The Big Questions: How to Find Your Own Answers to Life's
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Das, Lama Surya, PUBLISHER: Rodale Press, ong>Theong> best-selling author of "Awakening ong>theong> Buddha Within" addresses ong>lifeong>'s most provocative and tantalizing questions simply, directly, and powerfully. Every ong>lifeong> is a journey through ong>theong> unknown. Along ong>theong> way, however, we tend to encounter ong>theong> same perplexing questions again and again. Some are cosmic enigmas that have always tested ong>theong> human mind: ong>Whatong> is my ong>purposeong> in ong>lifeong>? ong>Whatong> happens after I die? Oong>theong>rs are puzzles presented by daily ong>lifeong> in modern society: ong>Whatong>, if anything, justifies assisted suicide? ong>Whatong> is my personal responsibility to ong>theong> homeless? According to Lama Surya Das, one of ong>theong> foremost Western Buddhist scholars and teachers, ong>theong> more we seek to resolve ong>theong>se mysteries, ong>theong> more fully we live. Along with his own personal beliefs, ong>theong> author presents a variety of thoughtful points of view representing different schools of Buddhism, oong>theong>r religions, spirituality in general, and pragmatism. "ong>Theong> Big Questions" challenges readers in ong>theong> most stimulating and thoughtful way to formulate individual, auong>theong>ntic responses to ong>lifeong>'s big questions.