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Lost Horizon
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Right. So I read this book uh Lost Horizon by James Hilton, and he talked about the Himalayan Utopia of Shangri-La, and that sounds really cool.
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So it became this this is where Shangala comes from lost horizon all this is that all the myths about Asia crossed the Himalayas and and remained there in Tibet until 1959 when the Daly Lama came out.
And I, at the age of 14, was reading a book called Lost Horizon. And it was about this mythical place called Shangri-La, where people don't age and where they don't die.
Deepak Chopra On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Jul 2021 Where and when it comes up
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Lost Horizon by James Hilton is a classic novel that explores the legendary Himalayan utopia of Shangri-La. Josh Clark on Stuff You Should Know discussed reading the book and noted that Franklin D. Roosevelt famously read it to find inspiration when renaming a presidential retreat. Later, Donald S. Lopez Jr. on Conversations with Tyler referenced the novel while examining how romanticized Western myths about Asia and Tibet crossed the Himalayas and persisted until the mid-twentieth century. Additionally, Deepak Chopra on On Purpose with Jay Shetty shared that he encountered Hilton's work at the age of fourteen, explaining how reading about the mythical place where people never age or die profoundly shaped his early interest in storytelling and writing. The novel continues to resonate as a powerful symbol of escapism and spiritual longing in modern culture.
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Deepak Chopra And I, at the age of 14, was reading a book called Lost Horizon. And it was about this mythical place calle… 1
“And I, at the age of 14, was reading a book called Lost Horizon. And it was about this mythical place called Shangri-La, where people don't age and where they don't die.”
Donald S. Lopez Jr. So it became this this is where Shangala comes from lost horizon all this is that all the myths about Asia… 1
“So it became this this is where Shangala comes from lost horizon all this is that all the myths about Asia crossed the Himalayas and and remained there in Tibet until 1959 when the Daly Lama came out.”
Josh Clark Right. So I read this book uh Lost Horizon by James Hilton, and he talked about the Himalayan Utopia of Sha… 1
“Right. So I read this book uh Lost Horizon by James Hilton, and he talked about the Himalayan Utopia of Shangri-La, and that sounds really cool.”