SHORT CUT TO NIRVANA

About the Book

In the normal course of one's life, forty two days is a drop in the ocean. None of us usually do much with such a small drop. Given the opportunity to realise one's dream or destiny, forty two days is a lifetime. This is a true account of those days, magnified in a way that enables the reader to share the journey with the author. It combines profound moments with tears and laughter, just three of the elements necessary to making the most of life. Includes over 100 images in black and white of India, Nepal and Tibet.

About the Author

Born in England, Jane found a strong connection to Tibet and Buddhism from an early age. Travelling extensively through India and Nepal in the early seventies, her dream was to always go to Tibet. After moving to New Zealand with 13 Birman cats and 5 suitcases circumstances led to this dream being realized in 2009; 50 years after the uprising against the Chinese occupation of Tibet was so brutally crushed, and the departure of the Dalai Lama to live in India in exile. The sequel to this book will come when Tibet is free.” I will be there to record and account what promises to be one of the most joyous occasions in the history of mankind. “ In the meantime Jane continues to devote her time to cats, creating a “cats retreat” ,as a consequence of which, she has become known as “the cat lady” She has two married sons who “ love her as our Mum, but quite glad we don’t have to share a house with so many felines!”