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The Myth of Shangri-La: Tibet, Travel Writing, and the Western Creation of ...

The Myth of Shangri-La: Tibet, Travel Writing, and the Western Creation of ...

Peter Bishop - History - 1989 - 308 pages
"Bishop's engrossing and readable account provides us with a fascinating picture of European myths concerning the Land of the Snows and of the role these myths played in ...
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An archetypal Constable: national identity and the geography of nostalgia

An archetypal Constable: national identity and the geography of nostalgia

Peter Bishop - 1995 - 245 pages
In this volume, Peter Bishop brings a new, post-Jungian or archetypal perspective to bear on Constable, addressing also the broader issues of the cultural psychology of art and ...
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Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West

Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West

Religion - 1998 - 283 pages
Looks at the travelogues, novels, spiritual guides, and scholarly studies of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism that have proliferated in Western literature
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Bridge

Bridge

Technology & Engineering - 2008 - 240 pages
Whether a humble string of planks swaying across a trickling stream or the soaring towers of the Golden Gate Bridge, bridges are one of man’s great engineering feats. Now in ...
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The Way and the Mountain: Tibet, Buddhism, and Tradition

The Way and the Mountain: Tibet, Buddhism, and Tradition

Marco Pallis - Religion - 2008 - 271 pages
Synopsis: The Way and the Mountain is a selection of Marco Pallis' most important writings on Tibetan Buddhism. Pallis traveled extensively in the Himalayas and studied ...
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Dreamworld Tibet: Western Illusion
Wisdom of Imperfection: The Challenge of Individuation In Buddhist Life

Wisdom of Imperfection: The Challenge of Individuation In Buddhist Life

Rob Preece - Religious life - 2010 - 336 pages
As practicing Buddhists, why do we still have so many problems? This book bridges the disparity between spiritual growth and personal experience. Acceptance of imperfection is ...
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Organisation And Management Of Public Enterprises
Gender Identity And Tibetan Buddhism

Gender Identity And Tibetan Buddhism

June Campbell - Buddhism - 2003 - 236 pages
Gender, Identity and Tibetan Buddhism is a cross-sultural study which creates links between the symbolic representations of gender in the philosophy of Tibetan buddhism and ...
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Tibetan Buddhism: reason and revelation