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Riding the Tiger - Twenty Years on the Road: The Risks and Joys of Bringing Tibetan Buddhism to the West (Paperback)
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Riding the Tiger - Twenty Years on the Road: The Risks and Joys of Bringing Tibetan Buddhism to the West (Paperback)
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List price R685
Loot Price R572
Discovery Miles 5 720
You Save R113 (16%)
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"My recipe is simple: tell people the necessity of finding
something which can carry them through sickness, aging, and death,
and don't be afraid to give them a glimpse of your joy of life.
Tell people that the mind is like space: open, clear and limitless,
and talk about both the way and the goal." In 1969 Ole and Hannah
Nydahl became the first Western students of H.H. the Karmapa, the
head of the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. After years of
practice in the Himalayas, he authorized them to teach and start
centers in his name. An audience with the Queen of Denmark started
their work in the West. A basement in historical Copenhagen became
the first Tibetan Buddhist center on the European continent, and a
rusted-through VW-bus with race-car qualities got them everywhere.
Riding the Tiger is the inside story of the development of Tibetan
Buddhism in the West. In his refreshingly unsentimental style, Lama
Ole shows all aspects of the work. With breathtaking intensity, he
highlights both healthy and unhealthy tendencies in the light of
the Buddha's ultimate aim: to bring about the fully developed
beings whose every activity blesses the world. Amazon Review: Jason
Anderson from Monterey, CA: "Lama Ole Nydahl is a unique figure in
modern Buddhist history--first Western student of the Black Hat
lama, H.H. the XVIth Gyalwa Karmapa, married lama 'without robes, '
and spiritual figure personally chosen by the Karmapa to teach and
make foundations in his name--and Riding the Tiger is filled to
overflowing with his particular energies and gifts. It is a
galloping book that takes the reader around the world, inviting him
in for a close-up look at the making of a Buddhist center for
meditationand study, and Lama Ole has successfully started over one
hundred such centers. And a deep look, as well, at the nature of
Buddhism in the West, how it has been transplanted, how it has
flourished. ... This is a magical book and a magical ride "
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