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3 comments about Princess in the Land of Snows.

1. Superb narration from one of the rare female Tibetan Lamas, H.E. Dagmo Kusho Jamyang Sakya. Fascinating insight into the political skirmishes of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism, from a perspective of privilege and power within its hierarchy. Interesting historical reference of the infiltration of chinese communism into Tibet, as well as much detail about her escape from Tibet with her husband, H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya Rinpoche. They, along with many family members, became one of the first Tibetan families to settle in the United States. This book is well written, with superb detail which makes one feel as if they are taking part in the events as they unfold.



2. You will not regret buying this book!!!
   
   I've lived in Seattle for over 20 years and did not know the true meaning of love and compassion until I went to the Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, where I had the honor of knowing H.E. Dagmo-Kushula (Mother of Princes) Jamyang Sayka and her husband His Holiness J.D. Sakya Rinpoche.
   
   His Holines is the Spritual Leader of the Monastery and I knew Him and His Wife quite well. It was there that i received my "refuge" (Basically a loyalty oath, confirming that i have taken Buddhism as a personal course to attain enlightenment); it was also there where i received my Buddhist name, given to me by His Holiness, Himself.
   
   In this magnificient, eloquent and profound book, (With a forward by His Holiness, The Dalai Lama) the journey that She, her Husband and family took to escape the chinese is fully documented by H.E. Jamyang and it is full of laughter, joy and tremendous hardship.
   
   She has the ability to be incredibly sublime in her quips and anecdotes. A favorite accounting of mine is when they were actually in as much danger crossing the Himalayas as they potentially faced with the chinese.
   
   There is a Tibetan word i cannot recall which, roughly translated, means, "look out below,!" meaning that if you were on the downside of a steep slope, you had to watch out for an ox who had slipped and was plunging down the mountain towards you, which to her, was funny in retrospect, but rather alarming at the time.
   
   In this book, H.E. Jamyang has the astonishing ability to actually allow you to see through Her eyes. A rare gift that is continually sought by writers the world over.
   
   You do not have to be a Buddhist to appreciate this wonderful book, and you will discover what love and compassion means to these displaced people, and it not just some fleeting emotion that most feel only over the Christmas holiday. This book will delight and enlighten you, and show you why they had over 1000 years of peace until their ancestral home was usurped by the chinese.
   
   you will never regret reading it, but you may very well regret losing it! it is worth reading time and again, especially when you feel anger towards your fellow human, and, more importantly, when you feel anger towards yourself.
   
   This book is worth far more than its weight in gold.



3. M. Dianna Ryel-Lindsey
   Naropa University
   Boulder, Colorado
   Buddhism in Tibet
   Sarah Harding
   Book Report
   February 26th, 2008
   
   Princess in the Land of Snows: the Life of Jamyang Sakya in Tibet
   
   This is the autobiography of Jamyang Sakya beautifully written to convey the intricate details of Tibetan culture in the time right before the Chinese invasion. The purpose of the book is to save, not squander, the true, sacred nature of Tibetan culture, religion, society, and life. This book is precious because it details Jamyang Sakya's life as a child growing up in Tibet in minute detail. It is exceptionally written; the words flow as wind through the Himalayan Mountains.
   
   Born on March 3, 1934, the Wood Dog year on the Tibetan lunar calendar, Jamyang Sakya, known as "Dagmo-la" to her friends, grew up as a girl among eight aspiring, affluent, male scholars and monks studying at the Thalung Monastery. The privilege of schooling was not open to all girls. Due to Jamyang Sakya's dear uncle Tlku-la, Dezhung Rinpoche, she was able to go to school. Jamyang Sakya speaks lovingly of wise Tlku-la throughout the book; he is considered a tlku, reincarnation, and was the head of two labrangs, lama residences at Thalung Monastery.
   "Religion was inseparable from much of our daily life and central to our formal learning." In the Sakya lineage, the family loved and learned holding firmly to the bonds of Tibetan Buddhism.
   
   "Nearly every Tibetan home has a shrine room or some type of altar." The altar adorned with butter lamps, a statue of the Buddha with copper and gold overlay, twenty-one brass water bowls, offerings of rice, incense, and flowers, had its own room in the home with Dharma books and Thangkas covering the walls. Exemplifying how religion was at the root of their learning process in the monastery, the children were to clean the bronze shrine bowls every morning: pour out the old water by placing it on plants or drinking it (as it is sacred), shine the bowls, and fill the bowls anew. Such an intricate process at the beginning of every day, a ritual of importance, taught the children care and respect for the shrine.
   
   Jamyang Sakya describes the life of: games, reading Buddhist texts, studying Thangka paintings, being respectful and quiet in the monastery, and household chores with endearing detail. Here is one of my favorite of her childhood stories:
   
   Besides Gyado, my pony, I had a most unusual pet, a four-horned sheep named Yang Rashi, who was a familiar figure to the neighborhood. He had been given to me by a nomad friend of Uncle Kuyak. It was good fortune indeed to have such an animal, and Yang Rashi clearly liked his home. He scaled the stairs easily and whipped about my bedroom. Almost daily, I combed his soft, white wool, which never was sheared. His brown eyes seemed to glow out from the wool. I kept Yang Rashi well decorated with braided, colored wool tassels and small jewels that hung from his neck. When I called his name, he came from afar. Besides barley, he accepted sweets and leftovers. His sleeping quarters were in a special room on the first floor. At night, I wrapped him in a blanket.
   
   A long pilgrimage to the capital city of Lhasa and other holy places in Tibet describing the glorious, mountain landscape, led Jamyang Sakya to meet her future husband, Jigdal Rinpoche (given the later title of Venerable Dezhung Rinpoche). "In the glow of the late afternoon sun, I felt a warmth and welcome here. There was an air of ease, a certain staidness that would be true of any great religious center, I thought." These were Jamyang Sakya's words upon approaching Phuntsok and Drolma, two magnificent palaces of the Great Temple of Sakya (she grew up a Khampa, from the city of Kham). She was fifteen when she married into the Sakya lineage. Her life became the busyness of palace life: meditation and study every morning, constant chores, and impressing her parents-in-law. She was now nobility.
   
   About this time, Chinese Communists were infiltrating eastern Tibet. News did not spread quickly to the palace as the communication in the various towns was primarily "word of mouth." Shortly after the death of her first-born daughter at three months, Tenzin Chödron ("the one who maintains the teachings, the lamp of religion"), Jamyang Sakya traveled with her husband to Kham. In her homeland, she "enjoyed a colorful life meeting high lamas, visiting monasteries, and continuing her own studies," but still saw changes around her, the oppression of the Chinese seeping in. Upon returning to Lhasa, the decision was imminent, and the family must flee Tibet to protect themselves from the violence and danger of the Chinese. Jamyang Sakya had just given birth to a baby boy on February 15th, 1958, Lodro Dorje, "one possessed of wise knowledge."
   
   The atmosphere became frightening. On March 19th, the family's party of fifteen left Lhasa for Nland. Lucky to have arrived at Nland, Jamyang Sakya writes, "Suddenly a Chinese plane, silver with a big red star on it, came across the pass. We could see it clearly... The plane returned about fifteen minutes later, circling the monastery several times and shooting at us. Then it turned off toward the Phenpo area, where there was fighting between Chinese and Khampas." Giving horrific accounts of trekking through the Himalayas with the Chinese following close behind, Jamyang Sakya and her family arrived safely in India.
   Spending only one year in India and still hearing sobering accounts of loved ones lost and her own mother trying to flee Tibet, Jamyang Sakya and her husband moved to the United States being one of the first Tibetan families to do so. Jigdal Rinpoche had received an offer to "collaborate in research at the University of Washington."
   During the years since their arrival in the United States, the author and her husband, widely knows as H.H. Dagchen Rinpoche, have established a thriving Tibetan cultural center and a monastery in Seattle, Washington. In the meantime, Lady Jamyang has quietly devoted herself inwardly to her spiritual practice under the guidance of her revered uncle, the late Venerable Dezhung Rinpoche. Outwardly she has selflessly devoted herself to bringing up five sons and assisting her husband in his many religious activities.
   
   This book sang to the depths of my heart about dedication to practice and study in Buddhist Tibet. Its details are rich and intricate like Jamyang Sakya was weaving the quilt of her story, tear for tear, laughter, love, and line for line. Her wisdom is clear, and her account of Tibet in a time before war and exile is important and irreplaceable! It is precious and sacred as it is filled with the detail of people in exile's Buddhist lifestyle and culture. Her words are picked sensitively, and her story rings with truth. I felt honored to read the book of a strong, devoted Tibetan woman. I felt as if I was holding something exquisite and special in my hands as I read about Jamyang Sakya's life.
   
   Once her story unfolds, it is unbelievable the toil the Tibetans have faced. I became enamored with the Tibetan culture almost to the point of Orientalism. I couldn't put the book down wanting to know what Jamyang Sakya would do first thing in the morning, learning about her wedding ceremony, her pilgrimages. Then, there is strife. Even after reading this, I cannot fathom the strife. I only know that something horrifically unfair has occurred, and I feel it in my bones. An entire people, a people rich in tradition and culture, had to flee their homeland to find security elsewhere. Many passed away on the journey.
   Jamyang Sakyang had many close calls. She remembers passing guards at a power plant, and one had not spoken. She did not realize until later that he was Chinese. "The Chinese... had shot some travelers after we had gone through. Two women had been killed." Excruciating accounts that tear out my insides with questions: what can be done, why did this happen, how could it be?
   
   This book is a treasure for me because I learn the most about a culture through accounts of the peoples' detailed, everyday existences. I can't travel to the Tibet Jamyang Sakya speaks of. I can only read her account and view it as a great blessing that this book exists. As Jamyang Sakya states, "This book is dedicated to my five sons with love and the hope that it will keep alive the memory of their heritage."

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4 comments about With Love from Diana, Queen of Hearts: Messages from Heaven for a New Age of Peace.

1. Announcing With Love from Diana, Queen of Hearts; the book everyone who loved her will want to read! In her own words, "For this one message deserves to be on the bestseller list; not just because it's from me, which I totally confirm; but because it can and will save America a future holocaust. We are trying to reach Americans in this message; and we ask all to be supportive of this light worker for she works for the good of all mankind; and all mankind will one day know of this fine peace work she has so selflessly done for the good of all"-- Princess Diana
   
   This is a message from Diana, the late Princess of Wales, which can save both America and the Middle East a future of terror and replace it with peace. Princess Diana's diplomatic solutions address current world affairs and offer spiritual insight into the religious conflict that is riddling the region whilst providing spiritual solutions that can really work to end the cycle of violence there. This is the same Princess Diana who stood bravely with the victims of Land mines and took on her causes with great bravery and dedicated love. She reaches beyond the veil of the dimension's through her channel to bring her words of peace to the war torn areas of the world offering great love, light and hope at this most crucial time.
   
   In this revealing book is everything you want to know about Princess Diana, at her most revealing. Diana speaks of her life and her message from her greater understanding there; that she was to be an "example amongst the people" Diana confirms her identity as the People's Princess and England's Rose. Diana said in life that she wanted to be queen of people's hearts, and so she now refers to herself as eternally, Queen of Hearts and England's Rose.
   
   She comments on recent revelations in the press, asking all not to look too much to the tabloid press for answers but instead to her channel, Marcia McMahon, the author, and her true biographer, Andrew Morton; with praise. She speaks to her beloved sons William and Harry with praise and great love, asking for privacy for her sons.
   Two other authors corroborate this message in sharing their messages from Diana within the book, author Robert Murray includes three chapters of channeled messages given by Diana through Robert, and Rose Campbell includes a very moving first chapter on Diana. It is well worth reading this fascinating book.
   Illustrated by the author and artist, with 18 watercolors of world's most celebrated beauty- Diana. Two paintings of Mother Teresa and one of Jesus are also included in this lovely volume that is sure to become a collector's item.
   
   This book is truly from Diana with Love in her own words through her channel; to set the record straight, and to aid those of us still on earth subject to the threats of terrorism and war!
   Diana, Princess of Wales still speaks to the world, and what a message this truly is!
   
   Her love for all overflows as she expresses it for those who may still grieve; this is Diana's gift of gratitude for those who mourned her; with her loving messages of peace and her diplomatic solutions to the troubles on this planet. As an Ascended Master and Guide Diana who works brilliant diplomatic solutions
   Diana speaks to ease the tensions in the Middle East and prevent massive loss of life through her vision of outcomes on the other side, and assist everyone the world over with her solutions. Diana address her letters to those she knew in her life such as Colin Powell and Tony Blair with her forthright solutions for the countries affected by terror threats, offering her insight and her love. Diana is working miracles for humanity once again and is in essence still with us from the spirit plane assisting all who are most affected by terror and war, providing her great love and tenderness for all innocent civilians so affected by these atrocities but at the same time offering great spiritual wisdom for all people of any faith.
   
   Dodi Fayed speaks, as he asks his people Muslims not to commit acts of terror in the so-called name of Allah and instead to live in love and brother hood with those not like them. Mother Teresa, who ascended with Diana at the time of their transition and was very much a mother to Diana in life; is at her side; asking the world to hear Diana in these messages and to look to Jesus for a guide to living in love! John Lennon speaks on world peace and confirms Diana's words as true and very much in keeping with his message of power to the people. John's great words are presented herein. Jesus speaks on his great message and comments on the religious leaders of the time not understanding his great message, confirming all the while that Diana will again bloom on earth; as England's rose eternally. According to Jesus, Diana will be heard in the desert of the Middle East where she works as an angel and ascended master where she will bloom again there for people as England's Eternal Rose for all the earth. This one message just may be the most uplifting and important message of light in the New Age.



2. Marcia McMahon has once again brought together a volume of her weekly, sometimes bi-weekly channeled messages of peace, love and advice for world leaders from Diana (Princess Diana). Marcia has published them in her second book entitled "With Love from Diana, Queen of Hearts: Messages from Heaven for A New Age of Peace." Through Marcia, Diana continues her tireless and ardent efforts to bring peace to the world. This second book is a continuation of "Princess Diana's Message of Peace: An Extraordinary Message of Peace for Our Current World," Marcia's first book of messages from Diana.
   
   In her second book, Marcia also receives messages from Mother Teresa, John Lennon, Jesus, Dodi Fayed who have IMPORTANT messages to pass on to the world. Marcia displays several of her latest watercolor paintings of
   Diana, Mother Teresa, Jesus and others. You will also find a few messages channeled by Robert Murray who also channels Diana. The two of his messages are from Diana and one is from Robert's deceased son-in-law, Michael who
   shares a past life story about Diana and Marcia. Michael is the subject of the book, "The Stars Still Shine: An Afterlife Journey."
   
   "With Love from Diana, Queen of Hearts" is an important book not to be ignored. Buy it today!



3. This is one of several channeled books I have read where Princess Diana is making her mark to help us seek peace in our world. These many messages concerning all topics are sent in hopes for mankind to awaken themselves and seek peace throughout our world. A message of peace is worth the read. It is not only written for the Peace Keepers and Light Workers, but all mankind. "With Love from Diana, Queen of Hearts" is just that, sending the world love and guidance in a troubled time. Do your heart a favor, read it.



4. The phenomena of making contact with the heavenly realms and to those who reside in Spirit is fast becoming more common place as mankind evolves, almost to the point where it will not seem such a phenomena for much longer. If we consider this topic without the filters of some foregone conclusions about the world, why would it seem so odd that those who are in Spirit would not want to reach back across the divide and aid us? Why does it seem that many would ignore the messages being given simply because they themselves have not had the experience of speaking to the realms of Spirit? These messages are meant for our growth, our education, and in some cases, even the prevention of needless bloodshed.
   Marcia McMahon's ability to reach the heavenly realms in a process called channeling is not truly an oddity. It is something neither invented nor contrived. Regardless of your own foregone conclusions about this ability, open your mind wide enough to read the words of her book With Love from Diana, Queen of Hearts. When you have finished the book, then decide if you can ignore the words given to Marcia from Diana about the plight of the Mid-East situation. The concern of those in Spirit is echoed so well in Diana's own and the suggestions offered by Diana through Marcia well may aid the world in this "troubled time".
   So why has Diana connected with Marcia? Besides the fact that her own children still reside in this world and would be affected by those things going on here, she was always concerned for the world at large. She became the Princess of people's hearts because of her humanitarian nature and willingness to extend herself to those ignored by the masses. But as Diana herself says "We in Spirit see more than you on Earth, and we can feed in projections to a machine, which resembles your computers. We take the information and see, literally, those bombs (nuclear bombs) going off! It's not a pleasant picture, and so we work round the clock to save the planet Earth from her own war games. And we do this in the name of love, that all will one day learn to live in love instead of hate, fear and ignorance. One world, one government, under God with malice towards none and unity amongst the nations. I am Diana, Ambassador for peace for the nations, All my love in a troubled time." Would not our own loved ones who have passed on not wish for us to live as Diana has stated?
   If the doubt should assail you that Marcia has contrived this work, I personally stand as a witness to her work. Diana has used many voices from many areas of the world since her death. I am but one of those myself. Marcia is the one who has been given words by Diana to aid in the international conflict going on in the Mid-East. Marcia's work for Diana is one of being a "voice in the wilderness". However, Diana's words to another person who may hear her voice sheds some light upon what we all can do for the uplifting of the world. She speaks also to Robert Murray, a man also gifted with the spiritual ear, and Marcia shares this correspondence in her book on page 163: "I wish to impose upon you and your family to spread the message around. Many people feel that they cannot do anything about world peace. It is very true that people everywhere in the world feel hopeless when they think of doing anything about world peace.... They don't do anything but give up and wring their collective hands and bemoan the fate of injured and dying children, I tell them they can help. They don't need to march, spill their own blood, and lie in front of a tank or anything dramatic. All concerned people can get involved even if it is in a very small way. Once people are aware of what they can do, there will be a ground swell of action and reaction, They can write, phone, or email elected officials to tell them how they feel about a specific political decision. If the officials have done something good, then congratulate them and encourage them to do more. The key is to have each person do something positive and to feel good inside as they get involved."
   Truly, if you turn yourself away from reading With Love From Diana, Queen of Hearts you miss an important document that offers not only a historical perspective of the Mid-East crisis, but also the hopeful solutions offered. You will miss the words of Mother Theresa (Yes, there are messages from her in here as well!) and Diana to the world, not only as given to Marcia, but to others who have heard from Diana. But most importantly, you deny yourself the right to decide for yourself what the phenomena of speaking to the spiritual realms can mean for our world. Do you seriously wish to risk that?
   
   Note: Rose Campbell has been a clairaudient channel for the celestial realms for 15+ years. She also has a Diana book entitled The Princess and the Peon: An Uncommon Conversation with the Late Princess Diana and works with others to serve as a communication bridge between the worlds.

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