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The Buddha Next Door

The Buddha Next Door
By Zan Gaudioso, Greg Martin

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Through personal experiences, this anthology illuminates how the practice of Nichiren Buddhism has changed people’s lives for the better. These first-person narratives—representing people from all across the country of various ages and ethnic backgrounds—examine the challenges of daily life associated with health, relationships, career, and aging, and the ensuing experiences of hope, success, inspiration, and personal enlightenment that come about as a result of living as Nichiren Buddhists.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #219257 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-07-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 224 pages

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About the Author

Zan Gaudioso is the author and editor of five books in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, including Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul III. She was an approved writer for Touchstone/Hollywood Pictures. She lives in Pacific Palisades, California. Greg Martin is the coauthor of The Buddha in Your Mirror. He is a vice general director of the SGI-USA, the lay organization of Nichiren Buddhists in the United States, and is a professor in the SGI-USA's study department. He lives in Los Angeles.

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Inspiring and encouraging, "if they can, I can.." gem!5
My friend, who's the SGI-USA bookstore manager in our community center, alerted me to this great book! She even lent me her copy and, like her, I was deeply impressed! (So I got my own from Amazon!) It reads like a "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book, except with an SGI focus! It features George Aoyama's determination, who lost his father David among the American Airlines passengers who died on 9/11. (Many SGI members knew David who was an outstanding, dedicated SGI member; father; husband; and friend. ) George's courage, spirit, and similar dedication would make David proud, I believe! And these are all real, wonderful experiences of SGI members. So I give heartfelt recommendation to anyone seeking to eliminate doubt in one's own, or other's "Buddhahood!" Get it! Digest it! This book is simply great!!! If you "absorb" this, you can't go wrong!!! I thank everyone involved in bringing this gift to the public!

Overcoming problems through the power of faith5
Excellent book, i found it to be very inspiring, how members of the SGI overcome their problems through the power of faith in Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism. This book is a must have for SGI members, and for anyone with a seeking mind.

An uplifting read for a fellow SGI member5
The Buddha Next Door is a great read for those looking into Nichiren Daishonin's buddhism and those that are already practicing. This book has real life stories on how individual members of the SGI (organization of Nichiren Daishonin's followers) have overcome, in most cases, devastating, heart wrenching obstacles. The world needs more encouraging stories like these that give us strength when we're down and feel like we can't go any further.

If you are brand new to the SGI and Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism you should read "The Buddha in your Mirror" by one of the same authors: Greg Martin.