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Maus Volume I and II Where Books Written by Art Spiegelman in A Meta-Literary Fashion About
Maus Volume I and II Where Books Written by Art Spiegelman in A Meta-Literary Fashion About
The effects of the holocaust on Vladek and Mala’s relationship in the graphic novel Maus by Art
Spiegelman
Maus volume I and II where books written by Art Spiegelman in a meta-literary fashion about
Vladek’s (Art’s father) experience going through WWII. As well as re-telling the events through flashbacks
we are also shown how these interviews and visits to Vladek’s house are conducted, giving us an easy
comparison between both time frames: WWII and present time. A relevant comparison to be made is Anja
and Vladek’s relationship, one of seemingly unbreakable love and survival, and of present time Vladek
and Mala’s relationship, a loveless marriage fueled by resentment. This essay will seek to analyze the
behaviors of both Vladek and Mala as holocaust survivors and the effect this has on their relationship. It
will be proven that the main defining characteristic is an anxiety for their future, leading to a fear of
loneliness, which would demonstrate to be the core of their marital issues.
Throughout the book we see how Vladek manages to survive the holocaust. Even though it is true
that luck is a defining factor, Vladek survives mainly on his ability to think on his fee
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Finding the footprints of the Lotus-Born
Mikhail Morozov
This essay was originally written for the Jamyang Buddhist Centre in London
If we had to choose a historical figure that left the greatest imprint on the landscape of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism—next to the historical Buddha himself—very few individuals would be able to compete with the towering greatness of Padmasambhava. This teacher, whose name translates to “Lotus Born” and whom Tibetans affectionately call “Guru Rinpoche” (Precious Guru), is, in actuality, more than a mere individual: he could more appropriately be described as a field, since both his activities and his teachings preserved to this day form a vast and dynamic network that still affects the world in small and large ways. (Beyond that, we could say that each one of us is a field of interdependent phenomena—except Guru Rinpoche was able to turn his phenomena into expressions of enlightenment).
Padmasambhava’s role in the history of Tibetan Buddhism is hard to overestimate. Invited by the king Trison Deutsen and Nālandā scholar Shantarakshita to Tibet as a tantric adept, he famously subjugated the local obstructing forces, trained a bevy of highly qualified tantric practitioners, and transmitted numerous practice cycles that were both preserved o
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