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THE YOGINS OF LADAKH: A Pilgrimage Among the Hermits of the Buddhist Himalayasby John Crook and James LowIn 1986 the authors investigated the meditational practices and philosophy of the yogins who live in the remote parts of Ladakh--adventurous journeys with these remarkable practitioners--an informative and enjoyable read. "I have read it cover to cover with enthusiasm! A great piece of social anthropology, never mind its quality as travel writing and its function as an eye opener on Tibetan yogic practices. It has a real sense of immediacy and experience as a travel book, never mind the rest!"--Robin Dunbar, Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, Liverpool University "Reading The Yogins of Ladakh was a confirmatory experience for me; like receiving a teaching and knowing its implication for practice immediately. Basically it's a confidence in knowing the process of meditation and in some way experiencing its relationship to what is written and said about it, the nature of the ego and the experience of experience itself. Somehow the valley floor has risen an inch!"--Dr. Eddy Street, Counselling and Clinical Psychologist, Cardiff "This book...is a serious attempt by two eminent scholars of anthropology, psychology and theology to unravel the mysteries of Buddhism in its most uncompromising form, and to make this intelligible and defensible to readers brought up in a Western intellectual culture....For those who seriously desire to penetrate the mind set of a Buddhist hermit, this book is likely to come as close to saying something meaningful as the written word allows. Those who persevere to the end will almost certainly want to go back to the beginning and start again."--John Ure, Times Literary Supplement, London | |
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