The biography of the Englishwoman who has become a world-renowned spiritual leader and a champion of the right of women to achieve spiritual enlightenment. Following Tenzin Palmo's life from England to India, including her seclusion in a remote cave for 12 years, leading to her decision to found a convent to revive the Togdenma lineage.
This volume presents a series of interviews through which the author explores the reason for Buddhism's growing appeal in Western society. The interviews cover the process each person went through in becoming involved in Buddhism, as well as the effect it has had on their own lives.
Told against the backdrop of a turbulent and dangerous Tibet - Soname was born in the harsh Tibetan countryside during the Chinese occupation - Of noble descent, she had to endure a childhood in servitude in Lhasa, separated from her family and the world she loved.
Reincarnation tells the remarkable story of a child destined to become one of the most important and unusual spiritual leaders of our time. Osel Hita Torres became the focus of world attention when he was recognized by the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of Lama Yeshe (beloved teacher and author of Introduction to Tantra, and others), who died in California in March 1984. This story tells of Lama Yeshe's life, death, and rebirth as the little Lama Osel, while explaining the controversial phenomenon of reincarnation in a clear, engaging, and practical way.
Sie war die erste westliche Frau, die tibetisch-buddhistische Nonne wurde, doch diese Ordination war nur eine Etappe in einem Leben voller revolutionärer Taten. Freda Bedi (1911 - 1977) brach zu Lebzeiten die gesetzten Regeln von Geschlecht, Herkunft und Religion und war damit - u. a. als Pionierin des Buddhismus - ihrer Zeit weit voraus. Sie war eine treibende Kraft im Kampf um die indische Unabhängigkeit, eine spirituell Suchende, Gelehrte, Rebellin, Aktivistin, Journalistin, Sozialarbeiterin, Ehefrau und Mutter von vier Kindern. Zu ihren Freunden, Kollegen und Lehrern zählten Mohandas Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, der Dalai Lama, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche und viele andere. Sie war geprägt von tiefer Spiritualität und Mitgefühl und gleichzeitig nicht ohne Widersprüche. Mit ?Aktivistin, Rebellin und Pionierin des Buddhismus - Die vielen Leben der Freda Bedi? wirft Vicki Mackenzie einen differenzierten Blick auf diese komplexe und überzeugende Frau und die Kräfte, die sie geformt und motiviert haben