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Lucas I was obsessed from the beginning. And once I have an obsession. It's best you don't get in my way. Chanel I tried to stay away. He was the one who was whispered about on the streets. The viper that, once he had a taste, would hunt you down and collect you. And Lucas liked to collect things. One of those things was me. Sinful Hands is Book 1 in the Chanel & Lucas duet, and is part of the Chained Hearts Duet world.
Tibetan Buddhism teaches compassion toward all beings, a category that explicitly includes animals. Slaughtering animals is morally problematic at best and, at worst, completely incompatible with a religious lifestyle. Yet historically most Tibetans—both monastic and lay—have made meat a regular part of their diet. In this study of the place of vegetarianism within Tibetan religiosity, Geoffrey Barstow explores the tension between Buddhist ethics and Tibetan cultural norms to offer a novel perspective on the spiritual and social dimensions of meat eating. Food of Sinful Demons shows the centrality of vegetarianism to the cultural history of Tibet through specific ways in which nonreligious norms and ideals shaped religious beliefs and practices. Barstow offers a detailed analysis of the debates over meat eating and vegetarianism, from the first references to such a diet in the tenth century through the Chinese invasion in the 1950s. He discusses elements of Tibetan Buddhist thought—including monastic vows, the Buddhist call to compassion, and tantric antinomianism—that see meat eating as morally problematic. He then looks beyond religious attitudes to examine the cultural, economic, and environmental factors that oppose the Buddhist critique of meat, including Tibetan concepts of medicine and health, food scarcity, the display of wealth, and idealized male gender roles. Barstow argues that the issue of meat eating was influenced by a complex interplay of factors, with religious perspectives largely supporting vegetarianism while practical concerns and secular ideals pulled in the other direction. He concludes by addressing the surge in vegetarianism in contemporary Tibet in light of evolving notions of Tibetan identity and resistance against the central Chinese state. The first book to discuss this complex issue, Food of Sinful Demons is essential reading for scholars interested in Tibetan religion, history, and culture as well as global food history.
The Sinful Woman is a beautiful illustration of repentance. A woman with a past, finds her way to Jesus' feet and collapses in spite of all the obstacles and hurdles that have been laid before her. This is a woman on a mission. Judgments, labels, past hurts and sins do not stand in her way. She latches onto Christ's unconditional love and forgiveness. She becomes broken. A beautiful brokenness that sees joy and hope in the midst of suffering and pain. A brokenness that can see Jesus Christ reaching out a hand of love and forgiveness through the tears in her eyes. She finds a Jesus that will love her right where she is at. The woman looked at as a Sinner, rises up no longer to be looked at as the Sinful Woman she once was but as the woman God intended her to be. She becomes Victorious.
Jeev is a lonely intellect who nurtures a love affair with fooduntil he meets the beautiful Mansha one night while attending a festival celebration. He is immediately captivated by the woman blessed with honeyed lips, flowing black hair, and sacred eyes. When Jeev and Mansha fall in love, there is nothing unusual or special about their relationship. Perfect and pure in each others eyes, they simply need to be together. But as they prepare to begin their life in New Delhi together, their road to happiness becomes marred. When Jeevs blind devotion raises Mansha from the ranks of an ordinary mortal and places her onto a pedestal reserved for the Gods, even he has no idea of the power she now has over him. In this modern tale of love, which breaks the barriers of worldly expectations and soars into the skies of selfless spirituality, a young man who worships a beautiful woman learns that his destiny is not his to decide.