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  <title><![CDATA[A Journey in Ladakh: Encounters with Buddhism]]></title>
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  <default_description>Now considered a classic among readers interested in Tibetan Buddhism and pilgrimages of the spirit of all kinds, A Journey in Ladakh is Andrew Harvey's spiritual travelogue of his arduous journey to one of the most remote parts of the world--the highest, least populated region in India, cut off by snow for six months each year. Buddhists have meditated in the mountains of Ladakh since three centuries before Christ, and it is there that the purest form of Tibetan Buddhism is still practiced today.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although categorized under travel writing, this book transcends the genre as it is commonly understood.  It details the travels of Andrew Harvey to the remote areas of India where he seeks to understand and practice Tibetan Buddhism. The narrator is honest and sincere in his approach and allows the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41785788">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fantastic everyday description of what Buddhism is and what the experience of practicing is like.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[the book that introduced me to travel writing and one of the best.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Inspired me to go to Ladakh]]></body>
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