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About the Author

Lillian Too is the world's most successful author on feng shui and is in constant demand as a lecturer and feng shui consultant worldwide. Based in Malaysia, she heads her own publishing and investment company.
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Works by Lillian Too

365 Feng Shui Tips (2006) 21 copies
Feng Shui (1996) 19 copies
Feng Shui Life Planner (2003) 17 copies
Das große Buch Feng Shui (2000) 12 copies
Wealth & Prosperity (2001) 7 copies
Work & Career (2001) 6 copies
Inner Feng Shui (2011) 6 copies
The Buddha Box (2004) 6 copies
Feng Shui For Interiors (2002) 5 copies
Feng shui esencial (1998) 4 copies
Feng shui (1999) 3 copies
Empress Wu : a novel (2005) 3 copies
Basic Feng Shui (2002) 3 copies
Sagesse chinoise (2001) 2 copies
El nuevo I Ching (2005) 2 copies
Liefde (1998) 2 copies
Feng Shui Space Cleaning (2001) 2 copies
Feng Shui Total (2005) 2 copies
Studie (1999) 2 copies
Feng Shui Para LA Vida (2003) 2 copies
168 Feng-shui tips (1999) 1 copy
Succes (1999) 1 copy
Feng šuj in ljubezen (2001) 1 copy
Feng Shui Almanac 2010 (2009) 1 copy
Feng Shui Almanac 2009 (2008) 1 copy
Feng Shui Almanac 2015 (2014) 1 copy
Feng-Shui 1 copy
Feng Shui (2002) 1 copy
Feng Shui Almanac 2011 (2010) 1 copy

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Birthdate
1946
Gender
female
Nationality
Malaysia
Birthplace
Penang, Malaysia
Places of residence
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Selangor, Malaysia
Education
Harvard Business School (1976)
Occupations
Author
lecturer
businesswoman
business executive
Relationships
Too, Jennifer (Daughter)
Organizations
Lillian Too Certified Consultants Institute
Awards and honors
In 1982, she became the first woman in Asia to be appointed CEO of a bank
Short biography
As one of world's leading exponents of Feng Shui, Lillian Too's in depth knowledge, acquired from great masters throughout the East, spans over 30 years.
Retired from a lucrative career in the banking and corporate world at the age of 45, Lillian Too is living proof that feng shui works.
She says she owes her incredible luck & many successes in her career & business activities to her in depth knowledge of Feng Shui which she has been applying to every aspect of her life. 
After graduating with an MBA from the Harvard Business School in the USA, Lillian embarked on a corporate career and became the first woman in Malaysia to head a public listed company. 
In 1982 she became the first woman in Asia to be appointed CEO of a Bank. 
Her achievements in the competitive commercial world of Hong Kong and Malaysia have been much applauded. 
After her years as a banker, Lillian Too worked with Dickson Poon as Executive Deputy Chairman of his group of companies, helping him build his vehicle, Dickson Concepts. 
Lillian then went on to package the leveraged buyout of the DRAGON SEED group. 
With the powerful First Pacific Group of Indonesia and Prudential Asia as her partners, she took control of this department store group, became its Executive Chairman, turned it around and cashed out. 
Then she retired to become a full time mother and a writer. 
Today, Lillian Too is the world s number ONE selling writer on Feng Shui. 
She has authored over 80 best selling books on the subject, which have been translated into 30 languages. 
Her books sell in the millions of copies around the world, in the process popularising feng shui worldwide. 
Lillian Too is also the founder and chairman of WOFS.com, a feng shui merchandising and franchise company, and the Lillian Too Certified Consultants Institute, which runs correspondence courses and certification programs in feng shui

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This book is clearly organized and takes you through the meaning behind and potential power of a series of chants, most in the Buddhist lineage.

My first thought, as it was a source of frustration throughout my reading experience: I found Mantras and Mudras at a used book store, so I can't say how it might have been originally packaged but assuming it does NOT come with an accompanying CD. If this is the case, it really could've benefitted from some sort of audio guide or phonetics appendix. The book is full of chants and, I presume, for them to be effective, one must pronounce the Sanskrit words and syllables properly. I stumble over some of the longer mantras, unsure of how to pronounce certain words, with no guidance. I think this is a big hindrance for many readers like myself who are only vaguely familiar with mantra language (Om mani padme hum is in my wheelhouse, and some Tibetan phrases, but little else).

Beyond that, I confess that there's a quality attributed to the mantras that, even as a Buddhist, feel a bit too magical to me. To me, mantras aren't about a Buddhist deity (as I hold fast to the ideal that there are no true deities in Buddhism, only symbols) answering prayers, but instead the mantras changing the way we think, the way we approach situations, the same way I believe that prayer changes the person who prays, not that prayers are answered in the traditional sense. Of course, this is assuming the prayer is "give me patience" not "give me my dream life". Likewise, mantras are to give us comfort, steel us in our aspirations, and remind us to stay the course with our spiritual path. In that regard, Mantras are very helpful. As far as a mantra actually keeping one safe or solving our problems, well...the Buddhism I prescribe to tells me that this is up to me. Mantras merely point the way.

I have a hard time parsing this in books such as this one sometimes, but I appreciate the work done here by Too to lay out the intent of each mantra, the history, and the accompanying mudras that support them. I just imagine - without guidance on how to smoothly pronounce them - I will defer to my short mantras rather than 100 syllable ones.

If anyone is aware of an accompanying guide of some sort, feel free to comment. The book itself is lovely, well-organized, researched, and expressed.
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TommyHousworth | 2 other reviews | Feb 5, 2022 |
An interesting introduction to this topic, popular more than academic.
 
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questbird | Jun 10, 2014 |
Lillian Too - Owner of a Huge Feng Shui Store Conglomerate, Author of Dozens of Books on Feng Shui, Lecturer and all around Very Commercialized in her dealings with her Books and Stores. I have heard her lectures and read her Feng Shui Books, and always walked away with the feeling of 'Been there done that'
Now, she comes out with an I Ching book about the Plum Blossom Oracle (A version very seldom heard of in the West) the book is very well illustrated and easy to understand and easy to use for the novice. But I must say I was very Impressed with her knowledge and information about Plum Blossom -
梅花易经 - So on second thought there may just be more to Too than she let's on in public. and a greater depth of wisdom that I ever expected. The book certainly isn't an depth study on the subject but for the standard I Ching dabbler or novice student I found it very refreshing. and I can say that with authority of over 50 years of study on the subject. The book itself is very well printed and my hat is off to her printer/publisher as well.
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shieldwolf | Apr 19, 2010 |
This little pamphlet forced me to think about a big choice. Should I think of it as "trite" or "banal?" To say something positive, it did actually touch on a few important considerations about control measures and major factors one should consider as part of a business plan. But the executive summary of an MBA program turned out to be an interpretive dance, which ended with a very sudden turn in the form of an appendix about Feng Shui.
 
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jpsnow | May 25, 2008 |

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