Dancing With Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering

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. To convey the feelings associated with practicing particular insights, Moffitt also offers excerpts from the poetry of T. S. Eliot. Eliot, who in midlife became a devoted Anglican Christian, once said that he could just as easily have become a Buddhist. His poetry captures the essence of spiritual realization that unites Buddhism and the Judeo-Christian tradition.