Stimulating verse for virtuous living as influenced by reality for all faiths.

This book contains methods for transforming everyday actions into the cause of enlightenment, anger into patience, and the ordinary view of phenomena as inherently existent into the wisdom realizing emptiness. It also includes several meditations led by Rinpoche, although everything in the book is a topic for meditation.It would be hard to find a simpler, clearer, more practical explanation of the two fundamental paths of compassion and wisdom than the one Lama Zopa offers us here.

Sandra Hobson's journey, from her role as a Stress Management Consultant to becoming a Town Mayor, TV Actress, Radio Presenter, and an Entertainer all across Europe, is a captivating saga of a life lived to the fullest. Having faced the harrowing battle against cancer not once, but three times, Sandra's story is a beacon of hope and an embodiment of the strength of the human spirit. Sandra Hobson's journey is a powerful reminder that we can overcome even the most daunting obstacles and achieve incredible success. Her story exemplifies the importance of resilience, perseverance, and embracing life's opportunities to the fullest. "From Virtue to Reality" is a must-read for anyone seeking inspiration and a reminder that no matter the circumstances, there is hope, there is strength, and there is the possibility of triumph.

Extreme Virtue presents a new and radical approach to the problems of leadership and virtue in public life. Originating in the author's newspaper writing about the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal, the book grapples with what has gone wrong in the American political system and describes what we should look for in our leaders. Sartwell argues that the real problem is a pervasive lack of truth in political leaders and that more can be accomplished by straight talk than by polling and focus groups. The book consists of biographical portraits of five great Americans: anarchists Emma Goldman and Voltairine de Cleyre, conservative senator Barry Goldwater, Lakota spiritual leader John Fire Lame Deer, and black nationalist Malcolm X. The author argues that what makes these figures distinctively American is that each shares a suspicion of power and a vision of individual liberation. Despite their distinctive and unique approaches, each person is a model of truth in public life.

In-depth discussion of the value of scientific theories, bringing together and advancing current important debates in realism.