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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
| Date: |
06 Mar 2005 04:04:53 AM |
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Shangri-La |
Paradise found
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/story.jsp?story=3D616535
The Tsangpo river cuts into the Himalayas to form the world's deepest
chasm. At its heart, according to Buddhist texts, lies the fabled land
of Shangri-La. Ian Baker was the first (and possibly last) westerner to
explore this hidden realm, and to discover its extraordinary secret
06 March 2005
For Tibetans, paradise was never lost, just well hidden. Scrolls
attributed to an 8th-century Buddhist sage describe remote sanctuaries
called beyul, secret or hidden lands, deep in the Himalayas where
animals and plants are credited with miraculous powers, aging is
slowed, and enlightenment can easily be attained. The greatest of these
beyul, which inspired these antecedents to the myth of Shangri-La, is
said to lie in the heart of Tibet's Tsangpo Gorge, near the bottom of
the earth's deepest chasm.
The innermost reaches of the Tsangpo Gorge have remained an enigma for
centuries. Despite concerted efforts during the British Raj to
penetrate its depths, no expedition had ever succeeded, and the area
remained as one British field officer had described it, "one of the
earth's last secret places".
Shangri-La
http://news.google.com/news?tab=3Dgn&q=3D%22Shangri-La%22&num=3D100&hl=3Den=
&lr=3D&safe=3Doff&
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n&lr=3D&ie=3DUTF-8&sa=3DN
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=3Den&cat=3Dgwd%2FTop
http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=3D%22Shangri-La%22&start=3D0&scoring=
=3Dd&num=3D100&hl=3Den&lr=3D&safe=3Doff&
Ian Baker
http://news.google.com/news?tab=3Dgn&q=3D%22Ian%20Baker%22&num=3D100&hl=3De=
n&lr=3D&safe=3Doff&
http://www.google.com/search?tab=3Dnw&q=3D%22Ian+Baker%22&num=3D100&hl=3Den=
&lr=3D&ie=3DUTF-8&sa=3DN
http://www.google.com/search?q=3D%22Ian+Baker%22&btnG=3DGoogle+Search&hl=3D=
en&cat=3Dgwd%2FTop
http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=3D%22Ian+Baker%22&start=3D0&scoring=
=3Dd&num=3D100&hl=3Den&lr=3D&safe=3Doff&
Tibet
http://groups-beta.google.com/=ADgroup/alt.atheism/msg/1d18508c152a0878
Is the wakening giant a monster?
http://tinyurl.com/iws6
A Blueprint for the Future=20
http://snipurl.com/a684
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