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Description

Beloved Western Buddhist master Kornfield makes known his personal, practical wisdom, garnered from 25 years of practicing and teaching the path of awakening, as he guides self-searchers to a simplicity of perception that brings alive spiritual practice, peace, and truth in their daily lives.

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Memorable Quotes

  • “Contemporary society fosters our mental tendency to deny or suppress our awareness of reality”

First Sentence

In the summer of 1972 I returned to the home of my parents in Washington, D.C., head shaved and robed as a Buddhist monk, after my first five-year study in Asia.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Jack Kornfield (Author)
 

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