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Jabberwocky Bookshop is welcomes Lama Surya Das, author of THE BIG QUESTIONS: HOW TO FIND YOUR OWN ANSWERS TO LIFE’S ESSENTIAL MYSTERIES.

Jabberwocky Bookshop is pleased to announce the return of “America’s Lama,” Lama Surya Das, for a reading from his latest book, THE BIG QUESTIONS: HOW TO FIND YOUR OWN ANSWERS TO LIFE'S ESSENTIAL MYSTERIES. A national best-selling author, Surya Das explores fourteen philosophical questions inspired by his own life experiences. Among them: 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? As ever, his writing also explores and explains Buddhist perspectives and universal wisdom teachings so that readers may unlock their own essential questions and divine their own paths in life. With Surya Das as their guide, readers can transition from being seekers of knowledge to finders of fulfillment, inner peace, and conviction. Surya Das has written THE BIG QUESTIONS for anyone looking to break through their own personal identity and self-imposed lim itations, find the sacred life, and further develop integrity, authenticity, ethical values, meaning and truth.

Lama Surya Das, born Jeffrey Miller and raised on Long Island, New York, is one of the foremost Western Buddhist meditation teachers and scholars, one of the main interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, and a leading spokesperson for the emerging American Buddhism. The Dalai Lama calls him "The Western Lama." For more than 30 years he has studied and practiced with the great spiritual masters of Tibet and India. 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 Concord, Massachusetts.

The Big Questions: How to Find Your Own Answers to Life's Essential Mysteries
by Das, Lama Surya, Surya
Format:  Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:  $17.95
Published: Rodale Press, 2007
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days

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The best-selling author of "Awakening the Buddha Within" addresses life's most provocative and tantalizing questions simply, directly, and powerfully.
Every life is a journey through the unknown. Along the way, however, we tend to encounter the same perplexing questions again and again. Some are cosmic enigmas that have always tested the human mind: What is my purpose in life? What happens after I die? Others are puzzles presented by daily life in modern society: What, if anything, justifies assisted suicide? What is my personal responsibility to the homeless? According to Lama Surya Das, one of the foremost Western Buddhist scholars and teachers, the more we seek to resolve these mysteries, the more fully we live.
Along with his own personal beliefs, the author presents a variety of thoughtful points of view representing different schools of Buddhism, other religions, spirituality in general, and pragmatism. "The Big Questions" challenges readers in the most stimulating and thoughtful way to formulate individual, authentic responses to life's big questions. Lama Surya Das, born Jeffrey Miller and raised on Long Island, New York, is one of the foremost Western Buddhist meditation teachers and scholars. For more than 30 years he has studied and practiced with the great spiritual masters of Tibet and India. 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."

Every life is a journey through the unknown. Along the way, however, we tend to encounter the same perplexing questions again and again. Some are cosmic enigmas that have always tested the human mind: What is my purpose in life? What happens after I die? Others are puzzles presented by daily life in modern society: What, if anything, justifies assisted suicide? What is my personal responsibility to the homeless? According to Lama Surya Das, one of the foremost Western Buddhist scholars and teachers, the more we seek to resolve these mysteries, the more fully we live.
Along with his own personal beliefs, the author presents a variety of thoughtful points of view representing different schools of Buddhism, other religions, spirituality in general, and pragmatism. "The Big Questions" challenges readers in the most stimulating and thoughtful way to formulate individual, authentic responses to life's big questions.