The Way To Shambhala

By Edwin Bernbaum,

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Investigates the myth of Shambhala, a Tibetan kingdom surrounded by mountains, where Buddhist priests preserve the best of art, literature, and science against a time when war will destroy the world

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It is eminently possible that author James Hilton modelled his Shangri-La hideaway on the Tibetan realm of Shambhala. The two fabled realms share a lot in common. There are several Tibetan versions of the legend of Shambhala, but they run in the same pattern. Somewhere to the north of India is a kingdom ringed by impenetrable snowcapped mountains. In this sanctuary, poverty, hunger, crime, and sickness are unknown, and people live a hundred years. In the city of Kalapa, there is a glittering palace where sacred teachings are kept.

In a future several hundred years from now, the world will…

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