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key to 1000 doors
a novel by teri ekland
What would you do with a key that opened 1000 doors?
Gopan is a Kathmandu rickshaw cabbie obsessed with shedding his low-caste heritage. When his rickshaw crashes into a muddy canal, he finds a magic key that transforms his life from an impoverished nobody into a lavish millionaire.
The Heavenly Empress Wu
Three Main characters
Who is Gopan Subba?
Gopan is the central protagonist of the novel. He is a humble rickshaw driver of the lowest Hindu caste and he dreams of having a better life, of ending his inherited cycle of endless rebirths into the same lowly social class. He finds the magic key after a rickshaw mishap and his life changes forever when he discovers that the key's powers allow him to open any door.
Who is Sid Lees?
Sid is a supporting character in the novel. A professor of Buddhism at Stanford University, he embarks on a mission to retrieve the magic key from a monk in Tibet and take it to the Dalai Lama. In Kathmandu, during a rickshaw mishap, he loses the key and Gopan Subba, the rickshaw driver, finds it. The key will forever change the lives of those who possess it.
who is fa wong?
who is fa wong?
Fa Wong is my ancient protagonist who tells his story in the history of the relic key. He is a Song Dynasty monk at the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, China, and keeper of the magic key. In a dream, the spirit of Empress Wu tells Fa Wong that she is the mummy at a Buddhist temple in Tibet that nuns are worshiping as the goddess of long life, White Tara. Fa Wong embarks on a journey to Tibet to return the key to the Heavenly Empress and to ask her for a long life.
buddhist thangka mandalas
Buddhist Artwork
shakyamuni buddha
Founder of Buddhism. When I meditate on this image, I think about all the wisdom he brought to the world, about having clarity of mind and being compassionate toward others. I chant "Om muni muni maha muni Shakyamuni, sa ha."
medicine buddha
An important image to help me overcome both physical and mental ailments. Medicine Buddha holds the elixir of healing at his gut. From it, from my gut, I visualize the healing essence flowing through my body and mind, healing me, sustaining me, keeping me going.
maha vairocana buddha
Buddha of the ten directions. Of everywhere.
VAJRAPANI
Bodhisattva who burns away the negativity of heart and mind
He holds the sword of wisdom and slashes away ignorance, harm, and negativity. The Prajna Khadga, Manjushri's sword, is my key to 1000 doors.
Read the history of the key, below. In the novel Empress Wu is the mummified nun reborn as the White Tara who is Guan Yin the female Buddha of this era.
