Life Is Weird: And Other Noble Truths (Little Books With Big Ideas)

By Laurie Fisher Huck

The Four Noble Truths are the precepts taught by the Buddha himself upon attaining enlightenment. Laurie Fisher Huck seeks to update the message for today's world, suggesting that if the Buddha were to obtain enlightenment today, instead of beginning his sermon with All life is suffering he might have simply observed Life is weird. She recasts the fundamental message of Buddhism in amusing but meaningful modern terms, illustrated with pen-and-ink sketches.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0834803852
• ISBN13: 9780834803855
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Weatherhill
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 0.3" x 4.5"

Customer Reviews

Weird and getting weirder...

Life IS weird, from birth through sickness, old age, and finally and inevitably, death. What is this life all about, anyway? And what does what Gautama Buddha taught 2,500 years ago have to do with life in the new Millenium? Fisher Huck retells the teaching of the 4 Noble Truths in a lively, humorous, hip way, which even us crazed X's and Y's can understand and appreciate. Why didn't I know this stuff before? BUY THIS BOOK!