So Close to Heaven

The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas

Nonfiction, History, Asian, India, Religion & Spirituality, Eastern Religions, Buddhism, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International
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Author: Barbara Crossette ISBN: 9780307801906
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: August 3, 2011
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Barbara Crossette
ISBN: 9780307801906
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: August 3, 2011
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

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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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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