The Buddha Smiles: a Collection of Dharmatoons - Softcover

Stein, Mari Gayatri

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9781883991289: The Buddha Smiles: a Collection of Dharmatoons

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1883991285 ISBN 13: 9781883991289

Publisher: White Cloud Press, 1999

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The Buddha Smiles is a delightful gathering of Mari Gayatri Stein’s cartoons, or dharmatoons. The book follows a group of human and non-humans as they seek their enlightenment, exposing their strengths and weaknesses (and ours as well) in the process. The Buddha Smiles gently teaches the nature of Buddhist thought through cartoons on the Four Noble Truths, The Eightfold Path, and the nature of the Hindrances along the path. First full-length book of Buddhist cartoons.

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About the Author:

Mari Gayatri Stein has taught yoga and meditation for the last 30 years. A well-known figure in Buddhist circles, her humor is doused with love, irony and pithy gems. She has an eclectic body of work. Mari has published ten books and contributed to numerous magazines, journals and newspapers. Her art has also been featured in magazines such as Inquiring Mind, Turning Wheel, and books from Nolo Press.

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"...She is very funny. Her cartoonist's eye view is balanced by good understanding. She says, with a few strokes of her pen, what would take many words to explain, and she makes us laugh. May the delight that arises in our hearts as we meet her images of us coming and going inspire our practice for the benefit of all beings." -- Sylvia Boorstein, author of It's Easier Than You Think: The

"Mari sees and hears with a cartoonist's wit . . . She is very funny. Her cartoonist's eye view is balanced by good understanding. She says, with a few strokes of her pen, what would take many words to explain and she makes us laugh. May the delight that arises in our hearts as we meet her images of us coming and going inspire our practice for the benefit of all beings." Sylvia Boorstein, author of It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way of Happiness -- 5001

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