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BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR NOVEMBER 2006
CAVE IN THE SNOW
by Vicki Mackenzie
Synopsis
How an Englishwomen, the daughter of a fishmonger from London's East End, has become a Buddhist legend and a champion for the rights of women to attain spiritual enlighenment.
In 1976 Diane Perry, by then known by her Tibetan name, Tenzin Palmo, secluded herself in a reomte cave, 13,200 feet up in the Himalayas, cut off form the world by mountains and snow. There she engaged in twelve years of intense Buddhist meditation. She faced unimaginable cold, wild animals, near-starvation and avalanches; she grew her own food and slept in a traditional wooden meditation box, three-feet square - she never lay down. Her goal was to attain enlightenment as a women.
Reviews
This is one of those books you don't want to put down. At times it made me angry and at times in made me sad. By the end I had great respect for Tenzin Palmo and her choices, though I definately didn't feel inspired to follow in her footsteps. It seems to me that it takes a certain kind of person to want to spend three years in a cave with no human contact. This book is well worth a read for anyone interested in spritual growth, or in human nature.
(Inspirational Friends Review)
In 1976 Diane Perry secluded herself in a remote cave, 13,200 feet up in the Himalayas, cut off from the world by mountains and snow. There she engaged in twelve years of intense Buddhist meditation. She faced unimaginable cold, wild animals, near-starvation and avalanches; she grew her own food and slept in a traditional wooden meditation box, three-feet-square - she never lay down. Her goal was to gain enlightenment as a woman. In 1988 she emerged from the cave with a vision to build a convent in northern India dedicated to helping women to achieve spiritual excellence. She tells her story to Vicki Mackenzie with candour, humour and clarity. Cave in the Snow is a gripping story of courage, phenomenal persistence, and the rewards of spiritual devotion.
(Cygnus Books).
You can buy this book from Cygnus Books for £5.50.
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