Reenchantment PA

by Paine,Jeffrey

• ISBN13: 9780393326260
• ISBN10: 0393326268
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

The colorful tale of the successful flowering of an obscure, ancient Eastern sect in the modern world.

Author Biography

Jeffery Paine has written for most major national publications and has been judge of the Pulitzer Prize and vice president of the National Book Critics Circle. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Thousand Years in the Eye of God	p. 3
Tibet, Before
Was	p. 21
Worlds in Collision
Everyone Was Dear	p. 53
Playboy of the Gods	p. 78
Dakinis Descending a Staircase
A Tibetan Hermit, Made in England	p. 115
Interlude: An American in Tibet	p. 140
The Reincarnation with the Beautiful Fingernails	p. 144
Buddha: The Screen Test
Coming Attractions	p. 165
The Star	p. 183
In Search of the Ordinary: 3 Visits
Introduction	p. 209
The Buddhist Gatsby and a Modest Old Friend	p. 216
Into the Closet	p. 229
To Hell and to Jail	p. 241
Conclusion: For a Future to Be Possible	p. 253
Biographical Note and Acknowledgments	p. 263
Index	p. 267
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