Visions of Compassion
Subtitle: Western Scientists and Tibetan Buddhists Examine Human Nature
Contributors: Richard J. Davidson (Editor); Anne Harrington (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: November 12, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780195130430
First sentence: On the first southern slopes of the Himalayas, where the monsoon-soaked forest thins to shrub and meadow and rolling mist, a scattering of stone huts recedes up the mountain.