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The Mind Is Mightier Than the Sword:
Enlightening the Mind, Opening the Heart
Paperback - 432 pages; (August 25, 2009);
Doubleday Religion; ISBN: 0767918649;
Retail price: $16.99

From bestselling author and beloved teacher Lama Surya Das comes a thorough, engaging, and user-friendly guide to the teachings of Buddhism. For beginners and experienced practitioners alike, Lama Surya Das outlines his Six Building Blocks of Spiritual Practice and offers insight and advice not only on how to find and develop a spiritual center, but how to integrate it into your daily life.

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Words of Wisdom
Paperback - 146 pages; (June 1, 2008);
Koa Books; ISBN: 0977333876;
Retail price: $9.95

Lama Surya Das expresses his depth of understanding and brilliant sense of humor that have made him a prominent and popular spokesman for Buddhism in the West. Each page of this small-format hardcover contains a statement that focuses the reader's attention on an essential concept. An ideal gift book and wisdom treasure for seekers of all faiths.

Our instinct to seek & question is what drives us to grow, consciously evolve, and thrive.

As humans we are all faced with daunting and pressing questions each day, great to small. We wonder what our purpose is in life and feel perplexed about the mysteries of death and the afterlife. In The Big Questions, best-selling author Lama Surya Das offers his enlightened wisdom and personal experience through incisive instruction in the art of intelligent questioning while unlocking your own crucial questions and helping you discover your pathway in life. The insights he provides helps you transition from a seeker of knowledge to a finder of fulfillment, inner peace, and conviction. The Big Questions is for anyone looking to break through their own personal identity and self-imposed limitations, find the sacred life, and further develop integrity, authenticity, ethical values, meaning and truth.

Buddha Is as Buddha Does: The Ten Original Practices for Enlightened Living
Hardcover - 288 pages; (April 10, 2007);
HarperSanFrancisco; ISBN: 0060747293;
Retail price: $23.95)

In 2006 His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who calls Lama Surya Das the American Lama, said to an American audience, "It is not enough just to meditate and pray, which are always good things to do, but we also must take positive action in this world."

In the process of awakening, the Buddha realized that all of us, deep within, are inherently perfect and whole, with the capacity to overcome suffering and transform ourselves into forces for good. In this book national bestselling author Lama Surya Das, one of the foremost American Buddhist teachers, offers a thorough, tried-and-true map to the richest treasure a human being can find—Buddha's advice for living to your true potential. By following these guidelines, you will enter into a life of greater joy, clarity, peace, and wisdom than you ever thought possible.

Whether you consider yourself a Buddhist, Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, atheist, or agnostic, Buddha Is as Buddha Does enables you to reflect more deeply upon how you think, speak, and behave in each moment and to explore more intently your relationships with others. Appropriate for new seekers as well as experienced practitioners, and accompanied by lively anecdotes and practical exercises, this is one of the most accessible books to date on the ancient and timeless wisdom of the Buddha. Buddha Is as Buddha Does is for everyone who seeks to become a better person and share in the bounty of true Buddha nature.