Occupation journalist, author Role Reporter | Name Vicki Mackenzie Years active 1960s-present | |
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Born 1947 England Books Cave In The Snow, Reincarnation: The Boy Lama, Reborn in the West: The Rein, Reborn in the West: The Story, Why Buddhism? | ||
Education University of Queensland | ||
Revolutionary women the extraordinary lives of freda bedi and tenzin palmo by vicki mackenzie
Vicki Mackenzie (born 1947), an author and journalist, was born in England and spent much of her early life in Australia. The daughter of a naval officer, she graduated from Queensland University and became a reporter at the Sun newspaper in Sydney.
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- Revolutionary women the extraordinary lives of freda bedi and tenzin palmo by vicki mackenzie
- Buddhism
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Later she moved on to London where she worked as a features writer on the Daily Sketch and the Daily Mail. She went on to write for the Sunday Times, The Observer, the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Telegraph, the Daily Express, the Mail on Sunday and many national magazines.
Buddhism
Since taking a month-long meditation course in Nepal in 1976, her primary interest has been to make the profundity of Buddhist philosophy accessible to the general public. Her books on Buddhism and reincarnation include:
She was interviewed by the Radio National program The Spirit of Things in 2002 about her book, Why Buddhism? Westerners in Search of Wisdom. Her book Cave in the Snow: a woman's quest for enlightenment was reviewed in Minneapolis City Pages.