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Khache Phalu's Advice on the Art of Living was based on three Persian classics that were then taught in Mosque schools in Tibet: Gulistan, Bostan and Pantanama. But a close study indicates that the work is not an imitation of Persian classics, neither in its style nor in its content. To be sure it is not the classic written by a highly-educated lama or an aristocrat who are the usual authors of the "Great Tradition". Kha-che Phalu'i rNam thar ...
The very mention of Tibet evokes in the mind of the reader the image of a nation perilously situated in a geo-political matrix caught in the crossfire of history. However, this book reaches beyond immediate history to narrate Tibet's fascinating story of multiple traditions overlaid with legend, folklore, religious ceremony and festivals, and a natural beauty which leaves the onlooker breathless. The history of the periods prior to and following the emergence of ...