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Re Enchantment by Jeffery Paine

Re Enchantment

Jeffery Paine

W W Norton · Hardcover · December 30, 2003

The colorful tale of the successful flowering of an obscure, ancient Eastern sect in the modern world.

Buddhist ThoughtTibetan BuddhismBuddhist History
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Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist History, Buddhist Thought
Published
W W Norton, December 30, 2003

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The colorful tale of the successful flowering of an obscure, ancient Eastern sect in the modern world. In a single generation, Tibetan Buddhism developed from the faith of a remote mountain people, associated with bizarre, almost medieval, superstitions, to perhaps the most rapidly growing and celebrity-studded religion in the West.

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Disaffected with other religious traditions yet searching for meaning, huge numbers of Americans have found their way to the wisdom of Tibetan lamas in exile. Earthy, humorous, commonsensical, and eccentric, these flamboyant teacherslarger-than-life characters like Lama Yeshe and Chogyma Trungpaproved to be charismatic and gifted ambassadors for their ancient religion. So did two Western women, born in Brooklyn and London's East End, whose homegrown religious intuitions turned out to be identical with the most sophisticated Tibetan teachings, revealing them to be reincarnated lamas. With great flair for both the sublime and the human, Jeffrey Paine narrates in page-turning, richly informative fashion how Tibetan Buddhismrarified and sensual, mystical and commonsensicalbecame the ideal religion for a "post-religious" age. 15 photographs. Read more

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Tibetan Buddhism96%
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Buddhist Thought31%

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  • Religion & Spirituality
Authors
Jeffery Paine
Publisher
W W Norton
Published
December 30, 2003
Format
Hardcover
Reading lane
Religion & Spirituality