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Be an Island: The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace
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Be an Island: The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace Paperback - 1999

by Khema

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From the best-selling author of Being Nobody, Going Nowhere, Ayya Khema's Be an Island guides us along the path of Buddhist meditation with direct and practical advice, giving us contemplative tools to develop a healthy sense of personal being. Be an Island is at once an introduction to the teachings of Buddhism and a rich continuation of Ayya Khema's personal vision of Buddhist practice.

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  • Title Be an Island: The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace
  • Author Khema
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wisdom Publications, Boston
  • Publication date 1999-03
  • ISBN 9780861711475 / 0861711475
  • Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.5 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.27 cm)
  • Category Religion - World Religions
  • Library of Congress subjects Buddhism - Doctrines, Spiritual life - Buddhism - Psychology
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 98040893
  • Dewey Decimal Code 294.344

About the author

Born in Berlin in 1923 to Jewish parents, Ayya Khema was educated in Scotland and China and later emigrated to the United States. The author of twenty-five books, she was ordained as a nun in Sri Lanka in 1979 and established several Buddhist centers, including Wat Buddha Dhamma in Australia, Parapuddua Nun's Island in Sri Lanka, and Buddha Haus in Germany. In 1987 she coordinated the first-ever International Conference of Buddhist Nuns. She passed away in 1997.

Sandy Boucher is the author of six books, including Turning the Wheel: American Women Creating the New Buddhism. She has traveled extensively in Asia, and lived for a short time as a nun on the Nuns Island in Sri Lanka founded and directed by Ayya Khema. Boucher is active in both feminism and Buddhism, and has worked with cancer patients since her 1995/96 bout with cancer. She lives in Oakland, California.

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