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Theos Bernard, the White Lama : Tibet, Yoga, and American Religious Life.
In 1937, Theos Casimir Bernard (1908?1947), the self-proclaimed?White Lama," became the third American in history to reach Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. During his stay, he amassed the largest collection of Tibetan texts, art, and artifacts in the Western hemisphere at that time. He also do...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- One. Life in the Desert
- Two. New York and New Mexico
- Three. Two Parallel Paths (I)
- Four. Two Parallel Paths (II)
- Five. On Holy Ground
- Six. Pretense and Pretext
- Seven. A Well-Trodden Path
- Eight. Tibet, Tantrikas, and the Hero of Chaksam Ferry
- Nine. "The Clipper Ship of the Imagination"
- Ten. Yoga on Fifth Avenue
- Eleven. Tibetland and the Penthouse of the Gods
- Twelve. To Climb the Highest Mountains
- Thirteen. The Aftermath
- Fourteen. Postscript: The View from Ki, Sixty Years Later
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.