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Journey in Ladakh
Andrew Harvey
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Description for Journey in Ladakh
Paperback. High up on the remote Indian borders with Tibet, China and Pakistan, beyond the Kashmir Valley, lies Ladakh, one of the last places where a Tibetan Buddhist community survives. Andrew Harvey, a sophisticated westerner with a gift to be simple, travelled there - into another awareness of reality. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; HREX; HRLK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
High up in the remote mountain passes on the Indian border with Tibet, China and Pakistan, Ladakh has been a centre for Buddhist meditation since three centuries before Christ and is one of the last places on earth where a Tibetan Buddhist community still survives. Arriving by rickety bus, Andrew Harvey was unprepared for the breathtaking splendour, colour and silence of the landscape, and was entranced by the simple way of life of its people, for whom the sacred and everyday merge into one. Frustrated by the spiritual poverty of his sophisticated, western, intellectual lifestyle, Andrew Harvey ... Read more
High up in the remote mountain passes on the Indian border with Tibet, China and Pakistan, Ladakh has been a centre for Buddhist meditation since three centuries before Christ and is one of the last places on earth where a Tibetan Buddhist community still survives. Arriving by rickety bus, Andrew Harvey was unprepared for the breathtaking splendour, colour and silence of the landscape, and was entranced by the simple way of life of its people, for whom the sacred and everyday merge into one. Frustrated by the spiritual poverty of his sophisticated, western, intellectual lifestyle, Andrew Harvey ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844130481
SKU
V9781844130481
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Andrew Harvey
Andrew Harvey, born in Coimbatore, South India, is a high-profile poet, writer, translator, filmmaker and teacher, and the author or editor of more than 30 books, including Hidden Journey. Educated at Oxford University, he became the youngest Fellow of All Soul's College in its history. For the last 20 years he has travelled widely, living in India, London, ... Read more
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