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The Pilgrim's Regress by C. S. Lewis
epub |eng | 2014-04-17 | Author:C. S. Lewis

VI The House of Wisdom THE STREAM THAT THEY had followed to the Steward’s house was now no longer a brook by the roadside, but a river that sometimes approached, ...
( Category: Inspirational January 29,2015 )
Mistress of the Vatican by Eleanor Herman
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | | Author:Eleanor Herman

Who says “lady” says harm. Who says “woman” says misfortune. Who says Olimpia Maidalchini Says lady, harm, ruin.12 On one occasion Pasquino quipped: “The Roman people are dying of hunger,” ...
( Category: Italy January 29,2015 )
The Theology of John Calvin by Karl Barth
azw3 |eng | 2013-08-28 | Author:Karl Barth

But he does it. And that is how the Institutes ends. What are we to do when we suffer under a bloodthirsty, avaricious, spendthrift, idle, and ungodly ruler? Answer: We ...
( Category: Systematic January 24,2015 )
God's Secretaries by Adam Nicolson
azw3, epub, mobi |eng | 2011-07-03 | Author:Adam Nicolson

For these Puritans, and in a way we can scarcely understand now, the words of the scriptures were thought to provide a direct, almost intravenous access to the divine. Listen, ...
( Category: European January 24,2015 )
A Path Strewn with Flowers and Bones by Sherdor Tulku
azw3 |eng | 2009-08-19 | Author:Sherdor, Tulku [Sherdor, Tulku]

Any illusion I had harbored about the prospect of ending my legal career on a quiet note, however, was shattered ridi-culously early one morning in the fall of 2004, when ...
( Category: Lawyers & Judges January 22,2015 )
Secret Lives of the Dalai Lama: The Untold Story of the Holy Men Who Shaped Tibet, from Pre-history to the Present Day by Norman Alexander
azw3 |eng | 2010-02-09 | Author:Norman, Alexander [Norman, Alexander]

Accordingly, Lobsang Gyatso instructed Sonam Rabten to compose a letter to Gushri Khan authorizing an attack on the king of Beri, but requesting that his troops return to Mongolia directly ...
( Category: Chinese January 22,2015 )
The Second Dalai Lama: His Life and Teachings by Glenn H. Mullin
azw3 |eng | 2005-09-25 | Author:Glenn H. Mullin

While residing at Tashi Lhunpo, the Second Dalai Lama made frequent visits to other holy places and monasteries in the area, teaching and giving initiations in them. Included in the ...
( Category: Buddhism January 22,2015 )
Light of Fearless Indestructible Wisdom: The Life and Legacy of H. H. Dudjom Rinpoche by Dongyal Khenpo Tsewang
azw3 |eng | 2008-12-25 | Author:Dongyal, Khenpo Tsewang [Dongyal, Khenpo Tsewang]

When I woke up, I didn’t forget a single word and wrote down the illusory appearances of the dream. That very day auspiciousness came, and I completely recovered from my ...
( Category: Religious January 22,2015 )
The Autobiography of Jamgon Kongtrul: A Gem of Many Colors by Richard Barron
azw3 |eng | 2003-03-25 | Author:Richard Barron

The causes of all these situations is said to be the four ways in which moral failings occur-that is, due to ignorance, lack of respect, heedlessness, and a plethora of ...
( Category: Buddhism January 22,2015 )
Chogyam Trungpa by Midal Fabrice
azw3, epub |eng | 2010-10-05 | Author:Midal, Fabrice [Midal, Fabrice]

With his new girlfriend— Like a general inspecting the troops.15 Encounters with Allen Ginsberg In 1970, while Chögyam Trungpa, Diana Mukpo, and Kunga, one of his students, were getting into ...
( Category: Tibetan January 22,2015 )
Born in Tibet by Chogyam Trungpa
azw3, epub |eng | 2000-10-10 | Author:Chogyam Trungpa

THIRTEEN Must We Escape? WAITING FOR THE twenty-third, I went down to the village where I stayed with several families in succession. Yak Tulku came to see me, which was ...
( Category: Tibetan January 22,2015 )
Women of Wisdom by Tsultrim Allione
azw3 |eng | 1984-10-30 | Author:Tsultrim Allione

"When I was nineteen, in the Year of the Fire Serpent, 1857, my parents and my brothers and sisters all decided it was high time I got married. They began ...
( Category: Religious January 22,2015 )
The Lamp That Enlightens Narrow Minds: The Life and Times of a Realized Tibetan Master, Khyentse Chokyi Wangchug by Norbu Chogyal Namkhai
azw3 |eng | 2012-10-15 | Author:Norbu, Chogyal Namkhai [Norbu, Chogyal Namkhai]

19 The Death of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö IN THE YEAR OF THE EARTH DOG (1958), I began the study of Sanskrit at the Namgyal Research institute in Gangtok, capital ...
( Category: Religious January 22,2015 )
Mother of Knowledge by Tarthang Tulku;J. Wilhelms
azw3 |eng | 2009-08-07 | Author:Tarthang Tulku;J. Wilhelms

So he spoke. But dPal-gyi rdo-rje prayed: "May I be the one to subdue this evil king." And the Guru said: "Good! You will be the one to subdue him!" ...
( Category: Religious January 22,2015 )
Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha by Kerouac Jack
azw3 |eng | 2008-09-18 | Author:Kerouac, Jack [Kerouac, Jack]

“Well-makers lead the water wherever they like; fletchers bend the arrow; carpenters bend a log of wood, good people fashion themselves.” —DHAMMAPADA One day Ananda asked the Blessed One for ...
( Category: Religious January 22,2015 )

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