Janice Dean Willis
Autor(a) de Dreaming Me
About the Author
Image credit: Jan Willis. Photo copied from a Profile at Cornell.
Obras de Janice Dean Willis
The Diamond Light of the Eastern Dawn: A Collection of Tibetan Buddhist Meditations (1972) 35 cópias
Diamond Light of the Eastern Dawn 1 exemplar(es)
Dakini: Some Comments on its Nature and Meaning 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Willis, Janice Dean
- Outros nomes
- Willis, Jan
- Data de nascimento
- 1948-02-20
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- País (para mapa)
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Docena, Alabama
- Locais de residência
- Alabama, USA
New York, New York, USA
Tibet
Nepal
Connecticut, USA - Educação
- Cornell University (B.A.)
Cornell University (M.A.)
Columbia University (Ph.D) - Ocupação
- professor (religion)
- Relacionamentos
- Thubten Yeshe (Student)
- Organizações
- Wesleyan University
- Premiações
- Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Wesleyan University)
Membros
Resenhas
Listas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 6
- Membros
- 267
- Popularidade
- #86,454
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Resenhas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 12
I like Jan Willis' spiritual autobiography for the way it combines dreams, a chronological account of a life, and an account of spiritual growth and focus as a source of strength. I call it spiritual because Willis' focus on the issues that drive her - her intelligence that separates her from her community, her anger at the way blacks are treated by whites, and her love for and by her family & community permeate the book, call her to keep seeking and lead her to teach.
I love the way she uses her repeating dreams of lions to introduce sections of the book, thus giving story and mystery importance.
Chronologically, Willis grew up in Alabama (her father worked in a steel mill), graduating from high school in the mid 1960s. She attends college at Cornell University in new York, where she participates in a study abroad program in India and meets Tibetans there. She's also involved in campus politics, and upon graduation in 1969 is faced with a difficult choice: whether to join the Black Panther party or return go abroad to study in Nepal at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery.
The results of this choice, her study, and her return to the US to teach form the remainder of the book. I find Jan Willis a courageous and inspiring woman because she faces external and internal obstacles and continues to grow and learn.… (mais)