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After four years in creation, the founder of World Dharma, Alan Clements, a former Buddhist monk, human rights activist, and performing artist, presents a visionary new book – a 268 page treasury of insights, both personal and planetary.
About Alan Clements. After dropping out of the University of Virginia in his second year, despite his scholarship, Boston-born Alan Clements went overland to India and the East, to become one of the first Westerners to ordain as a Buddhist monk in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).
Jan 8, 2003 · Alan Clements was one of the first Westerners to become a Buddhist monk in Burma. After disrobing, witnessing genocide and befriending Aung San Suu Kyi, he cautions that meditation is not a substitute for living.
Alan is former Buddhist monk, author, activist, performing artist, founder of World Dharma and retreat leader, known for his searing satirical solo performance piece,...
Jan 1, 2001 · The Voice of Hope is a rare and intimate journey to the heart of her struggle. Over a period of nine months, Alan Clements, the first American ordained as a Buddhist monk in Burma, met with Aung San Suu Kyi shortly after her release from her first house arrest in July 1995.
Alan Clements’ Burma: Voices of Freedom is a monumental achievement, a work more than three decades in the making. Alan interviewed hundreds of people for the book in order to examine the...
Jun 20, 2019 · Alan Clements was the first American to become a Buddhist monk in Burma, where he lived for the good part of a decade. Since leaving the monastery, he has become a spiritual maverick, working for global human rights and teaching his contemporary understanding of liberation to audiences around the world.
