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Shangri-La

Poll: Where does the idea of Shangri-La come from?
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It's an ancient myth from Tibet or some other Eastern culture.
20.00%
 4 20.00%
It's a fictional construct that came from a more western culture.
45.00%
 9 45.00%
I have never heard of Shangri-La.
35.00%
 7 35.00%
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Shangri-La
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RE: Shangri-La
September 19, 2010 at 1:32 am
I'm taking a wild stab and betting its one of those western inventions like so-called "fortune cookies." I don't know tons about eastern culture (fairly well acquainted with philosophical Daoism, some Buddhism (mostly Zen), but I don't ever recall a place called Shangri-La being mentioned in any of my reading...
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Atheist Forums › Discussion › Off Topic v
Shangri-La

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Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 12:56 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Entropist - September 19, 2010 at 1:32 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 1:36 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 1:39 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Rayaan - September 19, 2010 at 1:46 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 1:46 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Entropist - September 19, 2010 at 2:00 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 2:04 am
RE: Shangri-La - by tackattack - September 19, 2010 at 7:54 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Dotard - September 19, 2010 at 10:21 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Paul the Human - September 19, 2010 at 10:37 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 7:37 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Entropist - September 19, 2010 at 7:54 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by theVOID - September 19, 2010 at 7:41 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 7:51 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by theVOID - September 19, 2010 at 7:54 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 8:00 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 8:20 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 8:22 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 8:25 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 9:07 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 10:20 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by theVOID - September 19, 2010 at 9:20 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by tackattack - September 19, 2010 at 10:12 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 10:56 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by Entropist - September 20, 2010 at 8:27 am
RE: Shangri-La - by Shell B - September 19, 2010 at 11:17 pm
RE: Shangri-La - by leo-rcc - September 20, 2010 at 5:49 am



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