Download or read book Adventures in Mongolia written by James Gilmour and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adventures in Mongolia written by James Gilmour and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI. MONGOLIAN BUDDHISM. Buddhism as it exists now in Mongolia--Power of Buddhism over its votaries--Noble ideas it has given the Mongols-- Immortality of the soul--Ten black sins--Five Zabsar ugwei sins -- Rewards and punishments--Humanity-- Heaven and Hell--Power of prayer--Adaptation to the capacity of its votaries--Motives are recognized--Resemblances between Buddhism and Christianity--Buddhism hinders material prosperity; by the number of lamas; by its arrogant self-sufficiency--Hinders learning--Oppression exercised by the lamas--Deceit practised by them--The living Buddha system--The lama system a curse; to the lamas themselves; to the people generally--Buddhism has no intelligent worship--Buddhistic worship is debasing--Buddhistic good works often do harm--Buddhism makes men sin in actions which are indifferent--Buddhism fails to produce holiness--Buddhism is a usurper. THIS chapter does not profess to give a systematic account of Buddhism. On that subject numerous and learned treatises have been written, with which most people are more or less familiar. What I propose here to do, is to consider the superficial aspects of Buddhism--the practical part of it, as embodied in the life and habits of the Mongols at the present day. One of the first things the missionary notices in coming into contact with the Mongols, is the completeness of the sway exercised over them by their religion. Meet a Mongol on the road, and the probability is, that he is saying his prayers and counting his heads as he rides along. Ask him where he is going and on what errand, as the custom is, and likely he will tell you he is going to some shrine to worship. Follow him to the temple, and there you will find him one of a company with dust-marked...
Download or read book Adventures in Mongolia written by James Gilmour and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Mongolian Adventure written by Henning Haslund and published by Long Riders Guild Press. This book was released on 2001-08-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the kind of country that sheltered nomads and harbored renegades. It was wild. It free. It was Mongolia in the early 1920s, that legendary magnet for foot-loose sons of the horizon like Henning Haslund. Descended from a 19th Century Danish explorer, when young Haslund reached Mongolia in 1923 he discovered a lost equestrian world left largely untouched since the Middle Ages. Cruel Buriat warlords ruled a vast grass covered kingdom inhabited by freedom-loving Mongols, tight-lipped Russian mercenaries and the human riff-raff of a dozen countries. It was a world where traditions of poetry and hospitality ran side by side with extreme cruelty. Into this realm of horsemen rode Haslund Henning. He originally planned to journey to Mongolia to help other Danes set up an agricultural cooperative. Yet the dust of the steppes got into his blood. There was always some reason not to return to the boring safety of Europe, some horse to ride, some legend to explore. Mongolian Adventure is Haslund s story of these early adventures. It is an epic tale inhabited by a cast of characters no longer present in this lackluster world, shamans who set themselves on fire, rebel leaders who sacked towns, and wild horsemen whose ancestors conquered the world. Amply illustrated, it remains a classic of equestrian adventure.
Download or read book Girl Forward written by Heather Wallace and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-16 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "She did what? Where?" When I tell people I traveled to Mongolia for a horse race my family and friends struggled to understand. Who can blame them? In early 2018 I was struggling to dissolve the business I shared with a friend and partner. Always striving to be positive, I focused on creating a new solo business and rebranding my blog into The Timid Rider. In starting over, I found the opportunity to travel to Mongolia with The Gobi Desert Cup, an endurance horse race over 480 kilometers in six days and on Mongolian horses. Here I was, a mother of three struggling to build a business for herself. Yet now I had an opportunity to travel across the world for several weeks away from everything and everyone who was important. I don't camp, I don't take normally take risks, and I don't speak Mongolian. Yet, I never doubted for a second that I needed to do this. I knew from the very start this would be a journey of self-discovery. I didn't know it would change my life.
Download or read book Adventures in Mongolia Scholar s Choice Edition written by James Gilmour and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-18 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Tents in Mongolia written by Henning Haslund and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1934: This book describes his adventures and experiences among the Nomads of Central Asia.
Download or read book On the Trail of Genghis Khan written by Tim Cope and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The personal tale of an Australian adventurer's tragedy and triumph that is packed with historical insights. On the Trail of Genghis Khan is at once a celebration of and an elegy for an ancient way of life. Supported by an epic Australian and New Zealand Tour.
Download or read book Lost in Mongolia written by Colin Angus and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2003-09-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Yenisey’s headwaters in the wild heart of central Asia to its mouth on the Arctic Ocean, Colin Angus and his fellow adventurers travel 5,500 kilometres of one of the world’s most dangerous rivers through remotest Mongolia and Siberia, and live to tell about it. Exploration is Colin Angus’ calling. It is not only the tug of excitement and challenge that keeps sending him on death-defying journeys down some of the world’s most powerful waterways, it is a desire to know a place more intimately than you could from the window of a train, to feel the soul of a place. Angus emphasizes that rivers have always been key to the development of complex societies and the rise of civilizations, offering as they do irrigation, transportation, hydroelectric power, and food. But, as Lost in Mongolia captures with breathtaking detail, while they giveth plenty, the great rivers also taketh away in an instant. In Lost in Mongolia, Colin Angus takes readers through never-before-seen territory and his wonderful sense of adventure and humour come through on every page.
Download or read book Adventures in Mongolia Selections from Among the Mongols Etc With Five Illustrations written by James GILMOUR (Missionary in Mongolia.) and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Tour in Mongolia written by Mrs. Beatrix M. Gull and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book More Travels and Adventures in Mongolia written by Henning Haslund and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Tour in Mongolia Classic Reprint written by Beatrix Bulstrode and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Tour in Mongolia Adventure, considering the state of Mongolia at the time. What they saw Mrs. Gull describes in her own taking manner, and I need not say more about her book than that it is full of enlightenment as regards the character of both people and country. Mongolia is one of the few remaining great backwaters of the world, neglected because so remote from the sea and the civilisation arising out of marine communication. Nevertheless, through Mongolia, at no distant date, must be constructed that line which will link China with the Siberia Railway, and constitute part of the great trunk route joining Europe with the Far East. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book More Travels and Adventures in Mongolia written by Henning Haslund and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Tour in Mongolia written by Beatrix Bulstrode and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 1920 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Primary Sources Historical Collections written by James Gilmour and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this gripping travel narrative, James Gilmour recounts his journeys through the remote and little-understood land of Mongolia. With a foreword by T.S. Wentworth, it offers a vivid portrait of life among the nomads of this fascinating region, as well as insights into the complex political and cultural forces at play in the 19th century. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Adventures in Mongolia Illustrated written by James Gilmour (Missionary in Mongolia.) and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
