A travel book about the Tibetans, in exile and at home. Tibet is becoming an increasingly fashionable tourist destination, but at the same time there are stirrings of revolt against Chinese rule. The author has visited the major Tibetan centres in India and has talked to Tibetan politicians, writers, religious leaders (including the Dalai Lama), traders, teachers, monks and soldiers and presents a portrait of a fascinating culture surviving in exile. The author has also entered Tibet itself to describe the world they left behind.

Heirs to Tibet: Travels among the exiles in India

History

Powell, Andrew

Asia

Heinemann

Living Buddhism

Buddhist ideals of Enlightenment and the practice of meditation have caught the imagination of many in the Western world. For this book, author Andrew Powell and photographer Graham Harrison have traveled throughout the Far East, visiting Buddhist communities in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, India, Nepal, Tibet, China, and Japan. They interviewed some of the religion's leading figures, including the Dalai Lama at his home in the foothills of the Himalayas. The book's powerful photographs immerse us in the landscapes of the East, revealing in touching detail the daily lives of both monks and laity. The text explores the major Buddhist traditions of Theravada, Tibetan Tantric Buddhism, and Zen, showing how they are withstanding the pressures and rapid changes of the late twentieth century. Together the author and photographer present a unique and beautiful portrait of one of the world's great spiritual and artistic traditions.

University of California Press

A portrait of contemporary Buddhism--how, where, and by whom it is practiced, as well as its expression in art and architecture

Religion & Spirituality

Buddhism

British Museum Publications

Listen to Your Body shows how you can promote health and natural well-being by modifying everyday actions to improve the flow of qi (the universal principle of energy). Breathing, eating, drinking, resting, washing, and many other small but vital actions - if carried out in the right way - can result in profound changes in body function.To give readers an understanding of the body's own natural medicine, the authors provide a clear explanation of the foundations of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with reference to qi and its flow through the body's meridians, the balance of yin and yang, and the body's energy centers. Readers will learn how to "tune in" to the signals the body transmits to warn of impending health problems; numerous case histories illustrate how this highly developed information system of the body works. Later chapters address the art of relaxation, bringing together the TCM approach to health with recent scientific studies. Finally the authors describe in detail how to apply the natural medicine of the body to daily life. they discuss illness prevention and provide specific guidance for the management of a range of health disorders. Exercises and simple routines are given, together with the basis for their therapeutic effect.

Listen to Your Body: The Wisdom of the Dao

Guo, Bisong

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Univ of Hawaii Pr

Listen to Your Body shows how you can promote health and natural well-being by modifying everyday actions to improve the flow of qi (the universal principle of energy). Breathing, eating, drinking, resting, washing, and many other small but vital actions--if carried out in the right way--can result in profound changes in body function. To give readers an understanding of the body's own natural medicine, the authors provide a clear explanation of the foundations of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with reference to qi and its flow through the body's meridians, the balance of yin and yang, and the body's energy centers. Readers will learn how to "tune in" to the signals the body transmits to warn of impending health problems; numerous case histories illustrate how this highly developed information system of the body works. Later chapters address the art of relaxation, bringing together the TCM approach to health with recent scientific studies. Finally the authors describe in detail how to apply the natural medicine of the body to daily life. They discuss illness prevention and provide specific guidance for the management of a range of health disorders. Exercises and simple routines are given, together with the basis for their therapeutic effect.

Alternative Medicine

University of Hawaii Press

Archaeological excavations have revealed significant evidence for crucible steelmaking; documentary research has helped elucidate details of this industry that made Sheffield world famous for the production of cutlery and tools in the 19th and 20th centuries. Evidence for domestic occupation was also found together with evidence for possible cottage industry.

Steelworks, Crucible Furnaces and Workers' Housing: Archaeological Investigations at Hoyle Street Sheffield (Wessex Archaeology Occasional Paper)

Europe

Wessex Archaeology

In pursuit of scientific credibility, psychiatry has neglected the spiritual dimension. Yet psychiatrists are daily confronted by problems of meaning and purpose that neither medical nor psychological treatments alone can relieve. In each of us, however, there is a spiritual resource that helps overcome emotional distress and encourages us to serve life in our own unique and creative way. In this work of great humanity that takes us far beyond the prevailing medical model, Dr Andrew Powell shows how we can draw on the wisdom of the soul to awaken love and confer healing on heart and mind. ‘Andrew Powell has written a wise and compassionate book which seeks to put the soul back into psychiatry. He shows that spirituality is not an optional extra in psychiatry but at the heart of good clinical practice. Readable and insightful, this volume is recommended for all those concerned to reunite care for the soul with care for mind and body’. The Rev. Professor Christopher Cook, Professor of Spirituality, Theology and Health, Durham University, UK, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist. ‘Andrew Powell has succeeded in honouring the spiritual dimension of the psyche as fundamental to psychiatric and psychotherapeutic treatment. He does this in a very human way that is easy to relate to and understand. This is an important step in refocussing clinical treatment on a more balanced and whole approach. Highly recommended’. Dr Nigel Hamilton, Director, the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education, UK.

The Ways of the Soul: A Psychiatrist Reflects: Essays on Life, Death and Beyond (Muswell Hill Press)

Muswell Hill Press

This companion volume to The Ways of the Soul, of selected papers by Dr. Andrew Powell, spans the decade 2006-2016.

Conversations with the Soul: A Psychiatrist Reflects Essays on Life, Death and Beyond (Muswell Hill Press)

Psychology & Counseling

A Practical Guide to the Law in Relation to Surrogacy

Legal Self-Help

Law Brief Publishing

Conversations with the Soul: A Psychiatrist Reflects - Essays on Life, Death and Beyond

Worship & Devotion

Aeon Books

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Heirs to Tibet: Travels among the exiles in India

Living Buddhism

Living Buddhism

Listen to Your Body: The Wisdom of the Dao

Listen to Your Body: The Wisdom of the Dao

Steelworks, Crucible Furnaces and Workers' Housing: Archaeological Investigations at Hoyle Street Sheffield (Wessex Archaeology Occasional Paper)

The Ways of the Soul: A Psychiatrist Reflects: Essays on Life, Death and Beyond (Muswell Hill Press)

Conversations with the Soul: A Psychiatrist Reflects Essays on Life, Death and Beyond (Muswell Hill Press)

A Practical Guide to the Law in Relation to Surrogacy

Conversations with the Soul: A Psychiatrist Reflects - Essays on Life, Death and Beyond