Inspired by the sacred number from the Hindu and Buddhist tradition, this book is a collection of 108 blessings and passages that touch every facet of our human experience. Each blessing is unique, but together they work as an evolutionary bridge that will lead us to our higher self. When we bless someone with pure intent, the sacred within us becomes an alchemical force to transform and shape lives.The blessings in this book offer wisdom to awaken the sacred in you so you can heal, heal others and empower your path with joy, passion and purpose. Like the mantras accompanying 108 beads of the Japa Mala, each blessing is meant to be felt, heard and absorbed. Hold one each day. After 108 days, begin again and when you are ready, pass the book on like a blessing. Edited by Pete Azarnoosh. Cover Art by Kanchan Chander.

Mind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice.

Inspired by the sacred number from the Hindu and Buddhist tradition, this book is a collection of 108 blessings and passages that touch every facet of our human experience. Each blessing is unique, but together they work as an evolutionary bridge that will lead us to our higher self. When we bless someone with pure intent, the sacred within us becomes an alchemical force to transform and shape lives.The blessings in this book offer wisdom to awaken the sacred in you so you can heal, be healers and empower your path with joy, passion and purpose. Like 108 beads of the Japa Mala, each blessing is meant to be held, heard and absorbed. Hold one for a day. After 108 days, begin again and when you are ready, pass the book on like a blessing.

As we approach the sixtieth anniversary of China’s 1959 invasion of Tibet—and the subsequent creation of the Tibetan exile community—the question of the diaspora’s survival looms large. Beijing’s foreign policy has grown more adventurous, particularly since the post-Olympic expansion of 2008. As the pressure mounts, Tibetan refugee families that have made their homes outside China—in the mountains of Nepal, the jungles of India, or the cold concrete houses high above the Dalai Lama’s monastery in Dharamsala—are migrating once again. Blessings from Beijing untangles the chains that tie Tibetans to China and examines the political, social, and economic pressures that are threatening to destroy Tibet’s refugee communities. Journalist Greg Bruno has spent nearly two decades living and working in Tibetan areas. Bruno journeys to the front lines of this fight: to the high Himalayas of Nepal, where Chinese agents pay off Nepali villagers to inform on Tibetan asylum seekers; to the monasteries of southern India, where pro-China monks wish the Dalai Lama dead; to Asia’s meditation caves, where lost souls ponder the fine line between love and war; and to the streets of New York City, where the next generation of refugees strategizes about how to survive China’s relentless assault. But Bruno’s reporting does not stop at well-worn tales of Chinese meddling and political intervention. It goes beyond them—and within them—to explore how China’s strategy is changing the Tibetan exile community forever.

Vietnam veteran Don Yost explores the pain and rage of his experience as a correspondent near Mai Laid in 1968, transforming it through writing to a elegaic and powerful memoir, imbued with a significant message for our time.