Initiations and Initiates in Tibe

Alexandra David-Neel

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Rider Classics, 1996

0712672222 / 9780712672221

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Some travellers return from their adventures with a handful of blurry photographs, a questionable souvenir and a firm opinion about the local cuisine. Alexandra David-Neel returned with firsthand accounts of Tibetan mysticism, encounters with monks and hermits, and enough extraordinary experiences to leave most armchair explorers wondering whether they had accidentally wandered into another dimension. Initiations and Initiates in Tibet is her captivating exploration of a world that, at the time she wrote, remained almost unimaginably remote to Western readers. David-Neel was no ordinary visitor. An intrepid explorer, scholar and one of the first Western women to travel extensively through Tibet, she immersed herself in Buddhist philosophy, meditation and the traditions of Himalayan spiritual practice with remarkable determination. This book is less a conventional travelogue than a fascinating blend of observation, memoir and spiritual inquiry, offering glimpses into monasteries, secluded retreats and the lives of practitioners whose understanding of reality often appears to operate by rather different rules from our own. Readers expecting a tidy handbook entitled Enlightenment in Ten Easy Steps may find themselves pleasantly bewildered. Instead, David-Neel presents a world rich in symbolism, ritual, discipline and paradox. Masters dispense wisdom in unexpected ways, initiations demand patience rather than instant gratification, and the pursuit of spiritual insight turns out to involve considerably more contemplation than motivational slogans. The deeper one ventures into the book, the clearer it becomes that genuine spiritual practice is rarely designed for those in a hurry. One of the enduring pleasures of the author?s writing is her ability to balance respectful curiosity with an explorer?s eye for vivid detail. She neither dismisses unfamiliar traditions as superstition nor accepts every extraordinary claim without reflection. Rather, she invites readers to accompany her into a culture whose religious life, philosophy and daily practices challenge many comfortable Western assumptions. Whether describing monastic life, esoteric teachings or the landscapes of the Himalayas, she writes with a sense of wonder that remains remarkably infectious. As sold by Crappy Old Books, this 1996 Rider Classics edition is in Good condition and remains a rewarding read for anyone interested in Buddhism, comparative religion, travel writing, mysticism or the remarkable life of one of the twentieth century?s great explorers. It is a book to savour slowly, allowing its ideas and stories to unfold at their own pace rather than rushing towards neat conclusions. Perhaps the greatest irony of Initiations and Initiates in Tibet is that it concerns a lifelong search for detachment, yet it has the curious effect of drawing readers ever deeper into its pages. In an age where almost every mystery can apparently be solved with a search engine and a few taps on a screen, David-Neel reminds us that some journeys are valuable precisely because they refuse to provide instant answers. Occasionally the destination matters rather less than the questions discovered along the way?and those, unlike most modern gadgets, have an admirable tendency never to go out of date.6. …

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Titre
Initiations and Initiates in Tibe
Auteur
Alexandra David-Neel
Éditeur
Rider Classics
Année de publication
1996
État de l'article
Very Good
Reliure
Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0712672222
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780712672221

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