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Bird Neshama Trungma

Goodreads Author

Born

in Brooklyn, New York, The United States

June 21, 1946

Twitter

Twittingbird

Genre

Psychology, Memoir, Spirituality

Influences

Vidyadhara the Venerable Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche; Nelson Mandela; Joa ...more

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April 2013

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Bird Neshama Trungma is the founder and teacher of Dharma Yeshiva in New York City, an organization whose goal is to unite Buddhist wisdom with the beauty and warmth of the Western Judaic-Christian traditions, and to present Buddhist teachings within a non-hierarchical environment based upon merit, where everyone has an opportunity to fulfill their Buddha-nature and to shine.

Her second major interest is working to bring about a radical change in the Western paradigm of mind as brain and the medical model of mental illness which results from that paradigm. She believes that all thoughts and feelings have something to teach us and some benefit to offer us. When we pathologize mind, we are turning away our best friend. This behavior turns us ...more

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The Reason Why I Am Not a Serial Killer,...

If someone were to become angry and shout, “This woman is a mental case!” referring to me, I would not become angry at them for saying that. How could I, having arrived at that very same conclusion myself? It is no insult. That I understand my life and the world in which it has occurred to be entirely mental is my saving grace. For without that understanding, I would certainly have become a seria

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	Your Face Is the Mirror of My Soul: Songs of Love and Delight - Songs of Loneliness and Terror - Songs of Longing, Rejection and Rage Sung with a ... Mind As I Battled with the Angel in My Mirror it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Four Ghosts In A Mad House it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars