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So close to heaven : the vanishing Buddhist kingdoms of the Himalayas / Barbara Crossette.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Vintage Departures, 1995.Description: xiii, 297 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780679743637
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.3095496 CRO
Summary: For more than a thousand years Tibet, Sikkim, Ladakh, and Bhutan were the santuaries of Tantric Buddhism. But in the last half of this century, geopolitics has scoured the landscape of the Himalayas, and only the reclusive kingdom of Bhutan remains true to Tantric Buddhism. As she travels through Bhutan and its neighbots, Crossette introduces readers to a world that has emerged from the middle ages only to find itself peering into the abyss of modernity.
Item type: Buddhist Philosophy
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ISER Library 294.3095496 CRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) E17481 Available E17481
ISER Library 294.3095496 CRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) E17482 Available E17482
ISER Library 294.3095496 CRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) E17483 Available E17483
ISER Library 294.3095496 CRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) E17480 Available E17480
ISER Library 294.3095496 CRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) E17344 Available E17344
Paro College Library 294.3095496 CRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) E17345 Checked out 31/12/2024 E17345
ISER Library 294.3095496 CRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) E17346 Available E17346
Paro College Library 294.3095496 CRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) E17347 Available E17347
Paro College Library 294.3095496 CRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) E17348 Available E17348

Includes index.

For more than a thousand years Tibet, Sikkim, Ladakh, and Bhutan were the santuaries of Tantric Buddhism. But in the last half of this century, geopolitics has scoured the landscape of the Himalayas, and only the reclusive kingdom of Bhutan remains true to Tantric Buddhism. As she travels through Bhutan and its neighbots, Crossette introduces readers to a world that has emerged from the middle ages only to find itself peering into the abyss of modernity.

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