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Learn how to process your own grief - as well as family, community, and global grief - with this fierce and openhearted guide to healing in an unjust world.

In Buddha’s Dying Words, author Erik Knud-Hansen offers a condensed personal view of the Buddha’s enlightenment and what he himself regarded as the most essential elements of practical wisdom to preserve after his death in 486 BC. His insights into the true nature of mind and the root cause of human suffering had profound effects on many people from all walks of life and many were inspired to practice and share his teachings.

Written for both those new to Buddhism and seasoned practitioners alike, Refuge in Small Things is 108 Buddhist lessons, fables, stories, and personal reflections designed to awaken truths that exist within each of us already, even when life's challenges make them difficult to recall.

A must-read for modern sanghas--Asian American Buddhists in their own words, on their own terms. Despite the fact that two thirds of U.S. Buddhists identify as Asian American, mainstream perceptions about what it means to be Buddhist in America often whitewash and invisibilize the diverse...