EPISODE · Apr 16, 2024 · 3 MIN
Lotus Girl: My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America by Helen Tworkov
from Discover the Best Audio Stories in Biography & Memoir · host Rafaela O'Reilly
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/742540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lotus Girl: My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America Author: Helen Tworkov Narrator: Helen Tworkov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 16, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 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. 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 also into the ways each of us can better understand and transform ourselves.
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