Tiny Buddha, Simple Wisdom for Life's Hard Questions - by Lori Deschene (Paperback)

About the Book

"Why are we here? What is the meaning of life? How can we feel happy and free? The answers to these and other life questions are gathered in Tiny Buddha, Simple Wisdom for Life's Hard Questions. Tiny Buddha began as a quote-a-day Twitter account, @tinybuddha, in 2008. Lori Deschene's daily wisdom posts about mindfulness, non-attachment, and happiness became so popular that she now has more than 200,000 twitter followers who share quotes and stories about inspiration in their daily lives.Deschene asked her Twitter followers to contribute their thoughts and perspectives on the difficult questions that influence how we live our everyday lives: thoughts about the meaning of life, pain, happiness, fate, and more.Tiny Buddha, Simple Wisdom for Life's Hard Questions is a combination of the amazing responses that she received along with her own insightful essays, and insights from wise teachers around the world and throughout time. Deschene explores how these issues have played out in her own life and offers action-oriented suggestions to help people empower themselves, even in a world with so much uncertainty. The result is a guide that helps readers discover the endless possibilities for a life lived mindfully in the present, and connected to others"--

Book Synopsis

Meaningful Answers to Hard Questions

"Tiny Buddha is a moving and insightful synthesis of evocative stories and ancient wisdom applied to modern life. A great read!" - Jonathan Fields, author of Uncertainty

From the mind behind TinyBuddha.com, Lori Deschene brings us the latest edition of her guide to peace, purpose, joy, and more! Exploring the challenging questions we all have to answer for ourselves, Tiny Buddha can be your handbook to personal fulfillment.

You are in control of your purpose. Life has a way of giving us more questions than answers. And despite our many differences, we all ask ourselves the same things, starting with: Why am I here? Featuring varied perspectives from Twitter followers around the world, Tiny Buddha can help us choose the meaning behind our existence and find purpose in our pain, no matter how deep.

Uncertainty can be a good thing. Offering straightforward, practical advice and pieces of her own personal journey, author Lori Deschene breaks down hard yet revealing questions about life, love, happiness, and change. We may have very few concrete answers, but that means we each get to decide for ourselves what it all means and what happiness looks like for us. Let Tiny Buddha help you create and honor that vision.

Inside, you'll find:

• The difference between searching for meaning versus creating it ourselves
• Empowering ways to answer the question "What is happiness?" and how to create it
• The importance of accepting your struggles without fully understanding the "why"
• How to find mental freedom by letting go of control

If you like self-help books or advice blogs, or if you enjoyed Living on Purpose, The Soul's Human Experience, or The Tao of Influence, then you'll love Tiny Buddha.

Review Quotes

Tiny Buddha is a moving and insightful synthesis of evocative stories and ancient wisdom applied to modern life. Great read! --Jonathan Fields, author of Uncertainty-- "Reviews"

Few people in our time have more passionately or more creatively applied wisdom teachings to a new digital generation than Lori Deschene. I am continually inspired by her writing, and also by her sincere dedication to learning, growth, and wisdom. I feel tremendously fortunate to have had the chance to get to know her work through Tiny Buddha, and to know her as a person. Both embody the same essential truths. --Soren Gordhamer, founder and author, Wisdom 2.0-- "Reviews"

How can we find happiness and peace--right now, right here? In her engaging, thoughtprovoking book Tiny Buddha, Lori Deschene explores this enormous question to help readers grapple with challenges like money, love, pain, control, and meaning, in order to find greater happiness. --Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project-- "Reviews"

I spent months retweeting posts from a mystery handle called @tinybuddha. I wasn't the only one: Hundreds of thousands of people followed the daily messages. I was intrigued and made it a point to meet the woman behind the message. Today Lori Deschene is a friend and fellow author who spreads truth and inspiration throughout the twittersphere, her blog, and now her new book! Lori has shifted the energy of the Internet with her loving daily posts and now she is sharing more with the world through her incredible book Tiny Buddha! --Gabrielle Bernstein, author of Add More -ing to Your Life and Spirit Junkie-- "Reviews"

Lori is one of a kind. Her amazing heart and wisdom shine through in everything she writes! I am a HUGE fan of Tiny Buddha and I'm constantly inspired by Lori and her work. Mastin Kipp, founder of The Daily Love (thedailylove.com)-- "Reviews"

Lori Deschene doesn't claim to be anybody's guru. But it's that lack of pretense and her total candor--how she tells her own oftenwild story without flinching--that is so magnetic, inviting a sense of ease with our own wrinkles, too, and fostering a sense of personal possibility. As she asks: Are you ready to be free? --Margaret Roach, author of And I Shall Have Some Peace There-- "Reviews"

There's nothing tiny about the extra-large dose of awesome stuffed into Lori's writing. Read it and feel good about the world. --Neil Pasricha, founder and author, 1000 Awesome Things, The Book of Awesome-- "Reviews"

About the Author

Lori Deschene is the founder of Tiny Buddha, a multiauthor blog that shares stories and insights from readers from all over the globe. She launched the site in 2009 as a community effort because she believes we all have something to teach and something to learn. Tinybuddha.com has grown into one of the most popular inspirational sites on the web, with 1 million monthly visitors. She is the author of Tiny Buddha: Simple Wisdom for Life's Hard Questions, Tiny Buddha's Guide to Loving Yourself, and her work has appeared in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Shambhala Sun, and other publications.