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- catalog abstract ""Fifty years ago, Tibetan Buddhism was the religion of an isolated mountain people, known to outsiders only as a kind of fairy-tale faith involving flying monks, reincarnated spirits, demons, and superhuman feats of physical endurance and extrasensory perception. Then, the Chinese invaded Tibet, targeting Buddhist monks and monasteries for elimination. The Dalai Lama and other monks and lamas made their way into exile in India, where they began to attract Western disciples among the throngs of hippies and other seekers who migrated to India in the 1960s and 1970s wanting to study meditation techniques to reach enlightenment. Some of these lamas made it all the way to America, and Tibetan Buddhism became, in terms of percentages, the most rapidly growing religion in the West." "This is the story Jeffery Paine tells in his narrative. The book is as full of fantastic characters as the most colorful novel: Alexandra David-Neel, the indomitable French woman who made a suicidal journey through the mountains, disguised as a Tibetan, to become the first westerner ever to enter the holy city of Lhasa; Lama Yeshe and Chogyam Trungpa, who proved to be charismatic and gifted ambassadors for their ancient religion."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog alternative "Reenchantment".
- catalog contributor b13033033.
- catalog coverage "Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Description and travel.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Fifty years ago, Tibetan Buddhism was the religion of an isolated mountain people, known to outsiders only as a kind of fairy-tale faith involving flying monks, reincarnated spirits, demons, and superhuman feats of physical endurance and extrasensory perception. Then, the Chinese invaded Tibet, targeting Buddhist monks and monasteries for elimination. The Dalai Lama and other monks and lamas made their way into exile in India, where they began to attract Western disciples among the throngs of hippies and other seekers who migrated to India in the 1960s and 1970s wanting to study meditation techniques to reach enlightenment. Some of these lamas made it all the way to America, and Tibetan Buddhism became, in terms of percentages, the most rapidly growing religion in the West." "This is the story Jeffery Paine tells in his narrative. The book is as full of fantastic characters as the most colorful novel: Alexandra David-Neel, the indomitable French woman who made a suicidal journey through the mountains, disguised as a Tibetan, to become the first westerner ever to enter the holy city of Lhasa; Lama Yeshe and Chogyam Trungpa, who proved to be charismatic and gifted ambassadors for their ancient religion."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "INTRODUCTION : A Thousand Years in the Eye of God -- BOOK ONE: TIBET, BEFORE : Was -- BOOK TWO: WORLDS IN COLLISION : Everyone Was Dear -- Playboy of the Gods -- BOOK THREE : DAKINIS DESCENDING A STAIRCASE : A Tibetan Hermit, Made in England -- Interchapter : An American in Tibet -- The Reincarnation with the Beautiful Fingernails -- BOOK FOUR : BUDDHA : THE SCREEN-TEST : Coming Attractions -- The Star -- IN SEARCH OF THE ORDINARY Introduction -- The Buddhist Gatsby and a Modest Old Friend -- Into the Closet -- To Hell and to Jail -- CONCLUSION : For a Future to Be Possible -- Biographical Note and Acknowledgments".
- catalog description "Includes index.".
- catalog extent "278 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0393019683 (hardcover)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : W.W. Norton,".
- catalog spatial "China Tibet Autonomous Region".
- catalog spatial "China Tibet Autonomous Region.".
- catalog spatial "Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Description and travel.".
- catalog subject "294.3/923 22".
- catalog subject "BQ7604 .P35 2004".
- catalog subject "Buddhism China Tibet Autonomous Region Doctrines.".
- catalog subject "Buddhism China Tibet Autonomous Region.".
- catalog subject "David-Neel, Alexandra, 1868-1969 Travel China Lhasa.".
- catalog subject "Trungpa, Chögyam, 1939-1987.".
- catalog tableOfContents "INTRODUCTION : A Thousand Years in the Eye of God -- BOOK ONE: TIBET, BEFORE : Was -- BOOK TWO: WORLDS IN COLLISION : Everyone Was Dear -- Playboy of the Gods -- BOOK THREE : DAKINIS DESCENDING A STAIRCASE : A Tibetan Hermit, Made in England -- Interchapter : An American in Tibet -- The Reincarnation with the Beautiful Fingernails -- BOOK FOUR : BUDDHA : THE SCREEN-TEST : Coming Attractions -- The Star -- IN SEARCH OF THE ORDINARY Introduction -- The Buddhist Gatsby and a Modest Old Friend -- Into the Closet -- To Hell and to Jail -- CONCLUSION : For a Future to Be Possible -- Biographical Note and Acknowledgments".
- catalog title "Re-enchantment : Tibetan Buddhism comes to the West / Jeffery Paine.".
- catalog title "Reenchantment".
- catalog type "text".