Author: Edwin Gilbert ScharyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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In Search of the Mahatma of Tibet
Author: Edwin Gilbert ScharyIn Search of the Mahatmas of Tibet
Author: Edwin Gilbert ScharyPublisher:
ISBN: 9788177693300
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
To Lhasa in Disguise
Author: William Montgomery McGovernPublisher: New York, Century
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
William Montgomery McGovern was an American adventurer, anthropologist and journalist. He was possibly an inspiration for the character of Indiana Jones. McGovern claims he had to sneak into the Tibet disguised as a local porter. As Time reported in 1938: With a few Tibetan servants, he climbed through the wild, snowy passes of the Himalayas. There, in the bitter cold, he stood naked while a companion covered his body with brown stain, squirted lemon juice into his blue eyes to darken them. Thus disguised as a coolie, he arrived in the Forbidden City without being detected, but disclosed himself to the civilian officials. A fanatical mob led by Buddhist monks stoned his house. Bill McGovern slipped out through a back door and joined the mob in throwing stones. The civil government took him into protective custody, finally sent him back to India with an escort.--Wikipedia.
Tibet
Author: William D. CarlsenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Road to Freedom - A Journey from Occupied Tibet
Author: Marya Waifoon SchwabePublisher:
ISBN: 9781643883991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
"In this book Marya recounts the exciting tale of their journey, while at the same time revealing many aspects of Tibet's religion and culture. The story is also an example of how setting a goal and taking a realistic and determined approach to fulfilling it eventually leads to success." -His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama In accordance with the Tibetan tradition of finding the reincarnations of high lamas, the guidance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama was sought to locate the rebirth of Nechung Rinpoche, who passed away in 1983. Rinpoche is the eminent lama of Nechung, the institution that houses the Chief State Oracle. His Holiness gave several clues: the year of the boy's birth, the names of his parents, and the locale of Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. A search party of three people-a monk from Nechung Monastery in India, Marya and Miguel-made journeys to Tibet in 1987 and 1993. Their search led them to sacred visionary lakes and ancient monasteries. The expeditions were precarious and filled with challenges such as where to look, whom to trust, and how to accomplish a nearly impossible mission in a Chinese communist-occupied country where surveillance was prevalent. Ultimately, the escape with the eight-year-old lama entailed crossing multiple heavily guarded checkpoints, including two international airports.
Sino-Tibetan Buddhism across the Ages
Author: Ester BianchiPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004468374
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Sino-Tibetan Buddhism implies cross-cultural contacts and exchanges between China and Tibet. The ten case-studies collected in this book focus on the spread of Chinese Buddhism within a mainly Tibetan environment and the adaptation of Tibetan Buddhism among a Chinese-speaking audience throughout the ages.
In Search of the Mahatmas of Tibet, Etc. [With Plates.].
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Author: Edwin G. SCHARYTravel and Adventure in Tibet
Author: William CareyIn Search of the Mahatmas of Tibet, by Edwin G. Schary; with Forewords by C. E. Tyndale-Biscoe & David Macdonald
Author: Edwin Gilbert ScharyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Life of Milarepa
Author: Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140193502
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The Life of Milarepa is the most beloved story of the Tibetan people amd one of the greatest source books for the contemplative life in all world literature. This biography, a true folk tale from a culture now in crisis, can be read on several levels: a personal and moving introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, it is also a profoundly detailed guidebook in the search for consciousness. It presents the quest for spiritual perfection, tracing the path of a great sinner who became a great saint. But it is also a powerful and graphic folk tale, full of magic, disaster, feuds, deceptions, and humor. This definitive translation, originally published in 1977, was the first to appear in any Western language in half a century and renders this classic of spiritual literature into a simple modern English that reflects the direct power of the original.