Re-Enchantment

A gripping story that starts with Thomas Merton's visit to Tibet in 1968 at a time when very little was known about Tibetan Buddhism. It is startling to realise how far things have come in the intervening 35 years, during which time the Dalai Lama has emerged as one of the key spiritual teachers of our time. The story involves all the main characters and events, going back as far as Alexandra David-Neel's epic journey to Lhasa disguised as a Tibetan. Anyone interested in the understanding the historic process of Tibetan Buddhism coming to the West should read this masterly and entertaining