From a Mountain In Tibet: A Monk’s Journey 9780241988961, 0241988969

Lama Yeshe didn't see a car until he was 15-years-old. In his quiet village, he and other children ran in fields wi

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From a Mountain In Tibet: A Monk’s Journey
9780241988961, 0241988969

Lama Yeshe didn't see a car until he was fifteen. But everything changed with the arrival of Chinese army vehicles

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Situated north of the Himalayas, Tibet is famous for its unique culture and its controversial assimilation into modern C

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Love Letters from Golok chronicles the courtship between two Buddhist tantric masters, Tare Lhamo (1938–2002) and Namtru

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Cradled among the world’s highest mountains—and sheltering one of its most devout religious communities—Tibet is, for ma

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When George Vassiliou was elected President in 1988, it was a surprise to many people in the international community, bo

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