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9780143036029
Heart of the World A Journey to Tibet's Lost Paradise
by Baker, Ian, Dalai Lama XIV
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- ISBN-13: 9780143036029
- ISBN: 0143036025
- Publication Date: 2006
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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"The Heart of the World" recounts an extraordinary journey into one of the most inaccessible places on earth, and a pilgrimage to the heart of Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetan prophecies proclaim that the greatest of "beyul," or mystical sanctuaries, lies at the eastern edge of the Himalayas, veiled by a colossal waterfall in the forbidding Tsangpo gorge. After years of investigation, world-class climber and Buddhist scholar Ian Baker and his "National Geographic"sponsored team made worldwide news by finding a magnificent 108-foot-high waterfallthe legendary grail of both Western explorers and Tibetan pilgrims.Baker, Ian is the author of 'Heart of the World A Journey to Tibet's Lost Paradise', published 2006 under ISBN 9780143036029 and ISBN 0143036025.
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