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Venerable Adrian Feldmann
Biography
Born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1943, Dr Adrian Feldmann graduated from the University of Melbourne with a degree in medicine. After practising medicine in Australia and England, he travelled through Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India, eventually finding his way to a Tibetan monastery in Nepal.
After intensive study and meditation, he became ordained as the Buddhist monk, Thubten Gyatso. Since then he has run a free medical clinic in Nepal, taught Buddhism and meditation in many countries, and established monasteries in France and in the country town of Bendigo, outside Melbourne.
In 1999, he was asked by his teacher, Kyabje Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, to go to Mongolia and help establish a new Buddhist centre. Mongolia was emerging from seventy years of communist rule, during which the Stalinist purges of the 1930s virtually extinguished the traditional Mongolian Buddhist culture. He was well received in Mongolia where, apart from the classes he gave at the new centre, his teachings were presented on radio and television and published in the local newspapers.
23,000 copies of the Mongolian translation of the first edition of this book have been distributed, mostly free of charge, and it has become one of the most popular books on Buddhism in Mongolia. After leaving Mongolia in 2003, Thubten Gyatso built a cabin in the Australian bush where he meditated in strict isolation from the world for three years.
After intensive study and meditation, he became ordained as the Buddhist monk, Thubten Gyatso. Since then he has run a free medical clinic in Nepal, taught Buddhism and meditation in many countries, and established monasteries in France and in the country town of Bendigo, outside Melbourne.
In 1999, he was asked by his teacher, Kyabje Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, to go to Mongolia and help establish a new Buddhist centre. Mongolia was emerging from seventy years of communist rule, during which the Stalinist purges of the 1930s virtually extinguished the traditional Mongolian Buddhist culture. He was well received in Mongolia where, apart from the classes he gave at the new centre, his teachings were presented on radio and television and published in the local newspapers.
23,000 copies of the Mongolian translation of the first edition of this book have been distributed, mostly free of charge, and it has become one of the most popular books on Buddhism in Mongolia. After leaving Mongolia in 2003, Thubten Gyatso built a cabin in the Australian bush where he meditated in strict isolation from the world for three years.
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Videos
Most Venerable Thubten Gyatso
Speaking at Sydney Town Hall on Vesak 29 May 2011.
Books
The World and Ourselves: Buddhist Psychology
by Venerable Adrian Feldmann
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 66,410.
Language:
English.
Published: February 18, 2016
by
Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Buddhism » Tibetan, Nonfiction » Philosophy » Buddhist
After seven years experience as a doctor working in hospitals in Australia, New Guinea, and England, I became convinced that human suffering and happiness are largely rooted in our behavior, especially in attitudes behind our behavior. Although I still have a long way to go on my own path, many have requested me to share with them what I have learned since then; hence this book.
-Venerable Gyatso
A Leaf in the Wind: A Life's Journey
by Venerable Adrian Feldmann
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 101,920.
Language:
English.
Published: October 20, 2015
by
Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Buddhism » History, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Buddhism » Tibetan
This personal account of one man's search for happiness is often humorous and sometimes shocking. Adrian Feldman doesn't shirk revealing the mistakes and failings which help to highlight his personal message of hope. His spiritual path is a quest to "slay the ego," and his life story is a parable for modern times.
The Perfect Mirror: Reflections on Truth and Illusion
by Venerable Adrian Feldmann
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 57,360.
Language:
English.
Published: June 16, 2015
by
Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Buddhism » Tibetan, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Buddhism » Rituals & Practice
In these short, profound articles, Venerable Adrian Feldmann explains the principal teachings of the Buddha and reflects on the search for a truthful way of life, the pursuit of happiness, birth, death, love, friendship, sex, marriage, and raising children. This ebook is published by the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, a non-profit organization established to make Buddhist teachings widely available.
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