The Book of Tibetan Elders (1996)

by Sandy Johnson

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Sandy Johnson traveled the world to gather the life stories and teachings of Tibetan doctors, the state oracle, the great women masters--the entire range of culture. Here her journey unfolds in vivid detail, as she shares the powerful stories and remarkable secrets of teachers and doctors, told in their own voices. The Book of Tibetan Elders is an unprecedented chronicle of some of the world's most precious wisdom, and a rare documentation of a group of spiritual teachers on the brink of extinction.… (more)

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Sandy Johnson traveled the world to gather the life stories and teachings of Tibet's exiled elders: the doctors, the state oracle, and the great women masters, among others. Here her journey unfolds in vivid detail, as she shares the remarkable secrets of these teachers, told in their own voices. The Book of Tibetan Elders is an unprecedented chronicle of some of the world's most precious wisdom, and a rare documentation of a group of spiritual teachers on the brink of extinction.

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1996

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This book is dedicated to His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and to the heroic people of Tibet.

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Though so many great teachers have left Tibet, I thought I had to begin there.

Introduction: In 1990 I had an experience that to this day continues to baffle me.

Foreword: Almost all the people who tell their stories in this book were, like myself, born in Tibet.

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Hillerman, Tony

McLuhan, T.C.

Matthiessen, Peter

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Sandy Johnson traveled the world to gather the life stories and teachings of Tibetan doctors, the state oracle, the great women masters--the entire range of culture. Here her journey unfolds in vivid detail, as she shares the powerful stories and remarkable secrets of teachers and doctors, told in their own voices. The Book of Tibetan Elders is an unprecedented chronicle of some of the world's most precious wisdom, and a rare documentation of a group of spiritual teachers on the brink of extinction.

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