Shelley Schanfield

Shelley Schanfield

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Novels about the Buddha and his wife. Gods and goddesses, outlaws and kings, yoga and liberation: Sadhana Trilogy Book I now available at all retailers.
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Sadhana Trilogy
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Sadhana Trilogy / Everything about the people, places, gods and goddess in the Sadhana trilogy.
Durga
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Durga / The gods couldn't kill the demon Mahisa. Only an avatar of the Devi could.
Gee, wish I'd known before...
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Gee, wish I'd known before... / Too soon old and too late smart.
Tara
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Tara / Buddhist goddess of mercy. Like Kwan Yin's Tibetan sister.
Tigers and other cats
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Tigers and other cats / Lions and tigers and...panthers and cougars and jaguars, oh my
Ashvamedha
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Ashvamedha / Vedic Horse Sacrifice
India's epics: Mahabharata and Ramayana
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India's epics: Mahabharata and Ramayana / Oceans of stories
The Devi
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The Devi / The Great Goddess. No further introduction needed.
Shiva
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Shiva / The Great God, Maheshvara, Auspicious One
Sadhana trilogy: Wildlife
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Sadhana trilogy: Wildlife / The animals that Mala, Yasodhara, Sakhi, Kirsa and the Buddha might have met on their travels
Vedic altar
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Vedic altar / Religions of India
India's temples
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India's temples / Religions of India
What did the Buddha really look like?
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What did the Buddha really look like? / No one really knows, but here are some ways we imagine him...
Buddhist legend
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Buddhist legend / Siddhartha, who became the Buddha
Art of South and Southeast Asia
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Art of South and Southeast Asia / Hindu, Buddhist, and Vedic religious figures
The Sacred Syllable
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The Sacred Syllable / Om. Aum. The seed syllable.
Bhagavad Gita
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Bhagavad Gita
People of India
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People of India
India's mythological places
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India's mythological places / Hinduism, Buddhism, Vedic religion
Mudras
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Mudras
Dhavalagiri
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Dhavalagiri
Ajanta Caves
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Ajanta Caves
Yoga
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Yoga
Places in India
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Places in India
Indus civilization
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Indus civilization / Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, India's first urbanization.
Tibet
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Tibet
Publishing
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Publishing
Recovering Librarian
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Recovering Librarian / You're never really cured of loving books and libraries. Of course, why would you want to be?
Recipes
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Recipes / Everybody else has a recipe board, so why not me...
Chinnamasta
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Chinnamasta
Art of East Asia
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Art of East Asia
Buddhist India
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Buddhist India
India History
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India History
Writing
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Writing
Cover Design
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Cover Design
Kali
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Kali
Just because
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Just because
Recipes...ok, I give in. Gotta have a recipe board.
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Recipes...ok, I give in. Gotta have a recipe board.
Mountain Goddess Cover
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Mountain Goddess Cover
Books I love
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Books I love
Wisdom eyes
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Wisdom eyes
Mandalas
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Mandalas
Indian Folk Art
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Indian Folk Art
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"This is a deep and uncomfortable paradox...we can only defend democracy by being undemocratic. Every secret service knows this paradox. Some are more comfortable with it than others." Philip Pullman
The Mountain Goddess is a 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award finalist: The Mountain Goddess is a 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award finalist in Fantasy (Adult Fiction). "The Mountain Goddess" is an engaging, vivid work of impressive scope, with elements from fantasy, Buddhism, and Indian culture."

The Mountain Goddess is a 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award finalist: The Mountain Goddess is a 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award finalist in Fantasy (Adult Fiction). "The Mountain Goddess" is an engaging, vivid work of impressive scope, with elements from fantasy, Buddhism, and Indian culture."

as the darkest places reveal their secrets before the penetrating rays of the sun, so will the.

Yeah. I do.

I rule an imagined world of my own.

A Common Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus), alias Kalindi the Nightjar, Siddhartha's companion on his quest
The nightjar Kalindi

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A Common Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus), Opaque watercolor on paper
Barabar Caves - ancient hermitages of Ajivika ascetics
Person grappling with two flanking tigers standing and rearing on their hindlegs. Comparable to the Mesopotamian cylinder seal (BM 89538), this Indus seal depicts a person with six hair-knots. Mohenjodaro seal, Figure grappling 2 rampant tigers. This motif is found on seals in Mesopotamia as well. Other artifacts indicate regular trade from the Indus Valley to Mesopotamia via a port in Syria.

Harappan Seal, ca. BC, Mohenjo-daro, Hercules-like figure grappling 2 rampant tigers. This motif is found on seals in Mesopotamia as well. Other artifacts indicate regular trade from the Indus Valley to Mesopotamia via a port in Syria.

https://flic.kr/p/djf8ep | Seal -12, Harappan Civilization, C- 2700-2000 BC | Seals appear in the Indus Valley around 2600 B.C. with the rise of the cities and associated administrators. Square and rectangular seals were made from fired steatite. The soft soapstone was carved, polished, and then fired in a kiln to whiten and harden the surface. Seals made of metal are extremely rare, but copper and silver examples are known. The square seals usually have a line of script along the top and a…

Essay about mohenjo daro seals Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa are two ancient cities. Inscribed seals found at Mohenjo-Daro and other Indus. This example Mohenjo-Daro Essay is published for.

Right hand holding a little drum, the veil of time, which shuts us away from eternity by bringing about the creation of the world of time and ourselves within it. Left hand holds the flame of illumination, the solar flame, which burns away the veil of time. This is the hand of creation, this is the hand of destruction. This is the hand of bringing you into the sphere of illusion, this is the hand of opening your consciousness (Nataraja from Tamil Nadu)
"The Marriage of Shiva & Parvati. Northern India, Western Rajasthan or Uttar Pradesh. Second half of the 10th century. Pink Sandstone. 81cm."

"The Marriage of Shiva & Parvati. Northern India, Western Rajasthan or Uttar Pradesh. Second half of the century.

Mahakala, Mahisha, Mami Wata and Miengu, Mael Duin, Minia and Mokosh.
Durga
Goddess Saraswati devi Saraswati: Goddess of Knowledge & Arts
Goddess Durga She's been on my mind lately, and I'm reaching out to her, hoping to channel her warrior protector energy and manifest it in my life. Om dum durgaye namah.

Kali, also known as Kalika, is the Hindu goddess associated with eternal energy. The name Kali means "black" but has, by folk etymology, come to mean "force of time (kala)." Kali is today considered the goddess of time and change.