Each month Lama Surya Das recommends a book for your
reading pleasure and enlightenment. His pick this month is:
- Buddhism for Mothers: A Calm Approach to Caring for Yourself and Your Children
- by Sarah Napthali
Book Description:
Addressing the often-overlooked spiritual needs of mothers, this book discusses Buddhist teachings as applied to the everyday challenges and stresses of raising children. Offered are ways for mothers to reconnect with their inner selves and become calmer and happier-with the recognition that a happier mother will be a better parent. This realistic look at motherhood acknowledges the sorrows as well as the joys of mothering and offers real and achievable coping strategies for mothers to renew their lives on a deep level.
Available in:
Paperback: 240 pages;
Allen & Unwin (September 1, 2003)
ISBN: 1741140102
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Previous Book Club picks:
- Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering
- by Phillip Moffitt
Hardcover: 352 pages;
Rodale Books (April 15, 2008)
ISBN: 1594863539
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- Light Comes Through: Buddhist Teachings on Awakening to Our Natural Intelligence
- by Dzigar Kongtrul
Hardcover: 144 pages;
Shambhala (July 8, 2008)
ISBN: 1590305671
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- The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology
- by Jack Kornfield
Hardcover: 448 pages;
Bantam (April 29, 2008)
ISBN: 0553803476
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- The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
- by Pico Iyer
Hardcover: 288 pages;
Knopf (March 25, 2008)
ISBN: 0307267601
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- Wake Up Now
- by Stephan Bodian
Hardcover: 224 pages;
McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (December 17, 2007)
ISBN: 0071494286
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- Warrior-King of Shambhala: Remembering Chogyam Trungpa
- by Jeremy Hayward
Paperback - 476 pages;
Wisdom Publications (December 28, 2007)
ISBN: 0861715462
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- True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart
- by Thich Nhat Hanh
Paperback - 120 pages;
Shambhala; New Ed edition (September 12, 2006)
ISBN: 1590304047
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- Dalai Lama: Man, Monk, Mystic
- by Mayank Chhaya
Hardcover - 352 pages;
Doubleday (March 13, 2007)
ISBN: 0385519451
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- The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
- by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Hardcover - 288 pages;
Harmony (March 6, 2007)
ISBN: 0307346250
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