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The Third Eye
T. Lobsang Rampa was preordained to be a Tibetan priest, a sign from the stars that could not be ignored. When he left his wealthy home to enter the monastery, his heart was filled with trepidation, with only a slight knowledge of the rigorous spiritual training and physical ordeal that awaited him . . . .
This is his story, a hauntingly beautiful and deeply inspiring journ...more
This is his story, a hauntingly beautiful and deeply inspiring journ...more
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
June 12th 1986
by Ballantine Books
(first published 1956)
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I was first introduced to Lobsang Rampa by a Freind in Nairobi, Kenya. He treated his book like a secret Bible and would not let it out of his sight. So i could only read it a few pages at a time. So, finally went to Mc Millian's Library and read the book. (Loved it to Bits & was hooked by its charm of Astral Travelling.)
Finally, Oneday I took the courage and mentioned it to my Dad, Who wasted no time in buying the complete collection.
The writer claimed to be a reincarnation of a Tibetian la...more
Finally, Oneday I took the courage and mentioned it to my Dad, Who wasted no time in buying the complete collection.
The writer claimed to be a reincarnation of a Tibetian la...more
Selama beberapa lama melihatnya di rak perpustakaan, aku tidak tertarik untuk membacanya.. kupikir ini buku spiritual semacam karangan Anand Khrisna yang bagiku pribadi membosankan. Setelah tidak menemukan buku yg kucari, aku mencoba membuka halaman buku ini. ternyata, isinya sangat menarik perhatian. walaupun ini semacam autobiography, tapi buku ini mirip novel fiksi. Kehidupan penduduk di Tibet, dan suasana eksotis & mistis kehidupan para biksu di kuil terbangun lewat penuturan T. Lobsang...more
Üçüncü Göz, 1950'li yıllarda yazılmış ve kısa sürede çok satar olmuş bir kitap. Ama aynı zamanda bu denli ilgi çekmiş olmasının sonucu olarak şaibeyle karşılanmış, tartışılmış, hatta yazar sahtekarlıkla da suçlanmış. Kitabın konusu, soylu bir ailenin çocuğu olarak Tibet'te dünyaya gelen Lobsang'ın 7 yaşında bir Tibet manastırına verildikten sonra bir lama olmak üzere yetiştirilme öyküsü. Tibet inançları doğrultusunda reenkarnasyon, üçüncü göz, duru görü gibi "doğaüstü" olarak adlandırdığımız bir...more
The book was first published in 1956 and I remember it being a favourite during the 60s occultist wave. It always carried a kind of question mark because of the accusations that it was a hoax, which the publishers discussed in their foreword at that time. The writer was apparently an Englishman (Cyril Henry Hoskins) who had never been to Tibet and knew nothing about the place or its beliefs. He claimed to have been 'taken over' mind and soul by the Tibetan Lama, Tuesday Lobsang Rampa, who was th...more
Supongo que nunca sabremos a ciencia cierta si el libro es enteramente real o no, por todas las investigaciones alrededor del autor y lo poco que conocemos de la cultura en Tíbet.
Pero al poner en duda su autenticidad me siento como el típico ciudadano occidental que tiene que ver que cada cosa sea comprobada científicamente para creerla, el típico occidental que es tan mencionado en el libro.
Independientemente del nivel de veracidad de este libro, la historia me mantuvo pensando todo el tiempo...more
Pero al poner en duda su autenticidad me siento como el típico ciudadano occidental que tiene que ver que cada cosa sea comprobada científicamente para creerla, el típico occidental que es tan mencionado en el libro.
Independientemente del nivel de veracidad de este libro, la historia me mantuvo pensando todo el tiempo...more
Jul 02, 2010
Frans Layanto
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
everybody
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I search it myself
Shelves:
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Saya adalah salah seorang pengagum Lobsang Rampa dan sudah baca semua karangan beliau. Memang banyak kontroversi mengenai Lobsang Rampa, dan umumnya yang punya konotasi negatif terhadap Lobsang Rampa cuma membaca satu atau dua judul saja dan juga tak punya latar belakang spiritual/metafisika yang memadai. Saya sendiri berupaya supaya konotasi negatif itu dapat terhapus dengan cara mencoba menterjemahkan karya-karya tersebut dalam bahasa Indonesia. Bisa dilihat di situs saya www.mataketiga.co.cc/...more
oh my goodness. i can't believe this book is on good reads. my brother and i read it when we were both a little too young and took every single word at face value. just rediscovered it during a trip home. weird, wild, magical and mystical adventures - astral projections, flying, third eyes, YES. at the time we were totally sucked in and on board, ready to go on mystical journeys in tibet ourselves. i'm afraid some of the luster might be gone with the cynicism that settles once one is no longer 1...more
Read it at 16 and started me out on Tibetan Buddhism...still have my trepidations...i remember quite well those astral journeys...some form of kite that would take you across spaces....then i learned the other side of the story...the English writer...however; he warns us as we read on, that we can choose to believe it ...i chose to believe it in a belated fashion...then all that Tibet frenzy came...the political game with China that placed it in the center of it all... and all the monks unaccust...more
I loved this book more than I know. I read it and reread it at times when I'm feeling low or depressed. It's more or less a coming of age novel about a young boy of high class thrown out of his house by his stern father to become a monk. He is initiated into the higher order and taught the most secretive occult powers of tibet.
I wish I could find the book right now. I don't think my review is any good. Read the book. There's a lot of spirituality and aura perception as well as astral traveling....more
I wish I could find the book right now. I don't think my review is any good. Read the book. There's a lot of spirituality and aura perception as well as astral traveling....more
This book was such an intensely crushing disappointment that I've practically developed a split personality trying to deal with it.
When I read it I was under the impression, as any impressionable LSD addled teen might be, that this was some sort of authentic account of a young man's experience of Tibetan Buddhism.
Yeah. Turns out it's just some guy who suffered a blow to the head and started channeling.
When I read it I was under the impression, as any impressionable LSD addled teen might be, that this was some sort of authentic account of a young man's experience of Tibetan Buddhism.
Yeah. Turns out it's just some guy who suffered a blow to the head and started channeling.
A fascinating book that has a strong grip on the reader. Written as an autobiography, overall in a very credible manner. What somewhat ruined it for me - the real life story about the author is quite controversal. Apparently he was born as a plumber, later his body was "occupied" by a spirit of Tibetian munk. Well.. you be the judge. Nevertheless - book is very intriguing to read.
Es un libro bien escrito, en el que el lector se mete de lleno en la simple vida de los monjes budistas dedicada a la contemplación.
La verdad es que no es demasiado creíble la historia, y menos habiendo sido escrita por un británico, pero esta duda se olvida pronto cuando el libro empieza a sumergirte en un mundo desconocido para los occidentales.
La verdad es que no es demasiado creíble la historia, y menos habiendo sido escrita por un británico, pero esta duda se olvida pronto cuando el libro empieza a sumergirte en un mundo desconocido para los occidentales.
I read this several ears ago, and really enjoyed it. it was several months later that I heard the controversy about it being written by a British man and no a Tibettan monk. I admit I was a bit let down that it was more fiction than I wanted it to be, but sill a good read, with good lessons.
Apakah reinkaransi itu sungguh ada ?
Orang bilang bahwa nasib itu ada di tangan kita.
Lobsang Rampa sungguh seorang yang sangat pemberani.
Karena beliau berani menjalani garis ramalan atau nasib yang telah tertulis untuknya, meskipun ia tidak selalu menyukainya.
That is a true courage
Orang bilang bahwa nasib itu ada di tangan kita.
Lobsang Rampa sungguh seorang yang sangat pemberani.
Karena beliau berani menjalani garis ramalan atau nasib yang telah tertulis untuknya, meskipun ia tidak selalu menyukainya.
That is a true courage
Feb 25, 2013
Muhammet Petek
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Tibet'te doğup büyürken Tibet'in en büyük tıp manastırında eğitim görerek bugün bizim efsane diye anlattığımız psişik iletişime tanık olan yazarımızın biyografik romanı. Bugün tibetlilerin neden tıp manastırının taşlarını toz halinde suya katıp içtiklerini anlamamıza yardımcı oluyor.
Don't judge a book by its cover!
When I first saw this cover I thought - WEIRD!
But after the first 2 chapters I was hooked. It is an amazing true story of a Tibetan Lama (monk). This books takes you to a world that is so foreign to our way of thinking. I highly recommend it!
When I first saw this cover I thought - WEIRD!
But after the first 2 chapters I was hooked. It is an amazing true story of a Tibetan Lama (monk). This books takes you to a world that is so foreign to our way of thinking. I highly recommend it!
My grandmother gave me this book to read when I was a teenager. It had a profound influence on my life in that it opened my mind's eye to myriad perspectives of who we are and what we are capable of as human beings.
I read this book as a teenager and i thought it was great. Only later did I learn that it's not written by a Tibetan monk but rather (if I remember correctly) and ex-plumber from the UK. Still, it's a pretty good read.
The very first of Lobsang Rampa I read from my dad's collection. I was definitely a different version. The writer claimed to be a reincarnation of a Tibetian lama, Lobsang Rampa. The Third Eye introduced the strict discipline of the lama in his route to obtaining the ability to see with psychic power.Story, said to be true , covers subjects such as the human aura, astral travel, meditation, control of the mind in overcoming pain, the Potala and what's underneath it, life in Tibet, search for rei...more
My mom gave me this book to read as. Teenager. Although now I can't tell you much about the plot, I can tell you it's one of those books you will remember and recommend.
El Sergio de hace 20 años diría con las palabras de ahora: magnífica autobiografía apócrifa y fantástica. No me atrevería a leerla de nuevo para no destruir la magia.
The Third Eye isn't only a great book, but the basic clear instruccions to acompish Astral Travels
and out of Body experiences, to my Knowledge the best of its kind,
and out of Body experiences, to my Knowledge the best of its kind,
Almost certainly an hoax but even so a very advisable reading.
Fantasy or reality prepare yourself to fly with the eye of your mind in the secret Tibet
Fantasy or reality prepare yourself to fly with the eye of your mind in the secret Tibet
This is an interesting fiction story. Many people confuse it to be a real autobiography. I wouldn't recommend this book unless you have some time to waste...
Read this book a long time ago in 6th grade when my brother brought it from the Max Mueller Institute. Was extremely puzzled and captivated by the story.
this book gives an insight to a world unknown the story is compelling and follow the account of the author into realms of mystics and beyond
Un libro apasionante que lo transporta a uno a la vida de un monje en un lamasterio. En este libro se sigue el trayecto de Lobsang desde su llegada como adicto a los siete años a Chakpori hasta que llega a ser abad antes de su partida de el Tíbet a China. En este el aprende y habla sobre viajes astrales, sobre expediciones al norte del Tíbet, las cometas gigantes que logran elevar gente, la disciplina bajo la que viven los monjes, su formación en diferentes aptitudes. A pesar de la posibilidad q...more
Este fué uno de los primeros libros que marcaron mi adolescencia... por eso es tan especial. Lo amé de principio a fin y asi nació mi amor por el Tíbet <3
I was Introduced to Rampa by couple of my office colleagues.. Loved the book and the feel it brings in you..
Had read this as a teenager and I am re-reading it now again. I travel with it.
I love the last part where he 'meets' with his previous body in which he lived 3000 years ago.
I love the last part where he 'meets' with his previous body in which he lived 3000 years ago.
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Tuesday Lobsang Rampa was a writer who claimed to have been a Lama in Tibet before spending the second part of his life in the body of a British man. Cyril Henry Hoskin (8 April 1910 – 25 January 1981) described himself as the "host" of Tuesday Lobsang Rampa. The name Tuesday relates to a claim in The Third Eye that Tibetans are named after the day of the week on which they were born.
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“En el Tibet creemos que el único enemigo es el hombre a quien no conocemos; basta trabajar junto a un hombre, hablar con él y tratarlo para que deje de ser un enemigo.”
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