Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering
Written by Phillip Moffitt
Narrated by Fred Stella
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About this audiobook
Why do we suffer? Is there a purpose to our pain? Noting that human beings have wrestled with such questions for thousands of years, Phillip Moffitt has found answers for his own life in Buddhist philosophy and meditation. Reflecting on his own journey from Esquire magazine editor-in-chief to Buddhist meditation teacher, Moffitt provides a fresh perspective on the Buddha's ancient wisdom, showing how to move from suffering to new awareness and unanticipated joy.
In this deeply spiritual audiobook that is sure to become a Buddhist classic, Moffitt explores the twelve insights that underlie the Buddha's core teaching—the Four Noble Truths—and uses these often neglected ideas to guide readers to a more meaningful relationship to suffering. Moffitt write: "These twelve insights teach you to dance with both the joy and pain, finding peace in a balanced mind and calm spirit. As the most specific, practical life instructions I have ever encountered, they serve as an invaluable tool for anyone who seeks a life filled with meaning and well-being." Practicing these twelve insights, as Moffitt suggests, will help listeners experience life's difficulties without being filled with stress and anguish, and they will enhance their moments of happiness.
With engaging writing and a strong message of self-empowerment, Dancing with Life offers a prescriptive path for finding joy and peace that will appeal to meditation students and readers of "Dharma Wisdom," Moffitt's column in Yoga Journal, as well as anyone searching for a more authentic life.
Phillip Moffitt
Formerly owner and editor-in-chief of Esquire magazine, Phillip Moffitt is founder and director of the Life Balance Institute, a nationally renowned meditation teacher, and co-guiding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Northern California. He is also the author of Dancing with Life.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I found the audiobook interesting and rewarding. My first listen of what will likely to be several listenings to this audiobook. Profound and deep teachings. I found the narrator pleasant to listen to.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A deep and complex look at the twelve insights of the four noble truths, this book gives you a complex and well thought out insight into practical methods for moving toward enlightenment without attachment.