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Tales of Tibet: Sky Burials, Wind Horses and Prayer Wheels

Tales of Tibet: Sky Burials, Wind Horses and Prayer Wheels

by Herbert J. Batt (Editor)  •  Tsering Shakya (Introduction)

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A collection of short fiction by contemporary Tibetan authors, translated from Tibetan and Chinese. The stories, many imbued with a Buddhist perspective, depict traditional ritual and rites. Tsering Shakya (author of The Dragon in the Land of Snows) provides the foreword.  (TBT57, $33.95)


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