Description: Buddha's Wife by Janet Surrey, Samuel Shem As womens spirituality continues to gain popularity, The Buddhas Wife offers to a broad audience for the first time the intimate and profound story of Princess Yasodhara, the wife Buddha left behind, and her alternative journey to spiritual en FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Janet Surrey, PhD, is a Buddhist dharma leader and clinical psychologist internationally known for her work on relational theories of womens psychological development, diversity, mothering, adoption, and substance abuse. Among other venues, Surrey has taught at Harvard Medical School and the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. She is the author of several books. She currently divides her time between Boston and Tierra Tranquila, Costa Rica. Samuel Shem (a.k.a. Stephen Bergman), MD, is the author of several books of fiction including the bestseller The House of God. Heis a doctor, novelist, playwright, and activist. A Rhodes Scholar, he was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School for three decades and founded the Bill W. and Dr. Bob Project in the Division on Addictions at Harvard Medical School. He divides his time between Boston and Tierra Tranquila, Costa Rica. Review "The Buddhas Wife carries us beyond any one religious tradition to launch us gently into streams of a universal wisdom. Therein is its spiritual power. This is a beautifully written book for all who know, at least intuitively, that our liberation--as people and as a planet--is rooted in our shared commitments to more radically relational and mutual ways of being than any of the major world religions (including Buddhism) either teach or practice."--(The Rev) Carter Heyward, PhD, professor emerita of Theology, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge MA"The Buddhas Wife is a gripping telling of an amazing 2,500-year-old story, followed by a collection of contemporary inspirational stories, and specific reflections and practices collected from the lives and work of relational activists all over the world. A great read and a practical guide for anyone who wants to wake up and walk a path of healing with others."--Martin Sheen"The Buddhas Wife is a riveting tale that will move your heart and shift your focus to the precious beings around you. In our world, where the social fabric is torn by violence, greed, and neglect, this visionary story offers us an alternative path beyond individualism and self-preoccupation. Drawing on the deep wisdom of relational and spiritual practices that Surrey and Shem have studied, created, and engaged in over decades, this timeless and beautiful narrative shows us what deep attunement to ourselves and to one another looks like, as well as the means by which we can work to manifest it."--Mary Watkins, author of Toward Psychologies of Liberation"The Buddhas Wife is a visionary work of profound insight, imagination, compassion, and scholarship. In telling the lost story of Yasodhara, Surrey and Shem give us a lamp for our troubled times, illuminating new paths and practices for all relationships."--Susan M. Pollak, coauthor of Sitting Together"A brave and life-changing book, The Buddhas Wife speaks to perhaps the greatest challenge of our time, our false sense of separateness. For all people of all faiths, The Buddhas Wife shifts perception and thus opens us to possibility. It touched me deeply."--Frances Moore Lappe, author of Diet for a Small Planet"Janet Surrey and Samuel Shem have written a remarkable book, both as a work of literature and a work of spiritual teaching. Through their moving personal story and their beautiful imagining of the life of Yasodhara, the Buddhas wife, they describe a relational path to awakening, one that contrasts with that of the heroic solitary seeker we see so often in religious texts and myths. The Buddhas Wife comes at a time of distress and conflict in our culture and offers hope that we might learn to live together in a new way, founded in an understanding of our shared struggle for happiness and freedom."--Kevin Griffin, author of One Breath at a Time and Recovering Joy Details ISBN1582707057 Author Samuel Shem Pages 320 Language English Year 2018 ISBN-10 1582707057 ISBN-13 9781582707051 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-11-20 Short Title The Buddhas Wife Subtitle The Path of Awakening Together UK Release Date 2018-11-20 DEWEY 294.363 Audience General Publisher Beyond Words Publishing Imprint Beyond Words Publishing Place of Publication Hillsboro, Oregon Country of Publication United States US Release Date 2018-11-20 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:128308189;
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