{"product_id":"thinley-norbu-autobiographical-reflections-pdf","title":"Thinley Norbu Autobiographical Reflections (PDF)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align: left; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\"In this autobiographical narrative, Thinley Norbu \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eRinpoche sets a magical scene as he describes his early years \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003ein “Snowland” (Tibet) as one of seven children of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003erenowned Nyingma master Dudjom Rinpoche. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align: left; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eAfter touching on his youthful training and experiences, Rinpoche \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003edescribes how he traveled and taught in many different nations \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eand cities in the East and West. Shifting between poetic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eobservations and earthy humor, he shares stories of worldly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eand spiritual events accompanied by incisive commentary and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003esublime prayers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align: left; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eRinpoche’s stories give readers an appreciation of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003equalities of faith, respect, and commitment that he so \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003ebeautifully embodied and strove to transmit. Moreover, they \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eimpart some of his most direct and trenchant instructions on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003ethe view of Buddhism and on what practitioners generally—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eand Western ones in particular—need to do in order to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eaccomplish the goal of the Buddhist path. His sometimes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eprovocative teaching style is an expression of the deep \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003ekindness with which he regarded his students.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align: left; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eThe narrative is brought to life visually with many rare \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003epersonal color photos of Rinpoche, his teachers, his family, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eand the places he lived. Much more than a memoir, this book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eis an articulate expression of Thinley Norbu’s incisive \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003ewisdom and profound compassion.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266359251080,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/ThinleyNorbuAutobiographicalReflections2copy.png?v=1785703602","url":"https:\/\/namobuddhapublications.org\/products\/thinley-norbu-autobiographical-reflections-pdf","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}