Author: Gendun Chopel
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022609202X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
“Translated with grace and precision . . . gives us a rare glimpse of how Asian religion and life appeared from the perspective of the Tibetan plateau.” —Janet Gyatso, Harvard University In 1941, philosopher and poet Gendun Chopel sent a manuscript by ship, train, and yak across mountains and deserts to his homeland in Tibet. He would follow it five years later, returning to his native land after twelve years in India and Sri Lanka. But he did not receive the welcome he imagined: he was arrested by the government of the regent of the young Dalai Lama on trumped-up charges of treason. He emerged from prison three years later a broken man and died soon after. Gendun Chopel was a prolific writer, yet he considered that manuscript, to be his life’s work, one to delight his compatriots with tales of an ancient Indian and Tibetan past, Now available for the first time in English, Grains of Gold is a unique compendium of South Asian and Tibetan culture that combines travelogue, drawings, history, and ethnography. Chopel describes the world he discovered in South Asia, from the ruins of the sacred sites of Buddhism to the Sanskrit classics he learned to read in the original. He is also sharply, often humorously critical of the Tibetan love of the fantastic, bursting one myth after another and finding fault with the accounts of earlier Tibetan pilgrims. The work of an extraordinary scholar, Grains of Gold is a compelling work animated by a sense of discovery of both a distant past and a strange present. “The magnum opus of arguably the single most brilliant Tibetan scholar of the twentieth century.” —Lauran Hartley, Columbia University
Grains of Gold
Author: Gendun Chopel
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022609202X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
“Translated with grace and precision . . . gives us a rare glimpse of how Asian religion and life appeared from the perspective of the Tibetan plateau.” —Janet Gyatso, Harvard University In 1941, philosopher and poet Gendun Chopel sent a manuscript by ship, train, and yak across mountains and deserts to his homeland in Tibet. He would follow it five years later, returning to his native land after twelve years in India and Sri Lanka. But he did not receive the welcome he imagined: he was arrested by the government of the regent of the young Dalai Lama on trumped-up charges of treason. He emerged from prison three years later a broken man and died soon after. Gendun Chopel was a prolific writer, yet he considered that manuscript, to be his life’s work, one to delight his compatriots with tales of an ancient Indian and Tibetan past, Now available for the first time in English, Grains of Gold is a unique compendium of South Asian and Tibetan culture that combines travelogue, drawings, history, and ethnography. Chopel describes the world he discovered in South Asia, from the ruins of the sacred sites of Buddhism to the Sanskrit classics he learned to read in the original. He is also sharply, often humorously critical of the Tibetan love of the fantastic, bursting one myth after another and finding fault with the accounts of earlier Tibetan pilgrims. The work of an extraordinary scholar, Grains of Gold is a compelling work animated by a sense of discovery of both a distant past and a strange present. “The magnum opus of arguably the single most brilliant Tibetan scholar of the twentieth century.” —Lauran Hartley, Columbia University
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022609202X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
“Translated with grace and precision . . . gives us a rare glimpse of how Asian religion and life appeared from the perspective of the Tibetan plateau.” —Janet Gyatso, Harvard University In 1941, philosopher and poet Gendun Chopel sent a manuscript by ship, train, and yak across mountains and deserts to his homeland in Tibet. He would follow it five years later, returning to his native land after twelve years in India and Sri Lanka. But he did not receive the welcome he imagined: he was arrested by the government of the regent of the young Dalai Lama on trumped-up charges of treason. He emerged from prison three years later a broken man and died soon after. Gendun Chopel was a prolific writer, yet he considered that manuscript, to be his life’s work, one to delight his compatriots with tales of an ancient Indian and Tibetan past, Now available for the first time in English, Grains of Gold is a unique compendium of South Asian and Tibetan culture that combines travelogue, drawings, history, and ethnography. Chopel describes the world he discovered in South Asia, from the ruins of the sacred sites of Buddhism to the Sanskrit classics he learned to read in the original. He is also sharply, often humorously critical of the Tibetan love of the fantastic, bursting one myth after another and finding fault with the accounts of earlier Tibetan pilgrims. The work of an extraordinary scholar, Grains of Gold is a compelling work animated by a sense of discovery of both a distant past and a strange present. “The magnum opus of arguably the single most brilliant Tibetan scholar of the twentieth century.” —Lauran Hartley, Columbia University
Golden Grain
Author: John Wright Follette
Publisher: CCEL
ISBN: 1610250834
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Publisher: CCEL
ISBN: 1610250834
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Missouri. State Dept. of Agriculture
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
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News Summary
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Category : Trade regulation
Languages : en
Pages : 724
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Category : Trade regulation
Languages : en
Pages : 724
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Bulletin
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1336
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1336
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Index of Trademarks Issued from the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Author:
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Category : Trademarks
Languages : en
Pages : 1320
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Category : Trademarks
Languages : en
Pages : 1320
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Federal Register
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Category : Delegated legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
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Category : Delegated legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
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News Release
Author: United States. Federal Trade Commission
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 818
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Languages : en
Pages : 818
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Federal Trade Commission Decisions
Author: United States. Federal Trade Commission
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Category : Competition
Languages : en
Pages : 1730
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Category : Competition
Languages : en
Pages : 1730
Book Description
Drift Exploration in Glaciated Terrain
Author: Geological Society of London
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862390829
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This volume describes the use of till geochemical and indicator mineral methods for mineral exploration in the glaciated terrain of Canada. The principles and examples described in this volume will have direct applications for exploration companies looking for diamonds, precious and base metals and uranium in glaciated parts of North America, northern Europe and Asia and mountainous regions of South America.
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862390829
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This volume describes the use of till geochemical and indicator mineral methods for mineral exploration in the glaciated terrain of Canada. The principles and examples described in this volume will have direct applications for exploration companies looking for diamonds, precious and base metals and uranium in glaciated parts of North America, northern Europe and Asia and mountainous regions of South America.