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Norma Levine
Biography
Norma (or Naomi) Levine was born near Montreal, Canada and after completing her graduate degrees in Drama and Literature from McGill and Toronto Universities, moved to London UK in the 70’s. Her thesis on a British playwright, brought her to Hay-on-Wye in the Black Mountains of Wales where she dropped out of academic life, opened up the first natural food shop, and turned on to Buddhism after meeting the 16th Karmapa.
She lived for five years at Sherabling Monastery, the seat of His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche, in Himachal Pradesh North India, practising meditation, and became the companion/consort of the exiled spiritual king of Bhutan.
She is the author of 5 books on Buddhist themes and has written for the major London newspapers. She lived for many years in the village of Hay-on-Wye, famous for its Literary Festival. She now lives in Malvern, Worcestershire, and devotes her time to writing, gardening, and walking the Malvern Hills with her dog, Tara, an elegant lurcher.
She lived for five years at Sherabling Monastery, the seat of His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche, in Himachal Pradesh North India, practising meditation, and became the companion/consort of the exiled spiritual king of Bhutan.
She is the author of 5 books on Buddhist themes and has written for the major London newspapers. She lived for many years in the village of Hay-on-Wye, famous for its Literary Festival. She now lives in Malvern, Worcestershire, and devotes her time to writing, gardening, and walking the Malvern Hills with her dog, Tara, an elegant lurcher.
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Books
A Quest for the Hidden Lands
by Norma Levine
Price:
$9.00 USD.
Words: 23,160.
Language:
English.
Published: April 26, 2022
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Travel » By region » Asia, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Buddhism » Tibetan
(4.86 from 7 reviews)
My glimpse into the 16th Karmapa's enlightened mind in 1976 grew into a quest to find the key places on our planet called the Hidden Lands. The legend came alive while I was living in a Buddhist monastery in the Himalayas. The Tibetans made it sound like the ‘promised land’. Certain plants could induce enlightenment. Why did it take decades to get there? And the big question: Who hid it and why?