Nine lives: in search of the sacred in modern India
ASIAN HISTORY. A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve herself t...
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| Medienart: | Druck Bild |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Veröffentlicht: |
London
Bloomsbury
2016
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| In: | Jahr: 2016 |
| Ausgabe: | Paperback edition |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Indien
/ Hindu
/ Religionsausübung
/ Geschichte 2000-2100
B Indien / Hinduismus / Religiöses Leben / Geschichte 2000-2100 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
India
Religious life and customs
B Social Conditions B India Social conditions B India |
| Zusammenfassung: | ASIAN HISTORY. A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve herself to death. Nine people, nine lives; each one taking a different religious path, each one an unforgettable story. William Dalrymple delves deep into the heart of a nation torn between the relentless onslaught of modernity and the ancient traditions that endure to this day |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physische Details: | xviii, 284 Seiten, 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4088-7819-4 1-4088-7819-4 978-1-4088-0061-4 1-4088-0061-6 |
