The Way of the White Clouds

Informationen zum Autor Born in 1898 in Germany, Lama Anagarika Govinda was initiated into the Tibetan Gelug-pa sect. He was one of the most revered western interpreters of Buddhism and the traditional Tibetan way of life. He died in California in 1985. Klappentext The 40th anniversary edition of the classic spiritual travelogue by one of Tibet's best known explorers. Zusammenfassung 'It tells of terrible journeys, of men masked against the sun (riding through ethereal regions with their feet frozen), of welcoming fog-girt monasteries lit by butter lamps at the journey's end' New Statesman The Way of the White Clouds is the remarkable narrative of a pilgrimage which could not be made today.

Product details

• Authors: Anagarika Govinda, Lama Anagarika Govinda
• Publisher: Rider
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.02.2006
• EAN: 9781846040115
• ISBN: 978-1-84604-011-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, Buddhism, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy