By Surya Das

Hardcover - 288 pages; (October 2, 2007);
RodaleBooks; ISBN: 1594862087;
Retail price: $17.95

Back Cover
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.

Inside Flap:
The desire to find answers to life's vast questions has always been a compelling force for mankind. Our journey through the unknown marks us with anxiety and wonderment as we contemplate the existence of God, love, purpose and meaning, and happiness itself. In this book national best selling author, Lama Surya Das, an esteemed American Buddhist leader, explores fourteen philosophical questions impelled by his own life experiences, as well as Buddhist perspectives and universal wisdom teachings. Surya Das explores in detail such questions such as:

• Does God exist?
• What happens after death?
• What is happiness and where can it be found?
• What is love and how do I find it?
• What is the meaning of life and what is my purpose here?
• Who Am I?

The purpose of The Big Questions is to help individuals learn to practice the sacred art of inquiry, fully realize their own essential questions, find the genuine pathway of self-discovery, while inspiring our quest and furthering spiritual literacy. The author provides a gateway that allows us to open ourselves to questioning so that we may, over time, learn to respond to life's ultimate questions more wisely. Regardless of one's personal beliefs or religious background Lama Das' postdenominational insights and illuminations can be invaluable to anyone in search of finding deeper meaning in life.

Lama Surya Das is one of the foremost Western Buddhist meditation masters and scholars, whom the Dalai Lama affectionately calls "The American Lama." He is the founder of the Dzogchen Meditation Centers and author of the best-selling trilogy: Awakening the Buddha Within, Awakening to the Sacred, and Awakening the Buddhist Heart. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.