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The Lama knows : a Tibetan legend is born / Robert B. Ekvall ; foreword to 1981 edition by L. L. Langness.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Novato, California : Chandler & Sharp Publishers, 1981Copyright date: 1979Edition: First Chandler & Sharp editionDescription: xvi, 127 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0883165414 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813.54 23
LOC classification:
  • PS3509.K8 L3 1981
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In this fascinating book, Robert B. Ekvall has managed that which has typically been unmanageable. He has given us not only a suspenseful, unusual and well-crafted story, but also, without didacticism, an insightful view of another culture. Set in mysterious Tibet, where the author lived with the Tibetans for many years, written in a style that conveys even the nuances of Tibetan thought, Ekvall skilfully moves us along the twilight zone separating phenomenal existence and the world of illusion and belief. We are allowed to see a Tibetan legend in the making and to understand the process of legend-making in the context of Tibetan views of time, space, and causation. But it is far more than a book on folklore or the tale of a Tibetan folk hero. The discerning reader will comprehend much about Tibetan social organization, politics and religion, as well as about the relationships between those institutions.

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