Snow Leopards (Explore My World)

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The sense I get (and to which this book contributes mightily) is that the emphasis this religion places on one's own acceptance, one's own enlightenment, and one's own self-knowledge doesn't really do diddly-squat to help your less-fortunate neighbor down the road. It's not given any frills or decoration, other than beautiful and inimitable descriptions of nature.

The only sighting of the snow leopard is literally mentioned in the last 3 pages - and he doesn't go into much detail because he wasn't even there. Since Jang-bu seems uncomfortable with the Lama or with himself or perhaps with us, I tell him not to inquire on this point if it seems to him impertinent, but after a moment Jang-bu does so. The tale is based on a true story that happened to Rigzin Tundup who worked for the Snow Leopard Conservancy India and saved a snow leopard from being killed in 2007. Is my reaction about his leaving his son because I don’t, I can’t, understand PM’s own grieving process?

Spirits of Sacred Mountains”, written by Irina Loginov, it is a fairy tale story of a cat and its cubs. Up-front confession: My own interactions with Buddhism have been tangential and shallow, and I may be missing a lot. I understand that during the 60-70, associating drugs to eastern philosophy was a thing, but putting that in a book isn’t going to make me believe that the person is serious about learning (or even knows what their saying). Through Matthiessen’s experiences we rub shoulders with llamas, sherpas, bearers and the Nepalese people.The prose will speak to those attuned to nature and to those who enjoy trekking in wild places anywhere, the world over.

Both Matthiessen and Schaller also hoped to catch sight of the snow leopard, a particularly elusive and seldom-seen predator that preys upon the blue sheep that Schaller was studying. Sometimes I feel that the concepts of Buddhism aren’t so hard to grasp, but scholarly scriptures make it harder. It provides interesting facts, has excellent nature writing and guides one toward attaining am inner stability and calm—not through instructive advice but instead through the observation of those who are calm. Matthiessen senses that “There is power in the air” as the three discuss the yeti, with one man saying, “I think the yeti is a Buddhist” (p.It is also a spiritual journey where the goal becomes completely interiorized by the author as it progresses.

Perfect for teaching children to read, while letting them learn about the exciting world of snow leopards - it is the ideal book for long car journeys and bedtime reading. But we found it pretty transformative, as we did find the whales, and we saw, too, many many other species of animals and birds we dutifully recorded along the way.In many ways it became clear that we were bearing witness to climate change, to human beings' role in the devastation of the planet, as PM ultimately was also doing. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The Snow Leopard is one of the best and important books I have ever read, and I finally read it not in some hippie solo way or at an Ashram or something, but on a one-month road trip (in a mini-van, no less, ha! S. Lewis to reading the ramblings of some narcissistic Christian television evangelist as he treks over the mountains.