The Buddha Sat Right Here (e-book) (used book) | Dena Moes | bookbook.eu

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Dena was a stressed-out midwife longing to escape the hamster wheel of modern motherhood. Adam was an eccentric Buddhist yogi disguised as a hard-working Dad. Bella was fourteen and wanted to be normal. Sophia was up for anything that involved missing school. Together, they shouldered backpacks and walked away from their California home, to criss-cross India and Nepal for a year. The family left behind a life of carpools, macaroni and cheese, and Cal Skate for rickshaw rides, thali plates, and grand pujas in Buddhist monasteries. Their quest for new perspectives led them to his Holiness the Dalai Lama, the tree where the Buddha sat, and into the arms of Amma the Divine Mother. From the banks of the Ganges to the Himalayan roof of the world, the family experienced auspicious coincidences, colorful adventures, countless plates of rice and dal, and some serious challenges-and ultimately came home with a new understanding of love.