With contributions by Sylvia Boorstein,
Sharon Salzberg, and Joseph Goldstein

The Buddha Smiles brings together Mari Gayatri Stein’s delightful cartoons, or dharmatoons. The book follows a group of human and non-humans as they seek their enlightenment, exposing their strengths and weaknesses (and ours as well) in the process. The Buddha Smiles gently teaches the nature of Buddhist thought through cartoons on the Four Noble Truths, The Eightfold Path, and the nature of the Hindrances along the path. Many of the cartoons will make you laugh and while others will gently and wisely shed light on your fears and emotional pains. Mari draws upon paradox and humor in over 250 cartoons to shed light on our deepest concerns and highest aspirations.

In Praise of The Buddha Smiles

Mari sees and hears with a cartoonist’s wit . . . She is very funny. Her cartoonist’s eye view is balanced by good understanding. She says, with a few strokes of her pen, what would take many words to explain, and she makes us laugh. May the delight that arises in our hearts as we meet her images of us coming and going inspire our practice for the benefit of all beings.

--Sylvia Boorstein, author of It’s Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way of Happiness

About the author

Mari Gayatri Stein has taught yoga and meditation for the last 20 years. She is the author of four books on health and humor and her art has been featured in galleries in the western United States. Mari’s art work has also been featured in magazines such as Inquiring Mind, Turning Wheel, and Tea and books from Nolo Press. She lives with her husband Robert and five collie dogs on their farm in southern Oregon, where they grow certified organic culinary herbs.

Eastern religion
Original Trade Paperback, 256 pages

List Price: $15.95

ISBN
1-883991-28-5