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Buddhas in disguise : deaf people of Nepal / Irene Taylor.
LIBRA HV2855.9 .T39 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Irene.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Deaf people--Nepal--Social conditions.
- Deaf people.
- Social conditions.
- Nepal--Description and travel.
- Nepal.
- Physical Description:
- 151 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 x 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego, Calif. : DawnSignPress, [1997]
- Summary:
- With compelling prose and probing photography, this remarkable book is a journey to the Himalayan valleys of Nepal, one of the most remote places in the world, to discover the Silent Ones -- the individuals and communities of deaf people who are isolated by silence in a nonliterate society. Striving to understand this mysterious culture, the author studied the dancing hands, learned to sign the language, and built a trusted intimacy with the Silent Ones that is both touching and fascinating. A Buddha in disguise in Nepalese tradition is a needy person who in a past life attained enlightenment and now appears to help others grow in compassion. The photographs and stories in the book will teach readers to show more compassion for those in the deaf community both in distant lands and in America.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 151).
- ISBN:
- 0915035596
- OCLC:
- 36364073
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