2nd Edition
My Fifty Years of Buddhist Practice
Practical & Humorous Life Lessons
by Michael Lisagor
This is Mike Lisagor's most personal and wide-ranging book — 41 essays drawn from five decades of SGI Nichiren Buddhist practice. With characteristic humor and hard-won honesty, Mike writes about depression, chronic pain, aging, marriage, fatherhood, social change, and the daily work of mastering one's own mind. Whether you've been practicing for years or are simply curious about how Buddhism applies to real life, this book offers something on every page.
DepressionAgingMarriageFatherhoodChronic PainSocial ChangeBuddhist PracticeSelf-Love
Essays in This Book
- 1.Can We Really Make a Difference?
- 2.Is There Life after Life?
- 3.A Buddhist & a Christian Meet in a Taxi
- 4.Finding Old Ways to Communicate
- 5.Be the Change
- 6.Rewriting My Story
- 7.Helping Students Worry Less
- 8.Overcoming Ourselves to Help Others
- 9.Moving Past Despair and Blame
- 10.Feeling the Social Media Blues
- 11.Fifty-six Years But Who's Counting
- 12.The Space Between Birth and Death
- 13.Stepping Through the Ten Worlds
- 14.Discovering My True Worth
- 15.Learning from My Mistakes
- 16.Relieving Suffering Isn't Optional
- 17.When Good Enough is Good Enough
- 18.Each Child is Our Responsibility
- 19.Tricking Your Mind, Not Your Karma
- 20.When Past, Present & Future Collide
- 21.I Won't Be Afraid
- 22.Rub-a-dub-dub, Too Much in My Tub!
- 23.What is True Happiness?
- 24.Growing Older is a Laughing Matter
- 25.Mastering My Mind
- 26.Creating Hope in Difficult Times
- 27.Changing Mental & Karmic Constructs
- 28.Cells that Fire Together Wire Together
- 29.A Great Path to Peace
- 30.A Buddhist & Therapist Find Self-Love
- 31.Teenage Angst is NOT Just a Phase
- 32.Fifty-five Years But Who's Counting
- 33.It's Never Too Late
- 34.The Pain is Mainly in My Brain
- 35.Are You Too Busy to Say No?
- 36.I Was Never Happy Being Depressed
- 37.Getting Comfortable with Discomfort
- 38.Discovering a Greater Purpose
- 39.Being the Father I Never Had
- 40.Enlightened Fatherhood
- 41.I'm a Buddha, You're a Buddha, Too
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