This book is a story about one women harrowing journey from a terrible marriage to the past which was equally ruthless and to an uplifting future. One night Dechen runs away from the mad house, the house she once had set her heart in, only to meet with an accident.  Why was she running? From a jealous abusive husband who treats her as a piece of furniture. Ones immediately narrated a series of events from the past which led her to the present situation. In that series of past events it tells why Dechen could never complete high school. The teacher is who revered the most in the society is the main reason behind Dechen leaving school forform witnessing her parents separation tto taking revenge in her annoying aunt and uncle's crammed house in phuentsholing yo work in a drayang fir a living until she gets married. This book gives and engaging story of one women's journey ffor Survival and the mumph over the forces of violence. I agree with the theme of the story, because women has to be dependent upon someone over her bread and butter. It also states the social dogmatic stigma for adulting committed by women and not men. 

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss in the life is what dies inside us while we are still alive. Relating this quote to the book, the book living is dying  deaths and bardos that have been passes down through a long lineage of brilliant Buddhist masters, specially the one who went wide lengths to examine the process in detail. In the chapter one, the first sentence, "will I die?" Intorduce death as a subject which is a universal fact that people ate ignoring. Everything human beingbeings do, think and feel while we are alive is driven by ignorance, emotions and karma conspire to ensure that we have no choice but to face both birth and deaths entirely alone. Once we have born, nothing and no one can change or prevent us from dying. The inevitability of death is intiated at birth and we are powerless to resist it. This book living is dying talks about the law of karma which states, " the truth will always come to light and everything hidden in the dark will be exposed eventually. The author of this shares that both birth and death are inseparable so, we should mourn birth just as much as we mourn death. 

Synopsis: story of two sibling who struggle throughout their life. Author Galemo lives in a tiny hamlet of Jambi and she was the centre of attention of many monpa men  her for her beauty, she got married and has two children namely Sangayla and Sonamo. They grew up in the remote village of Monpas, Jangbi in Trongsa. After their death of their mother Galemo, their father remarries with aum Deki who was undoubtedly very abusive and cruel. After sometimes, the sibling also loses their only father and thus become orphan. Then the two sibling get departed where the elder sister Sonamo is taken with the step mother to Thimphu as a babysitter while the younger brother Sangayla continues with his studies. He keeps on worrying about his departed sister. They grow up separately and Sangayla completes his studies and works a teacher in Zmss. Because of destiny it brings the two sibling together again in one school where the brother was teacher and sister was a sweeper. After that, she was so glad to meet her brother and also to see how successful his life was from that onwards, the two sibling lived happily together and continued to share beautiful memories.

This novel "Tears of Suffering " is a Bhutanese novel written by Dorji wangdi. This story basically talks about a boy who goes through alot of Suffering of this cruel world. He suffer right from the early age after losing both parents. He stays with his aunt but the brutal fate follows him and deliver to his uncle, who mistreats him. Instead of showing some sort of empathy to a boy who just lost his parents, they used to beat and abuse him. Physically unable to beat misery l, he ultimately runs away live a life of fell abound. But very fortunately, a rich family feels pity on him and brings his as their own child, educate him and case him. During his teenage time, he taste a sweet close of love and falls in love with one of his classmates but it break his heart after knowing that girl was in love with his love for his brother, he further quite his studies and join military.

The novel, Lomba revolves around Seday, a school going girl, who has to move from Thimphu, Bhutan’s capital city to Haa Dzongkhag in the Western part of Bhutan. Like any other school going person, she dreads the thought of leaving behind her friends and going to a remote part and starting in a new school as a complete stranger. Atrocious, wouldn’t you think so? And that is how the novel, Lomba begins: Atrocious. That was exactly how the past week had been.”

Now how would she get out of this dilemma?

Despite Seday’s misgivings and drama, as she starts her new school, she does meet terrific and friendly people who are do not simply exist to make her life hell!

Around the time that she had to shift to Haa, the place was abuzz with festivities because Lomba festival was just around the corner!

An hilarious teenage novel about a trio of friends who summon up the spirit of Henry VIII - who then begins to stalk them!

Imagine meeting Henry VIII and finding he's madly in love with you!

One lazy summer afternoon Abigail persuades Lauren and Marina to experiment with a homemade ouija board. The girls don't seriously expect the séance to work and are shocked when the glass starts moving, but that's nothing to the shock they get when they realise they have summoned up the spirit of a long-dead randy royal - Henry VIII. The trouble really begins when Henry declares his love for the sultry Marina and starts behaving in a seriously sinister manner. Jealous and possessive, Henry sets about controlling the girls' lives and making a right royal nuisance of himself...

Friendship, first love and men behaving badly - this is a fantastically funny chick-lit read.

The Mahabharata

 It is difficult to date the epics. They deal with remote periods when the Aryans were still in the process of settling down and consolidating themselves in India. Evidently many authors have written them or added to them in successive periods. The Rama-yana is an epic poem with a certain unity of treatment; the Mahabharata is a vast and miscellaneous collection of ancient lore. Both must have taken shape in the pre-Buddhist period, though additions were no doubt made later.

Michelet, the French historian, writing in 1864, with special reference to the Ramayana, says: 'Whoever has done or willed too much let him drink from this deep cup a long draught of life and youth.... Everything is narrow in the west—Greece is small and I stifle; Judea is dry and I pant. Let me look towards lofty Asia and the profound East for a little while. There lies my great poem, as vast as the Indian Ocean, blessed, gilded with the sun, the book of divine harmony wherein is no dissonance. A serene peace reigns there and in the midst of conflict an infinite sweetness, a boundless fraternity, which spreads over all living things, an ocean (without bottom or bound) of love, of pity, of clemency.'

Great as the Ramayana is as an epic poem, and loved by the people, it is really the Mahabharata that is one of the outstand-ing books of the world. It is a colossal work, an encyclopaedia of tradition and legend, and political and social institutions of ancient India. For a decade or more a host of competent Indian scholars have been engaged in critically examining and collating the various available texts, with a view to publishing an autho-rized edition. Some parts have been issued by them but the work is still incomplete and is proceeding. It is interesting to note that even in these days of total and horrible war, Russian oriental scholars have produced a Russian translation of the Mahabharata.

Robin Sharma is one of the world’s foremost experts on leadership training and has worked with major companies like General Motors and Microsoft. In “Leadership Wisdom from the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari,” Sharma shares eight simple rituals to enhance your leadership skills from the inside out, so you can become a driven leader who inspires dynamic innovation. In this book review, you’ll learn how to inspire commitment in your team, increase productivity, and become a visionary in your organization. 

He is an Indian author of self-help books and an activist. He launched a movement against caste-based reservations in India. Founded an organization called country first foundation and started the Bhartiya Rashtravadi Samanta party. In 1998 Khera published his first book, YOU CAN WIN (Jeet Aapki in Hindi). This book focuses on achieving success through personal growth and a positive attitude. Another book Khera wrote is Living with Honor, about living honorably and respectably in a fractured world. 

The Courage To Be Disliked is a Japanese analysis of the work of 19th-century psychologist Alfred Adler, who established that happiness lies in the hands of each human individual and does not depend on past traumas.In 2016, people found conclusive evidence to prove Einstein’s theory of general relativity. For over 100 years, an entire branch of physics operated under the assumption that this idea was true. Working off of an assumption might sound risky, but science has always worked this way. Everything is a theory, waiting to be proven wrong.

Hence, the resurgence of old ideas shouldn’t surprise us. In psychology, the works of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung have dominated for a long time. But now, an opposing contemporary of theirs is resurfacing: Alfred Adler. The Japanese authors Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga have analyzed his work for decades and now present an adapted version of it, ready to serve us in our quest for happiness.

The result is The Courage To Be Disliked, an instant bestseller in Japan and now a global phenomenon, with over 3.5 million copies sold. The book tells the story of an unhappy young man, who visits a philosopher on the outskirts of his city. Throughout five conversations, the teacher helps him take control of his own life and happiness.

Here are 3 lessons this book teaches:

It’s dangerous to believe that your past determines your future.

If you focus on what’s wrong with you, you might be looking for reasons to hate yourself on purpose.

Most of what we think of as competition is just made up and hurting our happiness.

Let’s see how Adler’s ideas can help us live true to ourselves, and become happier!

Varsha Dixit, the best selling author of four successful contemporary romance books. Her debut book, Right Fit Wrong Shoe was a national bestseller for the year 2010. Varsha was a part of the Indian Television Industry and worked as an assistant director and online editor. She considers herself a dreamer who thinks deep but writes light. Even though creativity is gender free,Varsha feels blessed and enriched to be a woman.Currently, with her family, Varsha resides in CA, USA. 

Curt Thompson, MD, is a clinical psychiatrist, speaker, author of The Soul of Shame and Anatomy of the Soul, and the founder of the Center for Being Known, “whose mission is to create connections and opportunities for the creation of beauty and goodness at the intersection of Interpersonal Neurobiology and Christian spiritual formation.” 

Whether we agree or not, we all have been ignoring the harsh realities life for quite some time. Even though we are technically advanced, we ar traveling back when it comes to seeking the real meaning of life. We have n clue about what is going on with us and what our actual purpose on earth is We are all a bit uncomfortable when it comes to accepting the truth. Nothing hurts us more than the truth. And with the advancement, we have learned more ways to ignore the reality. However, ignoring the truth will not make a difference because it is unchangeable. And life takes its own course and circumstances until we decide to intervene and redirect towards our aspiration. Life to be futile or fruitful depends on how we choose to journey with its flow.

However, to be self-maker of our own destiny, it is important to understand the universal truths that govern one’s life. Life is frail and difficult with twists and uncertainty all over its brief bloom. We have extreme weathers, sufferings and imperfections. Impermanence, sickness, separation, and death are a few among its dazzling faces.

Dew of Love is a collection of poems and quotes that explores truth through the strings of love to enlighten our souls. 

Norbu Jamtsho, a class ten student from Pema Gatshel has so much to teach us in his short novel Lights in the Darkness. It’s not a story of various fantasies that we can expect from a writer of his age. It’s a candidly heart-wrenching story of him. 

The six teachings contained herein come from Lama Yeshe’s 1975 visit to Australia. The first three are a series of consecutive evening lectures Lama gave at Melbourne University, and the last three teachings are public lectures given in Sydney. They are all filled with love, insight, wisdom and compassion, and the question-and-answer sessions Lama loved so much are as dynamic and informative as ever.

LAMA YESHE ON BUDDHISM

"Buddhism is not just about one or two small things; it is not some tiny philosophy. Lord Buddha explained the nature of every single phenomenon in the universe."

ON MIND

"At certain times, a silent mind is very important, but 'silent' does not mean closed. The silent mind is an alert, awakened mind; a mind seeking the nature of reality."

ON MEDITATION

"Meditation is the right medicine for the uncontrolled, undisciplined mind. Meditation is the way to perfect satisfaction. The uncontrolled mind is by nature sick; dissatisfaction is a form of mental illness. What's the right antidote to that? It's knowledge-wisdom; understanding the nature of psychological phenomena; knowing how the internal world functions."

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Chador Wangmo’s second novel Kyetse is one of them. It is the gripping tale of a girl born in a time rife with superstitious beliefs and her journey in quest of finding herself. The book takes on a broad theme of; karmic and destined life, courage and bravery, self-realization and exploitation in mask of fake identity. It begins at Tashigang, briefly during the advent of modernization in a country in late twentieth century. While economic developments initially remain in the backdrop, rural traditions and ways of living are presented up close and personal.As the novel begins, protagonist, Som Dema was born to Tashi Tshering and Sangay choden, who were Serga-mathang-and-kokhkin (Tsangla phrase), which literally mean golden cousin and pertains to consanguineous marriage, owining to be daughter and son of sister Tshoden and brother Dathang respectively. Only Dathang and Tshoden survived of ten children born to Memey Tenzin and Abhi Sanjaymo who has been ill-fated after having petty dispute with the imperious neighbor by Memey Tenzin. Novel setting depicts a kind of complex tapestry of early village living, culture and traditions.

People have asked about my practice. How do I prepare my mind for meditation?

There is nothing special. I just keep it where it always is.

They ask, 'Then are you an arahant?'

Do I know?

I am like a tree in a forest, full of leaves, blossoms and fruit.

Birds come to eat and nest, and animals seek rest in its shade.

Yet the tree does not know itself.

It follows its own nature.

It is as it is."

"All the teachings" Ajahn Chah taught, "are merely similes and comparisons, means to help the mind see the truth. If we establish the Buddha within our mind, then we see everything, we contemplate everything, as no different from ourselves.

Many of the similes that Ajahn Chah himself used to teach came out of his vast experience of living in the forest. His practice was simply to watch, all the while being totally open and aware of everything that was happening both inside and outside himself. He would say that his practice was nothing special. He was, in his own words, like a tree in a forest, "A tree is as it is," he's say. And Ajahn Chah was as he was. But out of such "nothing specialness" came a profound understanding of himself and the world.

Ajahn Chah used to say, "The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words." Ajahn Chah had this uncanny ability to take that wordless Dhamma and convey its truth to his listeners in the form of a simile that was fresh, easy to follow, sometimes humorous, sometimes poetic, but always striking a place in the heart where it would jar or inspire the most: "We are like maggots; life is like a falling leaf; our mind is like rain water."

The teachings of Ajahn Chah teem with similes and comparisons like these. We thought it would be a good idea to collect them all in the form of a book as a source of inspiration for those who may want some respite from the "heat" of the world and seek some rest in the cool and abundant shade of "a tree in the forest".

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse is a Bhutanese lama, filmmaker, and author of the bestselling book What Makes You Not a Buddhist. He writes on the opening page:

"Guru devotion is the head, heart, blood, spine, and breath of the incredible Vajrayana, the path of Buddhist tantra. The Vajayana is not a safe stroll in the countryside. In fact, safety is probably the least of our concerns. The Vajayana's way of dealing with ego and the emotions is hazardous. The methods are sometimes even reckless. Therefore, the tantric path is the most adventurous of all Buddhist paths."

Given human nature, following a guru is not an easy thing. Khyentse says that the guru is like the horizon — a line where earth and sky seem to meet. This spiritual teacher is many things to his/her disciples or devotees: a teacher who enlightens, a preceptor, someone who leads, a master at teaching mind control, and an exemplar of the Buddhist practice.

Outsiders who tend to be skeptical of attaching themselves to a guru point to the addictions of the famous Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa. Khyentse presents a good guru checklist, emphasizing the character qualities of respected teachers such as open-minded, tolerant, learned, humble, generous, gentle, nonjudgmental, and skillful.

The Guru Drinks Bourbon presents a balanced view of gurus who, like all of us, often wrestle with their own demons and dark shadows. He reveals some of the epiphanies and transformations that have resulted from individuals' encounters with gurus

Seven Years in Tibet is a 1997 American biographical war drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. It is based on Austrian mountaineer and Schutzstaffel (SS) sergeant Heinrich Harrer's 1952 memoir Seven Years in Tibet, about his experiences in Tibet between 1944 and 1951. Seven Years in Tibet stars Brad Pitt and David Thewlis, and has music composed by John Williams with a feature performance by cellist Yo-Yo Ma. 

In the film, Harrer (Pitt) and fellow-Austrian Peter Aufschnaiter (Thewlis) are mountaineering in 1930s British India. When World War II begins in 1939, their German citizenship results in their imprisonment in a prisoner-of-war camp in Dehradun in the Himalayas. In 1944, Harrer and Aufschnaiter escape the prison and cross the border into Tibet, traversing the treacherous high plateau. There, after initially being ordered to return to India, they are welcomed at the holy city of Lhasa and become absorbed into an unfamiliar way of life. Harrer is introduced to the 14th Dalai Lama, who is still a boy, and becomes one of his tutors. During their time together, Heinrich becomes a close friend to the young spiritual leader. Harrer and Aufschnaiter stay in the country until the Battle of Chamdo in 1950.

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo was born Diane Perry in Woolmers Park, Hertfordshire, on June 30, 1943.[1][2] Although spiritualist meetings were held in her childhood home, she realized at the age of 18 that she was a Buddhist when she read a library book on the subject. She moved to India at 20, where she taught English at the Young Lamas Home School for a few months before meeting her root lama, the 8th Khamtrul Rinpoche. Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (born 1943) is a bhikṣuṇī in the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. She is an author, teacher and founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. She is best known for being one of the very few Western yoginis trained in the East, having spent twelve years living in a remote cave in the Himalayas, three of those years in strict meditation retreat.