Nine Lives: In Search Of The Sacred In Modern India by William Dalrymple

Nine Lives: In Search Of The Sacred In Modern India

William Dalrymple

304 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction religion short stories travel challenging informative slow-paced
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A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her...

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