The Buddha's Wife: The Path of Awakening Together

by Samuel Shem and Janet Surrey

Book Overview

As the category of women's spirituality continues to grow, The Buddha's Wife offers to a broad audience for the first time the intimate and profound story of Princess Yasodhara, the wife Buddha left behind, and her alternative journey to spiritual enlightenment. What do we know of the wife and child the Buddha abandoned when he went off to seek his enlightenment? The Buddha's Wife brings this rarely told story to the forefront, offering a nuanced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158270418X
• ISBN13: 9781582704180
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.6"