Synopses & Reviews
Chock full of moving and enlightening stories, The Chocolate Cake Sutra will help you let go of perfectionism and celebrate the sacred nature of the life you already have.
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Because everyone yearns for a recipe for a fruitful life, many may gravitate to this friendly, accessible “cookbook.” Publishers Weekly
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“[A]rgues that when were stunned by lifes tragedies, thats when we need to remember lifes potential for sweetness.” Detroit Free Press
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“Disarmingly blunt, direct, smart, and funny. I ate it in one sweet bite!” Sylvia Boorstein, author of It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness.
Synopsis
A melt-in-your-mouth chocolate cake is the perfect metaphor for where we can land if we introduce the correct ingredients into our lives. When those ingredients merge and melt together, we become spiritual warriors able to take the slings and arrows of our lives in stride with grace and a grin.
The Chocolate Cake Sutra is about how everyone and everything is precious. Full of moving and enlightening stories, from the life of the Buddha to life in inner-city Detroit, this book is comfort food for the soul. Join author Geri Larkin on this exciting spiritual journey - The Chocolate Cake Sutra will sustain you along the way.
Geri Larkin gave up a successful career as a management consultant to become a Buddhist priest. After she was ordained in 1995, she decided to start a Zen meditation center in the heart of inner-city Detroit. She is the author of Stumbling Toward Enlightenment, Building a Business the Buddhist Way, Tap Dancing in Zen, First You Shave Your Head, and The Stillpoint Dhammapada. A Zen Buddhist "Guiding Teacher," she currently lives near Seattle.
"Disarmingly blunt, direct, smart, and funny. I ate it in one sweet bite "
- Sylvia Boorstein, author of It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness
--Detroit Free Press
About the Author
Geri Larkin gave up a successful career as a management consultant to become a Buddhist teacher. A practicing Buddhist since 1988, she completed seminary and was ordained in 1995. Four years later, she decided to start a Zen meditation center in the heart of inner-city Detroit. She is the author of Stumbling Toward Enlightenment, Building a Business the Buddhist Way, Tap Dancing in Zen, First You Shave Your Head, and The Still Point Dhammapada.