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BL
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980251
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b734621
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| Main Entry
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Walker, Vanessa.
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| Title & Author
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Mantras misdemeanours : : an accidental love story /\ Vanessa Walker.
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| Publication Statement
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Crows Nest, NSW :: Allen & Unwin,, 2006.
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (293 pages)
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| ISBN
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1741154901
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: 9781741154900
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Foreword by The Dalai Lama; Contents; Preface: Ants Across the World; 1 My Himalayan Obsession; 2 Moving on Up; 3 When First We Meet; 4 Choying's Escape; 5 The Devil in the Detail; 6 Divine Governance; 7 Of Marriage and Money; 8 A Belly Full; 9 Mela Madness; 10 Beauty and the Brutality; 11 Realised Women; 12 Buddha Air; 13 Respite in a Maroon-coloured World; 14 The Looming End; 15 The Reluctant Rinpoche and Long Goodbyes; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; References.
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| Abstract
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When Vanessa Walker stepped off a dusty bus into McLeod Ganj (the home of the Dalai Lama) she was hoping to discover what lies at the heart of Buddhism. She never expected to fall in love, or to have a baby with a disrobed Tibetan monk. But sometimes karma can play funny tricks on a girl ...
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Walker, Vanessa-- Travel-- India-- Himachal Pradesh.
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Walker, Vanessa.
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Exiles-- China-- Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Exiles.
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TRAVEL.
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Travel.
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Himachal Pradesh (India), Biography.
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Himachal Pradesh (India), Description and travel.
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China, Tibet Autonomous Region.
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India, Himachal Pradesh.
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| Dewey Classification
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915.452
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| LC Classification
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DS485.H5W35 2006eb
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| Parallel Title
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Mantras and misdemeanours
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