A stranger in Tibet : the adventures of a wandering Zen monk / Scott Berry.

By:

Berry, Scott, 1945-

Material type: Text

TextLondon : HarperCollins Publishers, 1991Description: 314 pages : ill. ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0006544517

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

294.3/927/0924 B 19

LOC classification:

BQ968.A8957 B47 1989

Summary: To reach the "forbidden city" of Lhasa was the dream of generations of Western explorers. But until 1900 when Kawaguchi Ekai, a young Zen monk, donned a disguise and walked all the way there, few foreigners had ever done so. Clinging staunchly to his chastity; leaving a trail of broken hearts across the Himalayas; oppressed by the cultural impossibility of bathing, yet frequently almost drowned in river crossings; often lost and on the verge of starving or freezing to death; robbed by highwaymen, and taken for a spy; speaking fluently the language of a people he preferred not to understand. This brave, bigoted, and enterprising traveler was eventually to cross Tibet from west to east, study in one of the country's greatest monasteries, and keep his secret there for over a year. - From Amazon.

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Book	Lindholme Hall Library General stacks	Traditional Buddhist Countries & Culture	707 BER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		2400735

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Bibliography: p. 312-314.

To reach the "forbidden city" of Lhasa was the dream of generations of Western explorers. But until 1900 when Kawaguchi Ekai, a young Zen monk, donned a disguise and walked all the way there, few foreigners had ever done so. Clinging staunchly to his chastity; leaving a trail of broken hearts across the Himalayas; oppressed by the cultural impossibility of bathing, yet frequently almost drowned in river crossings; often lost and on the verge of starving or freezing to death; robbed by highwaymen, and taken for a spy; speaking fluently the language of a people he preferred not to understand. This brave, bigoted, and enterprising traveler was eventually to cross Tibet from west to east, study in one of the country's greatest monasteries, and keep his secret there for over a year. - From Amazon.