. |Copyright 1996 Reed Business Info

Tantric Buddhism, with its complex and fascinating rites, rose to its highest levels on the trans-Himalayan Tibetan plateau, where it had flowered since the eighth century. But now the small kingdoms -- Sikkim and Ladakh among them -- where the teachings and miracles of the great lamas were revered have been gobbled up by bigger powers. The story of that loss is a prelude to Barbara Crossette's richly evocative journey into the historical past and courageous present of B...

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