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Ian Baker - Heart of the World, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Heart of the World

A Journey to Tibet’s Lost Paradise

Av Ian Baker

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The legend of Shangri-La emerged from the Tibetan Buddhist belief in beyul, or hidden lands. Tibetan prophecies proclaim that the greatest of these mythical sanctuaries lies at the eastern edge of the Himalayas, veiled by a colossal waterfall at the heart of the forbidding Tsangpo gorge. After years of research and investigation, Buddhist scholar and world-class climber Ian Baker and his team made worldwide news by reaching the bottom of the Tsangpo gorge and finding a magnificent 108-foot-high waterfall – the legendary grail of both Western explorers and Tibetan seekers. The Heart of the World recounts one of the most captivating stories of exploration and discovery in recent memory – an extraordinary journey into one of the wildest and most inaccessible places on earth, a meditation on our place in nature, and a pilgrimage to the heart of Tibetan Buddhism.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2020-06-04
  • Mått: 129 x 198 x 42 mm
  • Vikt: 609 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 528
  • Förlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780500252437
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Ian A. Baker is a cultural historian and the author of seven books on Tibetan Buddhism and Himalayan artand culture, including The Dalai Lama’s Secret Temple and The Tibetan Art of Healing. He was joint curator of the 2016 exhibition ‘Tibet’s Secret Temple: Body, Mind and Meditation in Tantric Buddhism’ at theWellcome Collection, London. He leads travel seminars in Tibet and Bhutan and was named by theNational Geographic Society as one of the seven ‘Explorers for the Millennium’ for his groundbreakingfield research in Tibet’s Tsangpo Gorges.

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'The Heart of the World is among the most complex, compelling and satisfying adventure books I have ever read ... Baker has written one for the ages' - The San Francisco Chronicle

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