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Bhutan : sacred within
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Naropa Institute : Summer 1977
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"Naropa Institute is based on a view of education that demands both discipline and openness in their more profound sense. Inspired by a buddhist approach to education--one that combines meditation with intellectual and artistic study--the Institute seeks to stimulate the wisdom and understanding we inherently possess and to bring out its clear and precise expression. Classes at the Institute are based solidly within eastern and western traditions of dance, poetry, theater, visual arts, psychology, philosophy and science. Interdisciplinary boundaries are clear but open so that traditions may interact through the personal inspiration of students and faculty"--From page 4.
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Frederick Ferdinand Low letter to an unknown recipient
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In this letter to an unknown recipient, Frederick Ferdinand Low expresses his happiness for recent state and national elections. He also states that the recent completion of the railroad will, in his estimation, balance the arrival of "rebels" displaced due to the recent elections. Letter is incomplete, being only the last page, and has neither addressee nor date.
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The Irishman in Spain
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The three roads
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"This is the story of a man whose sanity and chance for happiness depend on his ability to recapture his unremembered past. The Doctors know that the reason for Brett Taylors's mental suffering is guilt, but they point out that although guilt is normally thought of as the result of sin, it may really be its cause; their theory being that the sense of some guilt may have worked on Brett until he was driven to crime. Following the belief that nothing in a person's life is ever really forgotten--in a sense that with the right encouragement any memory can be recalled--Brett is determined to trace his life back to the point where his memory failed, and to find the reason for it. Paula, who knows what happened, believes that his mental health is not strong enough to stand the strain of knowing what was done. She knows, and is being blackmailed because she knows, that the cause of all his suffering is the mental shrinking of a brutal unsolved murder, and she is very much afraid"--Dust jacket.
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The conquest of happiness
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"Happiness comes party from within, partly from without. This book deals only with the former part. Every person, given food health and the necessities of life, ought to be happy. Yet happiness is rare. Why? Mr. Bertrand Russell, who is recognised as one of the leading minds of our generation, propounds the solution and discusses the manner in which the mind may be directed so that happiness ensues"--From dust jacket.
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To Lhasa in disguise : a secret expedition through mysterious Tibet
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William Montgomery McGovern was an American adventurer, anthropologist and journalist. He was possibly an inspiration for the character of Indiana Jones. McGovern claims he had to sneak into the Tibet disguised as a local porter. As Time reported in 1938: With a few Tibetan servants, he climbed through the wild, snowy passes of the Himalayas. There, in the bitter cold, he stood naked while a companion covered his body with brown stain, squirted lemon juice into his blue eyes to darken them. Thus disguised as a coolie, he arrived in the Forbidden City without being detected, but disclosed himself to the civilian officials. A fanatical mob led by Buddhist monks stoned his house. Bill McGovern slipped out through a back door and joined the mob in throwing stones. The civil government took him into protective custody, finally sent him back to India with an escort.--Wikipedia.
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