Within a year, the number of people living on the planet dropped from over seven billion to less than a million. Within a year, the technology that once made our lives so easy, became just useless plastic and silicon. Within a year, ethics and religion became antiquated and obsolete. Within a year, for one man, the impossible became the only reasonable option. After the world fell, and the walking dead outnumbered the living by a hundred to one, a Buddhist student travels the world looking for the reincarnation of his late teacher. Surrounded by an ocean of teeth, Pursued by something far...

No good deed goes unpunished. When Benjamin finds out he is a bone marrow match for a young boy in desperate need, he gladly volunteers to be a donor. But then a routine MRI shows something lining the bones of Benjamin's pelvis and this discovery changes the world. There are words and symbols covering the inner linings of Benjamin's entire body. Even more surprising is that the words seem to have a message and an agenda. Scientific breakthroughs are soon being made using formulas found inside Ben's body, but the strangest thing of all is that the words seem to have the power to heal others....

If the choices that we make define how our lives are going to be, then how do we know how to make the right decisions? All the major decisions in our lives basically boil down to the question of if we are going to open ourselves up and take a chance or shut down and reject what's being offered to us. Unfortunately the emotional scar tissue we all have protecting our old wounds make it harder and harder to be open and vulnerable. When people hurt us we want to give up our hearts less and less. How well do you know those people around you? What if the person who pours your coffee has a lot of...

Traditional Buddhism teaches us to take refuge in three things...the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha (those people we practice with). While the Buddha and the Dharma can be found almost anywhere, often times there might not be a Sangha to be a member of. What if there is not one present in your state, or what if it is illegal or dangerous to practice in your area? You may have to practice alone. In the days of the Samurai, there were people called Ronin. A Ronin was a Samurai without a master to serve. Those who practice Buddhism unconventionally might feel a bit like the Ronin, since they...

When Mark and his family are brutally assaulted in a fraternity prank gone wrong, Mark is the sole survivor having lost his voice, his wife and his daughter. What happens when the justice system fails and Mark, a former Marine sniper, finds the dark side of enlightenment? Mark's friends - Mike, his spotter and buddy from the Marine Corps, Hattie, the Life-Flight nurse who saved Mark's life, and Larry and David, two members of the God Squad with surprising skills and interests - race to stop Mark in this exploration of one man's attempt to take back his power through the only means he...

Why is it when tragedy strikes, we hear so many people sending their thoughts and prayers to those effected? There's something instinctive in our nature that wants to ease the suffering of those around us. Can simply wishing someone well have any type of effect upon them? Are our prayers ever answered? In Tibetan Buddhism there is a meditation called Tonglen, which teaches us how to harness the power of our compassion, and develop our awareness of the interconnectedness we all share. This tiny book will teach you how to do basic Tonglen meditation, and contains over 100 prayers, some...