Author: Christine Toomey
Publisher: The Experiment
ISBN: 1615191941
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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A 60,000-mile odyssey in search of Buddhist nuns—hailed as “inspiring and necessary” (Kirkus), “ambitious” (Tricycle), and “compelling” (Financial Times) They come to the monastic Buddhist life from every faith and career: a policewoman, a princess, a Bollywood star, a violinist. Out of the public eye, despite hardship and even persecution, they vow to seek enlightenment in a world full of noise. Who are these women? What motivates them, and what stands in their way? Award-winning journalist Christine Toomey investigates. From Nepal to California, she encounters unforgettable nuns who reveal the blessings—and perils—of carrying a 2,500-year tradition into the twenty-first century. Often denied equal status with monks, they are nonetheless devoted—to their faith, and to change.
Author: Christine Toomey
Publisher: Portobello Books
ISBN: 184627494X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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A brief meeting with a Buddhist nun in India made a deep impression on Christine Toomey. It sent her on a two-year, 60,000-mile odyssey to learn more about the contemporary women choosing in their thousands to become part of a long tradition of female spirituality that stretches back through the centuries and now embraces the radical possibility that the next Dalai Lama could be female. In The Saffron Road, Toomey follows in the footsteps of earlier generations of Buddhist nuns to trace the routes by which the philosophy has spread from a solitary order in a remote area of India in the 5th century BC, via 1950s San Francisco where Zen was popularised by the Beat generation, to the globally-renowned practitioners of mindfulness of today. Beginning her journey in the Himalayas, close to the birthplace of the Buddha, Toomey travels from Nepal, to India, through Burma, Japan and on to North America and Europe, along the way visiting contemporary nunneries to meet the women who practise there. Amongst those she talks to are a group of "kung fu" nuns, an acclaimed novelist, a princess, a concert violinist, a former BBC journalist, and a one-time Washington political aide. Through these conversations, the daily reality of the Buddhist existence is gradually revealed, together with the diverse spiritual paths leading these women towards nirvana. Combining travelogue, history, interviews and personal reflection, The Saffron Road opens the door to a rarely glimpsed world of ritual, discipline and enlightenment.
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Category : Celebrities
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
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Author: Jessica Leatherman
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1669839931
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 387
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—-E.R.M.— “You’re just an Epi Retinal Membrane. A film. A clear tissue that grows over the fovea, the center most part of vision, without cause. Removed in eye surgery.” What I say to myself, when I see them with him. At only 19-years-old, Rose Manleather met and fell in love with a rich married innovative business man. She told herself if she met him twice, it was destiny. But after their second meeting, she saw in her minds eye that she needed to improve her own life and that love would find her again. After she had her life on track and both were single. She let El. Even Long go, feeling confident that life would bring them back together when timing was appropriate. Rose then meets and inspired by 7th Day Adventist, Dr. Rancheros and his family. She begins doing sled work to clean up her way of living. But locker room talk and misinformed rich women gossip rips and isolates Rose from her community and her chosen family. From unfortunate and unfair beginnings, Rose just thought life was always hard. But after parting ways with El. Even Long, life got substantially worse. An over 20 year mystery proves dark and sinister secrets that are keeping Rose’s life on hold and preventing her from achieving her goals. What the group of people do to Rose and her children, Morgan and HRB, will shock you! A cover up in epic societal proportions involving flash mobs, hidden cameras, a pop music singer, phone stalking, forgery, subliminal sound and imagery, NDA’s, messages hidden in the media, and hired health care professionals. All tactics used to force Rose Manleather to shut up! And all along the way, a cruel pattern named Agent Orange continues in Rose’s life. Will Rose ever see El. Even Long and Dr. Rancheros again? Can she expose the truths and get her voice back? Can Rose get free from the bondage that has her in misery and on hold? Or has her life been so ruined by lies and corruptness that Rose Manleather and her children are stuck hidden and controlled forever? A life’s story told by a collection of short stories involving many characters starting in Rose’s childhood to present day. All this weaved together for the reader to come to their own conclusion on what happened to and will become of Rose Manleather.
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Category : Hinayana Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Author: Rinpoche Tsem Tulku
Publisher: Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
ISBN: 9834188773
Category : Dharma (Buddhism)
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Category : East Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
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Author: John Charles
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147660262X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Thanks to the successes of directors and actors like John Woo, Jackie Chan, and Chow Yun-Fat, the cinema of Hong Kong is wildly popular worldwide, and there is much more to this diverse film culture than most Western audiences realize. Beyond martial arts and comedy, Hong Kong films are a celebration of the grand diversity and pageantry of moviemaking--covering action, comedy, horror, eroticism, mythology, historical drama, modern romances, and experimental films. Information on 1,100 films produced in British Hong Kong from 1977 to 1997 is included here.
Author: Shruti Bakshi
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 9781639041794
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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HeartWords is a collection of poems flowing from the ecstasy of devotion, joy of being, and the beauty and depth of Life perceived in its wholeness. With illustrations by the author, these Heart-words on Krishna, Shiva, Devotion, Love, Life and Freedom are invitations into true Intimacy through the doorways of poetry and art. "Shruti Bakshi's poems seem to flow effortlessly from some ambrosial spring within her. They are like prasad for all lovers of God. One finds oneself sweetly captivated by their mystical beauty and spiritual depth. Each poem is a love seed coming to life inside the garden of the heart." - spiritual teacher Mooji "..elevating and outstanding..." - Makarand Paranjpe, author --------------- What artist ever sang her song well with one eye on the listener? Pay the price-become the song - from HeartWords
Author: Marc Ascoli
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 0847849341
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This exquisite book takes the reader on a kaleidoscopic journey through the history of makeup, style, and color at the revered fashion house of Dior. An exquisite ode to color, this book presents the history of Dior cosmetics placed within contexts of fashion and art. Divided into twelve chapters (White, Silver, Nude, Pink, Red, Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow, Gold, Gray, and Black) Dior: The Art of Color showcases not only the sometimes glamorous, sometimes natural cosmetics, but also the aesthetics of color, which was the source of inspiration for so much of Dior’s creations. The evolution of color through the ages is presented with iconic works from renowned artists and Dior makeup advertising campaigns—including creations from some of the greats in the field, such as Serge Lutens, Tyen, and the current head of Dior makeup, Peter Philips—captured by master photographers such as Irving Penn, Guy Bourdin, and Richard Burbridge. With a highly engaging text and never-before-seen imagery, this is a book that no student of fashion or art should be without.
