RE-ENCHANTMENT: Tibetan Buddhism Comes to the West
Jeffery Paine, Jeffrey Paine, . . Norton, $24.95 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-393-01968-1
Memorable anecdotes, great storytelling and keen observations mark this cogent exploration of the explosive growth of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. Paine offers chapters on many famous Tibetans, including the Dalai Lama (who, refreshingly, doesn't appear until nearly the end of the book), the pioneering Lama Yeshe, who first taught Westerners, and the controversial rogue playboy Chögyam Trungpa, Yeshe's character foil. Other chapters profile Westerners who discovered Tibetan Buddhism, like Tenzin Palmo (formerly a Cockney London girl named Diane Perry), who meditated alone for 12 years in an Indian cave and American lama Jetsunma (Catherine Burroughs), a much-married "tough bird from Brooklyn" who was the first Western woman to be recognized as a
Reviewed on: 11/10/2003
Genre: Nonfiction
Paperback - 278 pages - 978-0-393-32626-0