In the Circle of White Stones

Moving through Seasons with Nomads of Eastern Tibet

von Gillian G Tan

176 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This narrative of subsistence on the Tibetan plateau describes the life-worlds of people in a region traditionally known as Kham who move with their yaks from pasture to pasture, depending on the milk production of their herd for sustenance. Gillian Tan's story, based on her own experience of living through seasonal cycles with the people of Dora Karmo between 2006 and 2013, examines the community's powerful relationship with a Buddhist lama and their interactions with external agents of change. In showing how they perceive their environment and dwell in their world, Tan conveys a spare beauty that honors the stillness and rhythms of nomadic life.

• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Buddhismus Einzelne Gruppen Mahayana Buddhismus Tibetischer Buddhismus
• ISBN: 9780295999487
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2016
• Größe: 225 x 150 mm
• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Herausgegeben von: Stevan Harrell