Title The Jew in the lotus : a poet's rediscovery of Jewish identity in Buddhist India / Rodger Kamenetz.

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Edition	1st ed.
Description	x, 304 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-297).
Summary	Two stories: the outer story of the historic meeting in Dharamsala, India, between the Dalai Lama and eight rabbis and Jewish scholars, and the inner story of how Kamenetz explores and deepens his own understanding of Judaism through the "beginner's mind" of shared pilgrimage.
Contents	1. Sparks -- 2. Flames -- 3. Roadblocks -- 4. Heights -- 5. Blessings -- 6. Contact -- 7. The Angel of Tibet and the Angel of the Jews -- 8. Always Remind -- 9. Debating Monks and Angels -- 10. Shabbat Shalom and Tashe Delek -- 11. Jewish Buddhists, Buddhist Jews -- 12. JUBUs in America -- 13. Tibetan Intellectuals, Tibetan Orphans -- 14. An Interview with the Oracle -- 15. Secret Doors -- 16. Tantra and Kabbalah -- 17. Survival Strategies -- 18. One Last Question -- 19. A Buddhist Jew -- The Allen Ginsberg Story -- 20. A Synagogue in Delhi -- 21. Buddha's Jews -- 22. A Last Secret -- 23. In a Pool of Nectar.
Subject	Kamenetz, Rodger, 1950- -- Religion.
	Kamenetz, Rodger, 1950- -- Travel -- India -- Dharmsāla.
	Kamenetz, Rodger, 1950-
	Kamenetz, Rodger, 1950- (OCoLC)fst00062486
	Buddhism -- Relations -- Judaism.
	Judaism -- Relations -- Buddhism.
	Dialogue -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
	Dialogue -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
	Buddhist converts from Judaism.
	Dharmsāla (India) -- Religious life and customs.
	Buddhism. (OCoLC)fst00840028
	Buddhist converts from Judaism. (OCoLC)fst00840143
	Dialogue -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism. (OCoLC)fst00892492
	Dialogue -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. (OCoLC)fst00892496
	Interfaith relations. (OCoLC)fst01353343
	Judaism. (OCoLC)fst00984280
	Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
	Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
	India -- Dharmsāla. (OCoLC)fst01211620
Other Form:	Online version: Kamenetz, Rodger, 1950- Jew in the lotus. 1st ed. San Francisco, Calif. : HarperSanFrancisco, ©1994 (OCoLC)988396337
ISBN	0060645768 (cloth ; alk. paper)
	9780060645762 (cloth ; alk. paper)
	0060645741 (pbk.)
	9780060645748 (pbk.)

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