Freedom in Exile by Dalai Lama

Freedom in Exile by Dalai LamaIn 1938 a two year old boy was recognised through a traditional process of discovery as being the reincarnation of all previous Dalai Lamas, the spiritual rulers of Tibet. Taken away from his parents, he was brought up in Lhasa according to a monastic regimen of rigorous austerity and in almost total isolation. Aged seven he was enthroned in the 1000 room Potala palace as the supreme spiritual leader of a nation the size of Western Europe, with

The best of a lifetime of stories from a short story writer of rare distinction

World-renowned spiritual leader Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji reveals the hidden treasures embedded within every verse of Atmasiddhi Shastra

a child sent by its parents in irritation

and the role of fiction and alternative imaginations in these disturbing times

"— Robert Kirsch

What makes some ideas spread

Each secret takes a common ideal

And though it was published more than two centuries ago

external and internal at the same time

one step is all we need to feel at home and comfortable in the here and nowIn this enlightening series world-renowned spiritual leader Thich Nhat Hanh shares the essential foundations of mindful practise and mediation

it still operates from the decidedly Western notion that if we could just get really

Alain de Botton leads us on a journey around a deliberately eclectic range of occupations