Sīlācāra
Videos
Sīlācāra Bhikkhu, born and died as John Frederick S. McKechnie. He became a Buddhist monk in 1906 and was one of the earliest westerners in modern times to do so.
Silacara, Rangoon, 1907
Alexandra David-Néel
Videos
Alexandra David-Néel was a French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist, opera singer, and writer. She is most known for her 1924 visit to Lhasa, Tibet, when it was forbidden to foreigners. Davi
Sīlācāra
…the Buddhist monastery Nyanatiloka planned to found near Novaggio, Lugano, Switzerland. In 1914 he stayed in Tumlong, Sikkim, near the Tibetan border. Alexandra David-Néel was also staying there when Nyanatiloka visited Tumlong. One report states that Sīlācāra was in Sikkim on the invitation of the Maharaja to teach…
Alexandra David-Néel in Tibet, 1933
Alexandra David-Néel's portrait from her book My Journey to Lhasa.
Road named Alexandra David-Néel in Massy, Essonne, suburb of Paris.
Alexandra David-Néel tram station on line 3a of the Île-de-France tramway