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  • Published: 1 October 2014
  • ISBN: 9781611800616
  • Imprint: Shambhala
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $29.99

The Buddha Walks Into The Office



From the author of the best-selling Buddha Walks into a Bar . . ., wisdom for "Generation Next" on how to make your work meaningful, satisfying, and of benefit to others.

The question "What do I want to do with my life?" is more difficult to answer for today's twenty-somethings than it was for their parents--not only do today's jobs look different, but career paths are altogether less of a sure thing. It's in this modern context that Lodro Rinzler provides Generation Y with wisdom for approaching the whole issue of livelihood--not only how to find work, but how to bring compassion and meaning into the job once you've got it. It's wisdom from the Buddhist tradition that works for anyone, presented with the clever humor that made Lodro's first book so popular.
The book is divided into three parts: Part One focuses on deciding what you want to do with your life, job-wise and otherwise; Part Two explores how to be beneficial to others, beginning with those at your office and moving out to the world at large; and Part Three shows how to turn even the most difficult work situations into opportunities for awakening.
Lodro has a gift for presenting the Buddhist teachings in a way that's practical, funny, and entertaining, but the book is ultimately quite serious: it's about using your livelihood to wake up.

  • Published: 1 October 2014
  • ISBN: 9781611800616
  • Imprint: Shambhala
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $29.99

About the author

Lodro Rinzler

Lodro Rinzler is the cofounder and Chief Spiritual Officer of MNDFL Meditation and is the award-winning author of six books: The Buddha Walks into a Bar; Walk Like a Buddha; The Buddha Walks into the Office; Sit Like a Buddha; How to Love Yourself (And Sometimes Other People); and Love Hurts. He has taught meditation for seventeen years in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and has spoken across the world at conferences, universities and businesses as diverse as Google, Harvard University and the White House.

Dubbed ‘the cool kid’s Buddhist’ by The Boston Phoenix, Rinzler’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, FOX, CBS, and NBC. He lives in the East Village of New York City with his wife Adreanna and a menagerie of small animals.

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