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Lotus girl : my life at the crossroads of Buddhism and America / Helen Tworkov.

by Tworkov, Helen, author.

New York : St. Martin's Essentials, 2024.

Subjects

Tworkov, Helen.

Buddhist women -- United States -- Biography.

Buddhist converts -- United States -- Biography.

Buddhism -- United States.

ISBN:

9781250321558 (hardcover) :

1250321557 (hardcover) :

Description:

viii, 325 pages ; 25 cm

"From the woman who helped introduce Buddhism to the West and founded Tricycle magazine comes a brilliant memoir of forging one's own path that Pico Iyer calls "unflinching" and "indispensable." The daughter of an artist, Helen Tworkov grew up in the heady climate of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism; yet from an early age, she questioned the value of Western cultural norms. Her life was forever changed when she saw the iconic photo of Thich Quang Duc, the Vietnamese monk who, seated in meditation, set himself on fire to protest his government's crackdown on the Buddhist clergy. Tworkov realized that radically different states of mind truly existed and were worth exploring. At the age of twenty-two, she set off for Japan, then traveled through Cambodia, India, and eventually to Tibetan refugee camps in Nepal. Set against the arresting cultural backdrop of the sixties and their legacy, this intimate self-portrait depicts Tworkov's search for a true home as she interacts with renowned artists and spiritual luminaries including the Dalai Lama, Pema Chödrön, Joseph Goldstein, Bernie Glassman, Charles Mingus, Elizabeth Murray and Richard Serra. Interweaving experience, research, and revelation, Helen Tworkov explores the relationship between Buddhist wisdom and American values, presenting a wholly unique look at the developing landscape of Buddhism in the West. Lotus Girl offers insight not only into Tworkov's own search for the truth, but into the ways each of us can better understand and transform ourselves"-- Provided by publisher.

Copy/Holding information

Location	Collection	Call No.	Copy	Status	Due Date
Hawaii State Library	Adult New Books	294.30925 Tworkov Tw		Transit		Add Copy to MyList
CLOSED TEMPORARILY: Honokaa Public Library	Adult Biography	B Tworkov Tw		Checked out	06/30/2024	Add Copy to MyList
Kahului Public Library	Adult Biography	B Tworkov Tw		Checked In		Add Copy to MyList
Kailua Public Library	Adult New Books	294.30925 Tworkov Tw		Checked out	07/05/2024	Add Copy to MyList
Kapaa Public Library	Adult New Books	294.30925 Tworkov Tw	Memoir	Checked out	07/05/2024	Add Copy to MyList
Liliha Public Library	Acquisitions --- On Order			in Processing		Add Copy to MyList
Mililani Public Library	Adult Nonfiction	294.30925 Tworkov Tw		Checked out	06/25/2024	Add Copy to MyList
Pahoa P/S Library	Adult Nonfiction	294.30925 Tw		Checked out	07/06/2024	Add Copy to MyList
Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library	Adult Biography	B Tworkov Tw		Transit		Add Copy to MyList
Waianae Public Library	Adult Nonfiction	294.30925 Tworkov Tw		Checked out	06/20/2024	Add Copy to MyList

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