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Author Thurman, Robert A. F.

Title Circling the sacred mountain : a spiritual adventure through the Himalayas / Robert Thurman and Tad Wise.

Publication Info. New York : Bantam Books, 1999.

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  294.3435 THURMAN    Check Shelf
Description 352 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), 1 map ; 25 cm
Contents pt. 1. Going to the mountain : Off the deep end ; Kathmandu ; The Tibetan border ; Acclimatizing ; Milarepa's cave ; On the road ; Reaching the mountain -- pt. 2. Circling the mountain : The southern gate of the mandala palace ; The great freedom pole ; The mansion of Hayagriva ; The Female Yak Horn Cave ; The Cool Grove Charnel Ground ; Tara pass ; The Dakini Secret Path ; Mila's miracle cave -- pt. 3. Returning from the mountain : The holy lake ; The border bribe ; Up and over the pass ; The eclipse ; Kathmandu.
Subject Thurman, Robert A. F. -- Travel -- China -- Kailas Mountain.
Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages -- China -- Kailas Mountain.
Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
Kailas, Mount (China) -- Description and travel.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Religious life and customs.
Added Author Wise, Tad, 1956-
ISBN 0553103466
9780553103465
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