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The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi

Vicki Mackenzie

Author : Vicki Mackenzie
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611804256

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The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi by Vicki Mackenzie Pdf

A fascinating biography of Freda Bedi, an English woman who broke all the rules of gender, race, and religious background to become both a revolutionary in the fight for Indian independence and then a Buddhist icon. She was the first Western woman to become a Tibetan Buddhist nun—but that pioneering ordination was really just one in a life full of revolutionary acts. Freda Bedi (1911–1977) broke the rules of gender, race, and religion—in many cases before it was thought that the rules were ready to be challenged. She was at various times a force in the struggle for Indian independence, spiritual seeker, scholar, professor, journalist, author, social worker, wife, and mother of four children. She counted among her friends, colleagues, and teachers Mohandas Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and many others. She was a woman of spiritual focus and compassion who was also not without contradictions. Vicki Mackenzie gives a nuanced view of Bedi and of the forces that shaped and motivated this complex and compelling figure.

The Lives of Freda

Andrew Whitehead

Author : Andrew Whitehead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9388874080

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The Lives of Freda by Andrew Whitehead Pdf

The extraordinary story of an Englishwoman who became Indian; a person born and raised at the heart of Empire who went to jail because she believed in a free India; a Christian girl who became a world renowned Bhiksuni, a Buddhist nun. From the moment she married a handsome young Sikh at a registry office in Oxford in 1933, Freda Bedi, née Houlston, regarded herself as Indian, even though it was another year before she set foot in the country. She was English by birth and upbringing--and Indian by marriage, cultural affinity and political loyalty. Later, she travelled the world as a revered Buddhist teacher, but India would remain her home to the end. The life of Freda Bedi is a remarkable story of multiple border crossings. Born in a middle-class home in provincial England, she became a champion of Indian nationalism, even serving time in jail in Lahore as a Satyagrahi. In Kashmir in the 1940s, while her husband B.P.L. Bedi drafted the 'New Kashmir' manifesto, she assisted underground left-wing Kashmiri nationalists, and joined a women's militia to defend Srinagar from invading Pakistani tribesmen. In 1959, she persuaded Nehru to give her a role coordinating efforts to help Tibetan refugees who came with the Dalai Lama and immersed herself in the project, setting up a nunnery and a school for young lamas. Some years later, she became the first western woman, and possibly the first woman ever, to receive full ordination as a Tibetan Buddhist nun. This meticulously researched and superbly written biography does perfect justice to Freda Bedi's extraordinary life. By interviewing her children and friends, and delving into the family's extensive archives of letters and recordings--as well as official records and newspaper archives--Andrew Whitehead paints a compelling picture of a woman who challenged barriers of nation, religion, race and gender, always remaining true to her strong sense of justice and equity.

Cave In The Snow

Vicki Mackenzie

Author : Vicki Mackenzie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-26
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781596918504

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Cave In The Snow by Vicki Mackenzie Pdf

This is the incredible story of Tenzin Palmo, a remarkable woman who spent 12 years alone in a cave 13,000 feet up in the Himalayas. At the age of 20, Diane Perry, looking to fill a void in her life, entered a monastery in India--the only woman amongst hundreds of monks---and began her battle against the prejudice that had excluded women from enlightenment for thousands of years. Thirteen years later, Diane Perry a.k.a. Tenzin Palmo secluded herself in a remote cave 13,000 feet up in the Himalayas, where she stayed for twelve years. In her mountain retreat, she face unimaginable cold, wild animals, floods, snow and rockfalls, grew her own food and slept in a traditional wooden meditation box, three feet square. She never lay down. Tenzin emerged from the cave with a determination to build a convent in northern India to revive the Togdenma lineage, a long-forgotten female spiritual elite. She has traveled around the world to find support for her cause, meeting with spiritual leaders from the Pope to Desmond Tutu. She agreed to tell her story only to Vicky Mackenzie and a portion of the royalties from this book will help towards the completion of her convent.

Rhymes for Ranga

Frida Bedi

Author : Frida Bedi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8184000367

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Rhymes for Ranga by Frida Bedi Pdf

Rhymes for Ranga is a delightful collection of poems about India. Written in the thirties and forties by an Englishwoman for her Indian son, they were created when she found that there were no Indian nursery rhymes in English to read to him. There are poems on festivals like Eid and Diwali, on Gandhi and old grannies, the Pir Panjal mountains and the golden mustard fields of Punjab, riding in bullock carts and flying kites during Basant. Charming and evocative, Rhymes for Ranga is a classic-a book all children will want to take to bed with them.

Stars at Dawn

Wendy Garling

Author : Wendy Garling
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611802658

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A contemporary and provocative examination of the life of the Buddha highlighting the influence of women from his journey to awakening through his teaching career--based on overlooked or neglected stories from ancient source material. In this retelling of the ancient legends of the women in the Buddha’s intimate circle, lesser-known stories from Sanskrit and Pali sources are for the first time woven into an illuminating, coherent narrative that follows his life from his birth to his parinirvana or death. Interspersed with original insights, fresh interpretations, and bold challenges to the status quo, the stories are both entertaining and thought-provoking—some may even appear controversial. Focusing first on laywomen from the time before the Buddha’s enlightenment—his birth mother and stepmother, his co-wives, and members of his harem when he was known as Prince Siddhartha—then moving on to the Buddha’s first female disciples, early nuns, and to female patrons, Wendy Garling invites us to open our minds to a new understanding of their roles.

Inseparable across Lifetimes

Namtrul Jigme Phuntsok,Khandro Tare Lhamo

Author : Namtrul Jigme Phuntsok,Khandro Tare Lhamo
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834841789

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Inseparable across Lifetimes by Namtrul Jigme Phuntsok,Khandro Tare Lhamo Pdf

A true story of love, separation, and rediscovery in a time of cultural and spiritual upheaval in Tibet. An inspiring and intimate tale set against the turmoil of recent Tibetan history, Inseparable across Lifetimes offers for the first time the translations of love letters between two modern Buddhist visionaries. The letters are poetic, affectionate, and prophetic, articulating a hopeful vision of renewal that drew on their past lives together and led to their twenty-year partnership. This couple played a significant role in restoring Buddhism in the region of Golok once China’s revolutionary fervor gave way to reform. Holly Gayley, who was given their correspondence by Namtrul Rinpoche himself, has translated their lives and letters in order to share their remarkable story with the world.

Himalaya

Ruskin Bond,Namita Gokhale

Author : Ruskin Bond,Namita Gokhale
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781611805901

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Himalaya by Ruskin Bond,Namita Gokhale Pdf

Intimate, exhilarating writings on adventure, meditation, and life in the captivating wildness of the Himalayan Mountains—with contributions from Amitav Ghosh, Mark Twain, Rabindranath Tagore, Peter Matthiessen, and more. For some, the Himalaya is a frontier against which people test themselves. Others find refuge and tranquility in the mountains, a place where they can seek their true selves, perhaps even God. Over millennia, the mountains have cradled civilization itself and nurtured teeming, irrepressible life. With over thirty essays, this exhilarating anthology offers a dazzling range of voices that reveal accounts of great ascents and descents—from reflecting on a deadly avalanche to searching for a snow leopard and enjoying the simple pleasure of riding a handcar down a railway track. These diverse writings bring to life the spirit of the Himalaya in an unparalleled panorama. Contributors include: Amitav Ghosh Mark Twain Rabindranath Tagore Peter Matthiessen Edmund Hillary Aleister Crowley Andrew Harvey Vicki Mackenzie Sarat Chandra Das H. A. Giles (Trans.) Jahangir Sven Hedin Frank S. Smythe Anil Yadav Jinasena Arundhathi Subramaniam Dharamvir Bharati Swami Vivekananda Rahul Sankrityayan Francis Younghusband Ruskin Bond Jemima Diki Sherpa Kirin Narayan Jawaharlal Nehru Abdul Wahid Radhu Jim Corbett Bill Aitken Hridayesh Joshi Dom Moraes Manjushree Thapa

The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk

Palden Gyatso

Author : Palden Gyatso
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802190000

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The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk by Palden Gyatso Pdf

“With this memoir by a ‘simple monk’ who spent 33 years in prisons and labor camps for resisting the Chinese, a rare Tibetan voice is heard.” —The New York Times Book Review Palden Gyatso was born in a Tibetan village in 1933 and became an ordained Buddhist monk at eighteen—just as Tibet was in the midst of political upheaval. When Communist China invaded Tibet in 1950, it embarked on a program of “reform” that would eventually affect all of Tibet’s citizens and nearly decimate its ancient culture. In 1967, the Chinese destroyed monasteries across Tibet and forced thousands of monks into labor camps and prisons. Gyatso spent the next twenty-five years of his life enduring interrogation and torture simply for the strength of his beliefs. Palden Gyatso’s story bears witness to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the strength of Tibet’s proud civilization, faced with cultural genocide. “To readers of this memoir, however untraveled, Tibet will never again seem remote or unfamiliar. . . . Gyatso reminds us that the language of suffering is universal.” —Library Journal “Has the ring of undeniable truth. . . . Palden Gyatso’s clear-sighted eloquence (in Tsering Shakya’s fluent translation) makes his tale even more engrossing.” —San Francisco Chronicle

A Step Away from Paradise

Thomas K. Shor

Author : Thomas K. Shor
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780143415466

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A Step Away from Paradise by Thomas K. Shor Pdf

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED... If Lewis Carroll had proclaimed the reality of Alice's Wonderland? What if he had gathered a following & launched an expedition? THE TRUE STORY OF A JOURNEY TO A FANTASTIC LAND IT WAS THE EARLY 1960s. The place, a far-off corner of the Himalayas long fabled in Tibetan tradition to be hiding a valley of immortality among its peaks and glaciers--a real-life Shangri-La. They waited generations for the prophesied lama to come, the one with the secret knowledge of how to 'open' the Hidden Land. Then, one day, he came. His name was Tulshuk Lingpa. THIS BOOK TELLS THE TRUE STORY of this charismatic visionary lama and his remarkable expedition. Against the wishes of the kings of both Sikkim and Nepal, he and over three hundred followers ventured up the snowy slopes of the third highest mountain of the planet. Their aim: to open a crack in the very fabric of reality and go to a land we would all wish to inhabit if it were only there--a land of peace and concord. FORTY YEARS LATER, the author spends over five years tracking down the surviving members of this extraordinary expedition. He deftly weaves their stories together with humor, wisdom, and scholarly research into Tibetan traditions of Hidden Lands, all the while reflecting on what this means for the rest of us. "LIKE NO OTHER BOOK I have ever read...a riveting tale of adventure...honest to the real spirit of Tibet...both unique and intriguing...an engrossing read. Highly recommended." JETSUNMA TENZIN PALMO, from the Foreword From Tulshuk Lingpa's Guidebook to the Hidden Land: "DON'T LISTEN TO ANYBODY. Decide by yourself and practise madness. Develop courage for the benefit of all sentient beings. Then you will automatically be free from the knot of attachment. Then you will continually have the confidence of fearlessness and you can then try to open the Great Door of the Hidden Place." FIRST PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN 2011 CITY LION PRESS EDITION 2017 THIS EDITION IS NOT FOR SALE IN SOUTH ASIA, MALAYSIA, OR SINGAPORE

Living This Life Fully

Mirka Knaster

Author : Mirka Knaster
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0834822547

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Living This Life Fully by Mirka Knaster Pdf

Anagarika Munindra (1915–2003) was a Bengali Buddhist master and scholar who was teacher to an entire generation of practitioners—including some of the most prominent Insight Meditation teachers in America. His students include Daniel Goleman (author of Emotional Intelligence), Sharon Salzberg (author of Lovingkindness), Jack Kornfield (author of A Path with Heart), and Joseph Goldstein (author of Insight Meditation). As the teacher of a whole generation of American teachers, he was thus himself a pivotal figure in the transmission of Buddhism to the West. This is the first book available about Munindra’s life and teaching, and it features: • A brief biography of Munindra • Never-before-published excerpts of his teachings • Stories and remembrances from Western students including Daniel Goleman, Sharon Salzberg, and Jack Kornfield • Rare photographs

Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s Reflections on Kashmir

Nyla Ali Khan

Author : Nyla Ali Khan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319501031

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Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s Reflections on Kashmir by Nyla Ali Khan Pdf

This book is a compendium of the speeches and interviews of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, who reigned as Prime Minister of the State of Jammu and Kashmir from 1948 to 1953, and who was a large presence on the political landscape of India for fifty years. The volume is designed to enable a student of South Asian politics, and the politics of Kashmir in particular, to analyze the ways in which experiences have been constructed historically and have changed overtime.

Reincarnation

Vicki Mackenzie

Author : Vicki Mackenzie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Lamas
ISBN : 0747501564

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Reincarnation by Vicki Mackenzie Pdf

Reincarnation tells the story of Osel Hita Torres, a two-year old boy who was recognized by the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of Lama Yeshe, a prominent Tibetan lama who died in California in 1984.;The book examines Lama Yeshe and his ideas about reincarnation. It also looks at the life of Osel from his birth to the present, describing his initial discovery and his enthronement in northern India, as well as his plans for the future. In India there is much controversy concerning Osel and the author airs both points of view: that of those who believe he is a reincarnation of Lama Yeshe - including his parents and former students of Lama Yeshe who can vouch for his identity - and the more sceptical attitude of the Indian press.;Vicki Mackenzie has visited most of the places in which the story is set and knew Lama Yeshe for the eight years preceding his death. She was present at the enthronement of Lama Osel, the young boy, and has talked to his parents and to former students of Lama Yeshe and interviewed the Dalai Lama. A Buddhist herself, she is a journalist and has written for "The Sunday Times", "The Observer", "The Daily Mail" and "The Daily Express".

Dakini's Warm Breath

Judith Simmer-Brown

Author : Judith Simmer-Brown
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002-12-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781570629204

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Dakini's Warm Breath by Judith Simmer-Brown Pdf

A fresh interpretation of the dakini—a Tibetan Buddhist symbol of the feminine—that will appeal to practitioners interested in goddess worship, female spirituality, and Tantric Buddhism The primary emblem of the feminine in Tibetan Buddhism is the dakini, or “sky-dancer,” a semi-wrathful spirit-woman who manifests in visions, dreams, and meditation experiences. Western scholars and interpreters of the dakini, influenced by Jungian psychology and feminist goddess theology, have shaped a contemporary critique of Tibetan Buddhism in which the dakini is seen as a psychological “shadow,” a feminine savior, or an objectified product of patriarchal fantasy. According to Judith Simmer-Brown—who writes from the point of view of an experienced practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism—such interpretations are inadequate. In the spiritual journey of the meditator, Simmer-Brown demonstrates, the dakini symbolizes levels of personal realization: the sacredness of the body, both female and male; the profound meeting point of body and mind in meditation; the visionary realm of ritual practice; and the empty, spacious qualities of mind itself. When the meditator encounters the dakini, living spiritual experience is activated in a nonconceptual manner by her direct gaze, her radiant body, and her compassionate revelation of reality. Grounded in the author's personal encounter with the dakini, this unique study will appeal to both male and female spiritual seekers interested in goddess worship, women's spirituality, and the tantric tradition.

White Crane, Lend Me Your Wings

Dr Tsewang Yishey Pemba

Author : Dr Tsewang Yishey Pemba
Publisher : Niyogi Books
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789385285622

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White Crane, Lend Me Your Wings by Dr Tsewang Yishey Pemba Pdf

A posthumous novel by Dr Tsewang Yishey Pemba, the founding father of Tibetan-English literature, White Crane, Lend me your Wings is a historical fiction set in the breathtakingly beautiful Nyarong Valley of the Kham province of Eastern Tibet in the first half of the twentieth century. Dr Pemba skillfully weaves a dazzling tapestry of individual lives and sweeping events creating an epic vision of a country and people during a time of tremendous upheaval. The novel begins with a never-told-before story of a failed Christian mission in Tibet and takes one into the heartland of Eastern Tibet by capturing the zeitgeist of the fierce warrior tribe of Khampas ruled by chieftains. This coming-of-age narrative is a riveting tale of vengeance, warfare and love unfolded through the life story of two young boys and their family and friends. The personal drama gets embroiled in a national catastrophe as China invades Tibet forcing it out of its isolation. Ultimately, the novel delves into themes such as tradition versus modernity, individual choice and freedom, the nature of governance, the role of religion in people’s lives, the inevitability of change and the importance of human values such as loyalty and compassion.

One Voice

Anonim

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Kehrer Verlag
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Photography, Artistic
ISBN : 3868287736

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One Voice by Anonim Pdf

Portrait series representing a cross-section of Tibetan exile society; nomads, tradesman, writers, and revolutionaries

The Revolutionary Life Of Freda Bedi

The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi by Vicki Mackenzie Pdf

The Lives of Freda by Andrew Whitehead Pdf

Cave In The Snow by Vicki Mackenzie Pdf

Rhymes for Ranga by Frida Bedi Pdf

Stars at Dawn by Wendy Garling Pdf

Inseparable across Lifetimes by Namtrul Jigme Phuntsok,Khandro Tare Lhamo Pdf

Himalaya by Ruskin Bond,Namita Gokhale Pdf

The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk by Palden Gyatso Pdf

A Step Away from Paradise by Thomas K. Shor Pdf

Living This Life Fully by Mirka Knaster Pdf

Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s Reflections on Kashmir by Nyla Ali Khan Pdf

Reincarnation by Vicki Mackenzie Pdf

Dakini's Warm Breath by Judith Simmer-Brown Pdf

White Crane, Lend Me Your Wings by Dr Tsewang Yishey Pemba Pdf

One Voice by Anonim Pdf

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