Naomi Levine reviews Charles Manson’s recently published spiritual biography Karma Pakshi (1204–1283) His Life and Legacy, Shambhala 2022
Reviews
The Deep Connection Between Art and Spiritual Practice
Dorothea Franck reviews Louise Landes Levi’s translation of RASA: Or Knowledge of the Self, by French poet, writer and critic René Daumal
An Atlas of the Tibetan Plateau
Giorgio Dallorto reviews cartographer Michael Farmer’s magnum opus, the fruit of a lifetime of study and research, recently published by Brill.
The Tale – A Film by Jennifer Fox
A film like The Tale shows us how we can allow that grain of sand to awaken our full potential. Be brave – that’s the message of this film and look into the mirror of your mind. Review by Jacqueline Gens.
The Spiritual Odyssey of Freda Bedi – Norma Levine
Alexander Studholme reviews Norma Levine’s book on the fascinating story of this remarkable woman’s life and work. Shang Shung Publications.
Book Review – Wisdom Rising by Lama Tsultrim Allione
Jacqueline Gens reviews Wisdom Rising – a Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine by Lama Tsultrim Allione is a multi-layered chronicle of the feminine principle and its importance for both personal and global evolution of the planet at this moment in time. – Jacqueline Gens
Interconnected – Embracing Life in Our Global Society
Alexander Studholme reviews Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje’s 2017 publication on 21st century Buddhist ethics
Holy Madmen – A Review of Two Books
Reviews by Alex Studholme of David DiValerio’s ‘The Holy Madmen of Tibet’ and Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse’s guide on approaching a Vajrayana master, ‘The Guru Drinks Bourbon?’
Book Review – Buddhahood in This Life
Book Review of Buddhahood in This Life, Translated by Acharya Malcolm Smith
with foreward by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche published by Wisdom Publications, 2016. The review was written by Jacqueline Gens.
Grande Fortuna In Bhutan
This film follows the pilgrimage made by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu to Bhutan in 2014 through cities, temples, valleys and sacred places, between mountains more than 5,500 meters high
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
Jacqueline Gens reviewed Goldstein’s Mindfulness, A Practical Guide to Awakening, which is a commentary and treasure trove of information by someone who has spent most of his life in formal meditation under the severest conditions found in Burmese and Thai monastic vicars…
Review of The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma
In the history of Indo-Tibetan tantric Buddhism, the figure of the mahāsiddha, or sorcerer-saint, has been a trusted archetype for study and veneration because so many sincere practitioners in India, Tibet, and Bhutan have had access to the visionary opportunity of utpattikrama,….