Tibet: Reflections from the Wheel of Life - Couverture rigide

Dunham, V. Carroll; Baker, Ian; Dunham, Carroll

 
9781558592186: Tibet: Reflections from the Wheel of Life
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1558592180 ISBN 13 : 9781558592186
Editeur : Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S., 1993

Synopsis

Provides an intimate portrait of Tibet and its people as they make their pilgrimage through the wheel of life. In Tibetan belief, existence is an endless cycle of birth, death and rebirth. This book traces that journey from birth and childhood to adolescence, marriage, midlife, old age and death.

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À propos de l'auteur

A native of Santa Fe, Thomas Kelly has lived in Nepal since 1978. Formerly a Peace Corps volunteer and CARE program officer, he has been a professional photographer since 1985. His books include The Hidden Himalayas and Kathmandu: City on the Edge of the World, and his work has appeared in such magazines as Natural History, Smithsonian, and the French and German editions of Geo.

An anthropologist, educator, and documentary film maker, Carroll Dunham is the author of The Hidden Himalayas. Her films include Strange Relations (an episode in the PBS Millenium series), A Bride for Four Brothers (National Geographic), and The Dragon Bride (BBC). The director of Sojourn Nepal, a school in Kathmandu, she lives in Nepal with her six Tibetan foster children.

Ian Baker, a writer, photographer, and educator, lives in Kathmandu, where he develops and directs college programs in Nepalese and Tibetan studies. A student of Tibetan Buddhism and the Tantric tradition, he has spent long periods of time in remote parts of the Himalayas and has studied with many of the great masters whose lives are described in this book.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Provides an intimate portrait of Tibet and its people as they make their pilgrimage through the wheel of life. In Tibetan belief, existence is an endless cycle of birth, death and rebirth. This book traces that journey from birth and childhood to adolescence, marriage, midlife, old age and death.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1558592180
ISBN 13 
9781558592186
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
204
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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