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T.H. Barrett

  • The Buddha of Brewer Street by Michael Dobbs
  • The Book of Tibetan Elders: Life Stories and Wisdom from the Great Spiritual Masters of Tibet by Sandy Johnson
  • The Art of Tibet by Robert Fisher
  • Tibetan Nation: A History of Tibetan Nationalism and Sino-Tibetan Relations by Warren Smith Jr.
  • The Way to Freedom by His Holiness The Dalai Lama
  • Awakening the Mind, Lightening the Heart by His Holiness The Dalai Lama
  • Kundun: A Biography of the Family of the Dalai Lama by Mary Craig

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T.H. Barrett teaches in the Department of the Study of Religions at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He is the author of Taoism under the T’ang.

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