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The flavor, the savor, and the sense of Buddhism as revealed through personal stories of Westerners who lived it.
Many books on Buddhism will edify you, but will they entertain you? Here, finally, is a book that yields an understanding of Buddhism; not by its metaphysics or rituals but through real characters and true stories as dramatic as those in the most imaginative novel. Jeffery Paine has assembled the breathtaking adventures of nine Westerners who traveled in China, Tibet, and Japan, in Nepal and India, and in that new Buddhist frontier, America, chanced across Buddhism, and made it an integral part of their lives. Through vivid travel writing and gripping human tales, the reader is exposed not just to the theory of Buddhist philosophy and practice but also to what it looks like from the inside. From enchanting, now-lost kingdoms in Asia to the American workplace where a practitioner is profitably applying the dharma, Adventures with the Buddha is a tour de force across nations, generations, and, ultimately, spirituality."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Jeffery Paine is the author of Reenchantment and Father India and is the editor of The Poetry of Our World. He is former literary editor of The Wilson Quarterly and lives in Washington, DC.
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"...Paine's critically acclaimed book tells the story of Tibet's surprising recent incursion in to the West's consciousness..." Publishing News "...a fascinating account..." Ed Halliwell, The Observer "Paine's page-turner of a book is full of the uncanny, the extraordinary and mysterious, although he's careful to frame it in a way that the rationalist and secular reader will not object to." Independent on Sunday "...an excellent introduction..." The Times Higher Education Supplement"
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0393327469
- ISBN 13 9780393327465
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages410
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