So Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas

So Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas
ISBN-10
0679743634
ISBN-13
9780679743637
Category
Religion
Pages
319
Language
English
Published
1996-06-25
Publisher
Vintage
Author
Barbara Crossette

Description

A travelogue of Bhutan and its neighbors in the Himalayas that introduces readers to a world that has emerged from the middle ages only to find itself peering into the abyss of modernity. "For anyone with a serious interest in Buddhism, it's essential reading" (Washington Post Book World). For more than a thousand years Tibet, Sikkim, Ladakh, and Bhutan were the santuaries of Tantric Buddhism. But in the last half of this century, geopolitics has scoured the landscape of the Himalayas, and only the reclusive kingdom of Bhutan remains true to Tantric Buddhism.

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