[Buddha-l] travel writing - Nine Lives

[tccahill]

Just a plug for a good book by a travel writer:

Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
by W. Dalrymple

There's a great story about a Tibetan monk who fled in 1959
--only to wind up in the Indian Army for an entire career. 
That story was circulated separately about 8 months back.  
The book opens with a fascinating story about a Jain nun
whose co-nun friend performed the sallekhana ritual. Beyond
the Tibetan monk's take, not much about Buddhism.

best,
Tim Cahill



Timothy C. Cahill
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Religious Studies
Loyola University New Orleans
6363 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, LA  70118