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**QHdy5Z3A** · 02-02-2011, 09:53 PM

I tend to associate the word 'mysticism' with other religious traditions and New Age... ...and also with "Magic and Mystery in Tibet" and the books which first triggered the fascination with Tibetan Buddhism in the west

Me too, it was very easy in the beginning to get caught up in romantic notions of what eastern thought was all about; flying lamas, enlightened hermits, escaping from the mundane world, etc.

02-02-2011, 09:53 PM	#14
QHdy5Z3A Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 393 Senior Member	I tend to associate the word 'mysticism' with other religious traditions and New Age... ...and also with "Magic and Mystery in Tibet" and the books which first triggered the fascination with Tibetan Buddhism in the west Me too, it was very easy in the beginning to get caught up in romantic notions of what eastern thought was all about; flying lamas, enlightened hermits, escaping from the mundane world, etc.
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