Journeys of transformation: searching for no-self in western Buddhist travel narratives

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND AUTHOR'S NOTE -- INTRODUCTION: A LITERARY GENRE AND SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SELF-TRANSFORMATION -- 1. THE ORIGINS OF THE GENRE: JOHN BLOFELD AND LAMA GOVINDA -- 2. PETER MATTHIESSEN'S THE SNOW LEOPARD AND NINE-HEADED DRAGON RIVER -- 3. IN A ZEN MONASTERY: AMBIGUOUS FAILUR...

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Main Author: Barbour, John D. 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge New York, NY Melbourne, VIC New Delhi Singapore Cambridge University Press 2022
In:Year: 2022
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Western world / Buddhist / Asia
Further subjects:B Buddhism Doctrines
B Sunyata
B Travel description
B Spiritual Life Buddhism
B Buddhism / RELIGION / Buddhist) / General (see also PHILOSOPHY
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