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Ian Baker

The Heart of the World

A Journey to Tibet's Lost Paradise

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The myth of Shangri-la originates in Tibetan Buddhist beliefs in beyul, or hidden lands, sacred sanctuaries that reveal themselves to devout pilgrims and in times of crisis. The more remote and inaccessible the beyul, the vaster its reputed qualities. Ancient Tibetan prophecies declare that the greatest of all hidden lands lies at the heart of the forbidding Tsangpo Gorge, deep in the Himalayas and veiled by a colossal waterfall. Nineteenth-century accounts of this fabled waterfall inspired a series of ill-fated European expeditions that ended prematurely in 1925 when the intrepid British plant collector Frank Kingdon-Ward penetrated all but… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-101-11780-4
  • EAN: 9781101117804
  • Produktnummer: 17997209
  • Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
  • Seitenangabe: 544 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 11'262 KB
  • Abbildungen: B/W PHOTOS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND MAPS THROUGHOUT

Über den Autor


Ian Baker has lived in Kathmandu, Nepal, and been a student of Tibetan Buddhism for more than twenty years. He studied fine arts, literature, and comparative religion at Middlebury College, Oxford University, and Columbia University. He has written several books on Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism, including The Tibetan Art of Healing, Celestial Gallery, and The Dalai Lama's Secret Temple: Tantric Wall Paintings from Tibet. He is also the coauthor of Tibet: Reflections from the Wheel of Life and has contributed articles to Explorers Journal and National Geographic magazine. He currently divides his time among New York, Thailand, and the Himalayas.

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