Master Fwap, the elderly Tibetan Buddhist monk and bringer of enlightenment, begins a new adventure with the Himalayan snowboarder. They must solve the mystery of the missing dimension which must be learned and solved before the next levels of Buddhistic lessons can be understood. synopsis may belong to another edition of this title.
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The success of Lenz s earlier book,
Surfing the Himalayas (a fictionalised account of his meeting with the Tibetan Buddhist monk who changed his life) will create a ready market for this sequel, in which the playfulness of the earlier book is consolidated. After a metaphorical trip down the side of a mountain, the snowboarding protagonist again encounters the wry Master Fwap and is introduced to a mystery: the missing dimension. To attain the next level of Buddhistic enlightenment, the snowboarder must solve this problem and he does so with help from the mysterious Oracle of Nepal who presents him with the Tibetan tantric texts that wi
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Frederic Lens: building bridges in biodiversity research
Four green research institutes in Leiden are joining forces to integrate evolution and biodiversity research, at local and at the national level. Pivot in this collaboration is Frederic Lens. Frederic holding a so-called giant woody walking stick cabbage native to the Canary Islands, one of the most spectacular cases of convergent evolution towards woodiness on islands.
‘Fantastic research is being done at the Institute of Biology Leiden, the Institute of Environmental Sciences, the Naturalis Biodiversity Center and the Hortus botanicus Leiden. But there is certainly still a lot to be done through new multidisciplinary projects between the institutes’, says Frederic Lens. ‘That is what I want to commit to.’
EXCLUSIVE: Daughter of woman, 40, whose body was found in a reservoir 32 years after she went missing tells how her mom became enamored by a young minister and fell into the Rama cult as it s ruled her death was a suicide
Brenda Kerber, 40, disappeared from her White Plains home around September 28, 1989
Kerber was a follower of Frederick P. Lenz III, who went by Zen Master Rama
Officials recovered a 1982 Ford Granada from the Muscoot Reservoir in January with her remains inside
Her death has since been ruled a suicide by the medical examiner s
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Body found in submerged car followed a cult leader in 1989
UPDATE 2/2/21: Brenda Berbers death was ruled a suicide by authorities.
A vehicle found in the Muscoot Reservoir off Route 100 is believed to be connected to the disappearance of Brenda K. Berber, who went missing in 1989, reports lohud.com. Berber, 40, from Oregon went missing on October 8, 1989 from Alex Drive in the Rosedale section of White Plains, New York.
Brenda was last seen near the Katonah Fire Station asking for directions on Sept 28, 1989. She was on her way to see her friend, Tony Chester, in Mount Kisco. No verification if she made it there or not. Tony talked with Brenda again on Oct. 1, 1989. No clarification whether it was by phone or in person. She went missing 7 days later.