Paul G. Hackett

Theos Bernard, the White Lama

Tibet, Yoga, and American Religious Life

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Produktbeschreibung

In 1937, Theos Casimir Bernard (1908-1947), the self-proclaimed White Lama, became the third American in history to reach Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. During his stay, he amassed the largest collection of Tibetan texts, art, and artifacts in the Western hemisphere at that time. He also documented, in both still photography and 16mm film, the age-old civilization of Tibet on the eve of its destruction by Chinese Communists. Based on thousands of primary sources and rare archival materials, White Lama recounts the real story behind the purported adventures of this iconic figure and his role in Americas religious counterculture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 520
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 160mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 812g
• ISBN-13: 9780231158862
• ISBN-10: 0231158866
• Artikelnr.: 34739025

Autorenporträt

Paul G. Hackett

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Life in the Desert
2. New York and New Mexico
3. Two Parallel Paths (I)
4. Two Parallel Paths (II)
5. On Holy Ground
6. Pretense and Pretext: Studies in India
7. A Well-Trodden Path: Studies in Darjeeling and Sikkim
8. Tibet, Tantrikas, and the Hero of Chaksam Ferry
9." The Clipper Ship of the Imagination"
10. Yoga on Fifth Avenue
11. Tibetland and the Penthouse of the Gods
12. To Climb the Highest Mountains
13. The Aftermath
14. Postscript: The View from Ki, Sixty Years Later
Notes
Bibliography
Index