A Step Away from Paradise: A Tibetan Lamas Extraordinary Journey to a Land of Immortality

Then you will continually have the confidence of fearlessness and you can then try to open the Great Door of the Hidden Place. The place, a far-off corner of the Himalayas long fabled in Tibetan tradition A Step Away from Paradise: Into the Rabbit Hole.

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The Place of the Female Cannibal. Sacrifices Sponsors and Caves. A Tibetan Lama's Extraordinary Journey to a land With an ear for unusual stories, the fortune to attract them, and an eye for detail, he has travelled the planet's mountainous realms-from the Mayan Highlands of southern Mexico in the midst of insurrection to the mountains of Greece, and more recently, to the Indian Himalayas-to collect, illustrate, and write stories with a uniquely personal character, often having the flavour of fable.

Shor has lectured widely on his writings and has had solo exhibits of his photographs in Europe and India. He can often be found in the most obscure locales, immersed in a compelling story touching upon fundamental human themes. The story recalls and evokes one of humanity's oldest aspirations—that of finding a stairway to paradise Kindle Edition , pages.

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A Step Away From Paradise: A Tibetan Lama's Extraordinary Journey to a land of Immortality

Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Jul 30, Suvarghya Dutta rated it it was amazing. Being born in Bengal and having visited Sikkim numerous times, I had always been very intrigued by the wrathful expressions of the various deities in the Sikkimese monasteries. Pemayangtze, at Pelling held me spellbound as I tried to get deeper and deeper into the interpretation and understanding of the expressions.

I trekked to Goecha La, which starts from Yuksom spelt in the book as Yoksum, which may also be the correct one , West Sikkim and goes right upto what may be described as 'next to' Being born in Bengal and having visited Sikkim numerous times, I had always been very intrigued by the wrathful expressions of the various deities in the Sikkimese monasteries. I trekked to Goecha La, which starts from Yuksom spelt in the book as Yoksum, which may also be the correct one , West Sikkim and goes right upto what may be described as 'next to' the third highest mountain of the world, Mt Khangchendzonga.

This book, it is a gem and it provided me with so many of the answers that I had been desperately seeking, and it provides further references to take my study forward. The language is lucid, the kind of research and analysis done by the author is stupendous. The effort that has gone behind the making of this book and the patience involved is almost infinite.

I thank the author from the core of my heart for presenting us with this really good book which presents a 'historical' documentary in such a lucidly written and gripping flow of events. The concept of Beyul, where I was redirected while surfing about Shangri La, is so pleasantly reflected in this book, along with the alternative theories is a knowledge seeker's and even a light-reader's delight. This book has sparked in me the need to know Sikkim better, to know Padmasambhava better, to understand the concepts of Tibetan Buddhism and try to understand the wrathful deities.

I am thankful to the author for setting me on this path through further readings, books whereof I have already requested and eagerly awaiting their arrival.

Natasha Sander. Interview with Thomas K. Shor | Drupal

Note to the publisher: The editing could have been slightly improved with some spellchecks and capitalization consistency check. But then they hardly matter as the subject itself is so interesting and so beautifully interpreted, that I was sucked into the book.

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It was difficult and saddening to realize that the book has ended as I wanted to keep reading more and more and I can only request the author to kindly compile a second continuation on the subject of Beyul and its search. Read it, this is a GOOD book.