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- catalog abstract ""Richard Bernstein's story of his long journey through Asia is at once a memoir of adventurous travel and a record of cultural discovery and spiritual quest." "In the year 629, a greatly revered Chinese Buddhist monk, Hsuan Tsang, set out across Asia in search of the Buddhist Truth, to settle what he called the "perplexities of my mind." Nearly a millenium and a half later, Richard Bernstein retraces the monk's steps: from the Tang dynasty capital at Xian through ancient Silk Road oases, over forbidding mountain passes to Tashkent, Samarkand, and the Amu-Darya River, across Pakistan to the holiest cities of India - and back." "Ultimate Journey is a vivid, profoundly felt account of two stirring adventures - one in the past and one in the present - in pursuit of illumination."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12039862.
- catalog coverage "Silk Road Description and travel.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Richard Bernstein's story of his long journey through Asia is at once a memoir of adventurous travel and a record of cultural discovery and spiritual quest." "In the year 629, a greatly revered Chinese Buddhist monk, Hsuan Tsang, set out across Asia in search of the Buddhist Truth, to settle what he called the "perplexities of my mind." Nearly a millenium and a half later, Richard Bernstein retraces the monk's steps: from the Tang dynasty capital at Xian through ancient Silk Road oases, over forbidding mountain passes to Tashkent, Samarkand, and the Amu-Darya River, across Pakistan to the holiest cities of India - and back." "Ultimate Journey is a vivid, profoundly felt account of two stirring adventures - one in the past and one in the present - in pursuit of illumination."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "How many springs do we see? -- Leaving the Ba River behind -- The fugitive monk -- The ghost town -- The long dead -- The bombing of Belgrade -- The horror of home -- The Torugart Pass -- Genghis Khan's ancestors -- The bridge nobody crosses -- Self-annihilating arguments -- An orphanage in Amritsar -- The maharaja of ruin -- A detour to Hong Kong -- The holy places -- The Synagogue of Calcutta -- The Shankaracharya of Kanchipuram -- To the Kunjerab Pass -- The nightmare bus to Khotan -- The southern oases to Dunhuang.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 352 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0375400095 :".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : A.A. Knopf,".
- catalog spatial "China".
- catalog spatial "Silk Road Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "Silk Road.".
- catalog subject "BQ8149.H787 B49 2001".
- catalog subject "Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages Silk Road.".
- catalog subject "Buddhist priests China Biography.".
- catalog subject "Priests, Buddhist China Biography.".
- catalog subject "Xuanzang, approximately 596-664.".
- catalog tableOfContents "How many springs do we see? -- Leaving the Ba River behind -- The fugitive monk -- The ghost town -- The long dead -- The bombing of Belgrade -- The horror of home -- The Torugart Pass -- Genghis Khan's ancestors -- The bridge nobody crosses -- Self-annihilating arguments -- An orphanage in Amritsar -- The maharaja of ruin -- A detour to Hong Kong -- The holy places -- The Synagogue of Calcutta -- The Shankaracharya of Kanchipuram -- To the Kunjerab Pass -- The nightmare bus to Khotan -- The southern oases to Dunhuang.".
- catalog title "Ultimate journey : retracing the path of an ancient buddhist monk who crossed Asia in search of enlightenment / Richard Bernstein.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".