Saltwater Buddha

Saltwater Buddha
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 265
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780861719983
ISBN-13 : 0861719980
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Saltwater Buddha by : Jaimal Yogis

Fed up with teenage life in the suburbs, Jaimal Yogis ran off to Hawaii with little more than a copy of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha and enough cash for a surfboard. His journey is a coming-of-age saga that takes him from communes to monasteries, from the warm Pacific to the icy New York shore. Equal parts spiritual memoir and surfer's tale, this is a chronicle of finding meditative focus in the barrel of a wave and eternal truth in the great salty blue.

Saltwater Buddha

Saltwater Buddha
Author :
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 265
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780861715350
ISBN-13 : 0861715357
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Saltwater Buddha by : Jaimal Yogis

Fed up with his suburban teenage life, at age sixteen Jaimal Yogis ran off to Hawaii with little more than a copy of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha and enough cash for a surfboard. His wandering, searching journey is a comingndash;of-age tale that takes him from Hawaiian communes to French monasteries to the icy New York shore. Equal parts spiritual memoir and surfer's tale, this is his chronicle of finding meditative focus in the barrel of a wave. Trying to find Zen in the rhythmic crashing of waves, Yogis eventually discovers something of eternal truth in the great salty blue. Saltwater Buddha melds Zen insights with surf wisdom and stories in a clear, confiding, and frequently humorous voice.

The Fear Project

The Fear Project
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Publisher : Rodale Books
Total Pages : 274
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781609611767
ISBN-13 : 1609611764
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fear Project by : Jaimal Yogis

An epic adventure full of incredible characters, death-defying athletic achievement, and bleeding edge science, The Fear Project began with one question: how can we overcome our fears to reach our full potential? Who among us has not been paralyzed by fear? In The Fear Project, award-winning journalist and surfer Jaimal Yogis sets out to better understand fear-why does it so often dominate our lives, what makes it tick, and is there even a way to use it to our advantage? In the process, he plunges readers into great white shark-infested waters, brings them along to surf 40+ foot waves in the dead of winter, and gives them access to some of the world's best neuroscience labs, psychologists, and extreme athletes. In this entertaining, often laugh-out-loud narrative, Yogis also treats himself like a guinea pig for all of his research, pushing his own fears repeatedly to the limits-in his sport, in his life, and in love. Ultimately, Yogis shares with his readers the best strategies to emerge triumphant from even the most paralyzing of fears. The Fear Project gives you insight into: - How fear evolved in the human brain - How to tell the difference between "good fear" and "bad fear" - How to use the latest neuroscience to transform fear memories - Why fear spreads between us and how to counteract fearful "group think" - How to turn fear into a performance enhancer - athletically and at work In pursuing this terrifying-and often thrilling-journey with Yogis, we learn how to move through fear and unlock a sense of renewed possibility and a more rewarding life.

Mop Rides the Waves of Life

Mop Rides the Waves of Life
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Publisher : Parallax Press
Total Pages : 40
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781946764614
ISBN-13 : 1946764612
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Mop Rides the Waves of Life by : Jaimal Yogis

If only life could be like surfing! Having "funny" hair and being embarrassed in school is hard, but when little surfer Mop studies the lessons of the waves—breathing, letting the bad waves go by, and riding the good ones—he learns how to bring the mindfulness and joy of surfing into his whole life. Celebrated San Francisco surfer-journalist-dad Jaimal Yogis teaches 4-8 year olds timeless beach wisdom with the story of Mop, a sensitive and fun-loving kid who just wants to be in the ocean. Going to school and navigating classmates can be hard—but all that goes away when little surfer Mop paddles out in the waves. With a few tips from his clever mom, Mop studies the wisdom of the water and learns to bring it into his life on land: taking deep breaths, letting the tough waves pass, and riding the good ones all the way. With newfound awareness and courage, Mop heads back to land—and school—to surf the waves of life. With stylish full-color beachy illustrations from cover to cover.

A Hundred Thousand White Stones

A Hundred Thousand White Stones
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 186
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781614290902
ISBN-13 : 1614290903
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis A Hundred Thousand White Stones by : Kunsang Dolma

A Hundred Thousand White Stones is one young Tibetan woman's fearlessly told story of longing and change. Kunsang Dolma writes with unvarnished candor of the hardships she experienced as a girl in Tibet, violations as a refugee nun in India, and struggles as an immigrant and new mother in America. Yet even in tribulation, she finds levity and never descends to self-pity. We watch in wonder as her unlikely choices and remarkable persistence bring her into ever-widening circles, finding love and a family in the process, and finally bringing her back to her childhood home. A Hundred Thousand White Stones offers an honest assessment of what is gained in pursuing life in the developed world and what is lost.

What Would Buddha Do at Work?

What Would Buddha Do at Work?
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Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages : 200
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1569753008
ISBN-13 : 9781569753002
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis What Would Buddha Do at Work? by : Franz Metcalf

In this antidote to business books that advocate predatory strategies, a leading Buddhist author and a bestselling business writer present advice that applies Buddhist values to the workplace.

The Awakening Storm: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #1)

The Awakening Storm: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #1)
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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages : 242
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781338660449
ISBN-13 : 1338660446
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis The Awakening Storm: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #1) by : Jaimal Yogis

Grace and her friends must protect a newly hatched dragon from mysterious evildoers. When Grace moves to Hong Kong with her mom and new stepdad, her biggest concern is making friends at her fancy new boarding school. But when a mysterious old woman gifts her a dragon egg during a field trip, Grace discovers that the wonderful stories of dragons she heard when she was a young girl might actually be real--especially when the egg hatches overnight. The dragon has immense powers that Grace has yet to understand. And that puts them both in danger from mysterious forces intent on abusing the dragon's power. And now it's up to Grace and her school friends to uncover the sinister plot threatening the entire city!

Living Fully

Living Fully
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Publisher : New World Library
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 9781608680757
ISBN-13 : 1608680754
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Living Fully by : Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche

Buddhist teachings reveal guidance for proper breathing and realizing inner potential, in order to better approach financial, relationship, and career issues.

Surfing with Sartre

Surfing with Sartre
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Publisher : Anchor
Total Pages : 342
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780385540742
ISBN-13 : 0385540744
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Surfing with Sartre by : Aaron James

From the bestselling author of Assholes: A Theory, a book that—in the tradition of Shopclass as Soulcraft, Barbarian Days and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance—uses the experience and the ethos of surfing to explore key concepts in philosophy. The existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once declared "the ideal limit of aquatic sports . . . is waterskiing." The avid surfer and lavishly credentialed academic philosopher Aaron James vigorously disagrees, and in Surfing with Sartre he intends to expound the thinking surfer's view of the matter, in the process elucidating such philosophical categories as freedom, being, phenomenology, morality, epistemology, and even the emerging values of what he terms "leisure capitalism." In developing his unique surfer-philosophical worldview, he draws from his own experience of surfing and from surf culture and lingo, and includes many relevant details from the lives of the philosophers, from Aristotle to Wittgenstein, with whose thought he engages. In the process, he'll speak to readers in search of personal and social meaning in our current anxious moment, by way of doing real, authentic philosophy.

Vivian Apple at the End of the World

Vivian Apple at the End of the World
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 277
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780544340114
ISBN-13 : 0544340116
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Vivian Apple at the End of the World by : Katie Coyle

In this darkly comedic road trip novel, seventeen year-old Vivian Apple returns home after the alleged Rapture to find her devout parents gone and two mysterious holes in the roof. Vivian never believed in the Rapture, or the uber powerful Church of America. Now that she has been left behind, Vivian's quest for the truth begins.