Both Sides of the Circle The Autobiography of Christmas Humphreys 1st Edition by Christmas Humphreys ISBN 0415526752 978-0415526753

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ISBN 10: 0415526752 

ISBN 13: 978-0415526753

Author: Christmas Humphreys

First published in 1978, Christmas Humphrey’s autobiography presents the fascinating history of a life rich and varied in both private and in public. Spanning seven decades it touches on many events of historical interest in which he was personally involved. Among them the abdication of Edward VIII, the Japanese War Trials and his time with the Dalai Lama after his flight from Tibet.

The author gives a graphic portrait of life behind the Bar and on the Bench – of what it is like to prosecute and to defend, and of the immense difficulties which face a judge when passing sentence. Here too are recollections of many famous cases of the twentieth century, and of the many murder trials in which he appeared as prosecuting counsel or judge.

Of equal interest is his fifty years’ of work in the field of English Buddhism. In 1924 he and his wife founded the Buddhist Society, which would become hugely influential in the spread of Buddhism throughout the West. Both Sides of the Circle is rich in humour and humanity. There is the joyful account of the author’s Edwardian Boyhood followed by the tragedy of his brother’s death in World War 1, which lead to the awakening of his interest in Buddhism and Theosophy. He speaks freely of his encounters with the Dalai Lama, with D.T. Suzuki, with Jung and with the Royal families of Thailand, Sikkim and Nepal, as well as his travels throughout the Europe and in the Orient.

Both sides of the Circle is more than autobiography – it is also a spiritual odyssey whose reissue will be of great interest to those who’ve enjoyed Christmas Humphreys’ other work and wish to know more about his brilliant career. It will also be very welcome to those wanted to learn about Buddhism in general, and the origins of English Buddhism in particular.

Table of contents: 

chapter|10 pages
Beginnings
Title
chapter|8 pages
Malvern and After
Title
chapter|10 pages
Cambridge
Title
chapter|9 pages
The Early Twenties
Title
chapter|7 pages
The Later Twenties
Title
chapter|12 pages
The Early Thirties
Title
chapter|8 pages
The English Bar
Title
chapter|11 pages
1935–6
Title
chapter|11 pages
1937–9
Title
chapter|15 pages
The Second World War
Title
chapter|7 pages
War Trials in Japan
Title
chapter|12 pages
Buddhist Work in Japan
Title
chapter|10 pages
The Long Journey Home
Title
chapter|11 pages
Interests Old and New
Title
chapter|7 pages
Reading and Writing
Title
chapter|12 pages
Senior Prosecuting Counsel
Title
chapter|9 pages
A Year of Destiny
Title
chapter|9 pages
Buddha Jayanti in Nepal and India
Title
chapter|10 pages
Silk and Unorthodox Medicine
Title
chapter|10 pages
To India for the Dalai Lama
Title
chapter|9 pages
Reconstruction, Sarnath and Sikkim
Title
chapter|8 pages
Thailand and the Journey Home
Title
chapter|10 pages
An Old Bailey Judge
Title
chapter|11 pages
The End of a Cycle
Title
chapter|4 pages
Towards the Centre

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