Book Review: Embodying Tara: Twenty-One Manifestations to Awaken Your Innate Wisdom
Nachaya Campbell-Allen explores a new volume detailing practices associate with the 21 Taras
Nachaya Campbell-Allen is a mother of three, philosopher, artist, and iconologist. She was first immersed in Buddhism during the early 1980s when geshes lived in her London home. Nachaya has been working as a professional artist in France since 2009, with a focus on divinity, particularly Eastern motifs. She is part of the Buddhist art collective Dakini as Art (creative sister to the Yogini Project) and now has work being owned by a growing number of collectors worldwide.
Nacahaya also has a deep fascination with peeling back the veil of local narratives and seeing a bigger picture of how things work on both micro and macro levels, marrying profound spirituality with phenomenal experience and our emotional journey and posing questions for contemplation and dialogue. Life is still her biggest educator and single handedly parenting her children has been the biggest teacher of all.
Nachaya’s Book Corner focuses on reviews of books and writings of interest to Buddhist practitioners
Nachaya Campbell-Allen explores a new volume detailing practices associate with the 21 Taras
A thoughtful and heartfelt dialogue between one of our time’s great ethicists and a pioneering Taiwanese Buddhist nun
Nachaya Campbell-Allen reviews a remarkable volume of Khmer verse and spirituality
Nachaya Campbell-Allen explores a deeply personal journey into the world of the tantric deity Tara.
Nachaya Campbell-Allen explores the beauty and poignant insights of this remarkable and historic poetry collection
Pema Wangyal Rinpoche’s new book can serve as a central practice manual for newcomers and experienced Buddhists alike as they traverse the Vajrayana path
Nachaya Campbell-Allen explores Paul Dennison’s remarkable new book on jhana meditation.
Nachaya reviews Awakening Dignity: A Guide to Living a Life of Deep Fulfillment by Phakchok Rinpoche and Sophie Wu
Reviewing a new deck of meditation cards from a revered Zen teacher
A positive addition to the climate crisis conversation, filled with practical advice from world-leading experts
Asking and pondering on questions on the environment, society, and our increasingly volatile world in Susan Bauer-Wu’s new book
A doorway to the wisdom of Chan patriarch Dahui Zonggao