Kurzbeschreibung: From Andrea Miller an editor and staff writer at Lions Roar, the leading Buddhist magazine in the English-speaking world comes a diverse and timeless collection of essays, articles, and interviews. Miller, whose writing is by turns earnest and irreverent, unadorned and lyrical, talks to Buddhist teachers, thinkers, writers, and celebrities about the things that matter most and she frames their wisdom with her own lived experience. In Awakening My Heart, we hear Tina Turner on the power of song, Ram Dass on the importance of service, Jane Goodall on the compassion that exists in the natural world, and Robert Jay Lifton on the darkest deeds of humanity and how to prevent such things from ever happening again. Moreover, Miller with her gently probing questions gets to the bottom of the friendship between Zen master Bernie Glassman and Hollywoods Jeff Bridges and she takes a playful look at the difference between Michael Imperioli,...
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