The Way of the White Clouds

About this book

Lama Anagarika Govinda was one of the last foreigners to journey through Tibet before the Chinese invasion of 1950. A devoted Buddhist and a spokesman for Tibetan culture Govindas luminous and candid account is a spectacular poetic story ofand a sensitive interpretation ofTibetan traditions. The Way of the White Clouds is one the twentieth centurys classic spiritual autobiographies and an invaluable document about a place and a way of thinking that is virtually defined by its mysteries. Robert Thurmans perceptive introduction places Govindas writings in historical context and opens a new door to understanding Tibet Buddhism and a man who Thurman remarks is "undoubtedly one of the Wests greatest minds of the twentieth century right up there with Einstein Heisenberg Wittgenstein Solzhenitsyn Gandhi and the Dalai Lama."