Mipam: The Lama of the Five Wisdoms - A Tibetan Novel by Lama Yongden

This story, drawn from old Tibetan folk tales, has the psychological depth of a western novel. It is a love story woven around the search for the missing reincarnation of a great Lama. Along the way we glimpse a people whose spirituality is as exalted as the Himalayas. There is humor as well, when the hero encounters a bewildering group of Christian missionaries. In the depiction of Chinese culture, and the Chinese merchants of Tibet, there is a foreshadowing of the country's tragic fate.

Product details

• Authors: Percy Lloyd, Lama Yongden
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English, Tibetan
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.1987
• EAN: 9780887065316
• ISBN: 978-0-88706-531-6
• No. of pages: 340
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures