Solid Ground: Buddhist Wisdom for Difficult Times

A lively, topical guide on how to respond to life’s inevitable difficulties—from personal crises to broader societal challenges

The issue of difficulty in life is at the very essence of Buddhism. One can reasonably translate the first noble truth as, “life is full of difficulties,” with the remaining noble truths serving as Buddhism’s analysis of those difficulties and how to work with them. In Solid Ground, celebrated Buddhist teachers Sylvia Boorstein, Zoketsu Norman Fisher, and Tsoknyi ...