Ultimate journey

retracing the path of an ancient Buddhist monk who crossed Asia in search of enlightenment

1st ed.

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Ultimate journey

retracing the path of an ancient Buddhist monk who crossed Asia in search of enlightenment

1st ed.

"Richard Bernstein's story of his long journey through Asia is at once a memoir of adventurous travel and a record of cultural discovery and spiritual quest.".

"In the year 629, a greatly revered Chinese Buddhist monk, Hsuan Tsang, set out across Asia in search of the Buddhist Truth, to settle what he called the "perplexities of my mind." Nearly a millenium and a half later, Richard Bernstein retraces the monk's steps: from the Tang dynasty capital at Xian through ancient Silk Road oases, over forbidding mountain passes to Tashkent, Samarkand, and the Amu-Darya River, across Pakistan to the holiest cities of India - and back.".

"Ultimate Journey is a vivid, profoundly felt account of two stirring adventures - one in the past and one in the present - in pursuit of illumination."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Language
English
Pages
352

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
294.3/92, B
Library of Congress
BQ8149.H787 B47 2001

The Physical Object

Pagination
352 p. :
Number of pages
352

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3963260M
Internet Archive
ultimatejourneyr00bern_0
ISBN 10
0375400095
LCCN
2001267521
OCLC/WorldCat
46474278
LibraryThing
28225
Goodreads
2429259

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2355855W

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