Bones of the master: a journey to secret Mongolia
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Publisher:
Bantam Books
Pub. Date:
2001
Edition:
Bantam trade pbk. ed
Language:
English
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A monk, Tsung Tsai, persuades his American neighbor, George Crane, to travel with him back to his birthplace at the edge of the Gobi Desert from which in 1959 he escaped the Red Army toops that destroyed his monastery, sustained by his mission to carry on the teachings of his Buddhist meditation master, who was too old to leave with his disciple. This is the story of their journey.
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9780553379082
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Buddhist monks -- China -- Biography
China -- Description and travel
China -- Social conditions
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China -- Description and travel
China -- Social conditions
Tsung-tsai, -- 1925-
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Buddhist monks
Description and travel
Social conditions
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Social conditions
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