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The Dharma of the Princess Bride Author: Ethan Nichtern
ISBN: 9780865477766 Format: Hardcover Number Of Pages: 288 Published: 12 September 2017 Country of Publication: US Dimensions (cm): 19.3 x 14.2 x 2.6 Description:
An engagingly contemporary approach to Buddhism-through the lens of an iconic film and its memorable characters
Humorous yet spiritually rigorous in the tradition of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and The Tao of Pooh, drawing from pop culture and from personal experience, The Dharma of "The Princess Bride" teaches us how to understand and navigate our most important personal relationships from a twenty-first-century Buddhist perspective.
Friendship. Romance. Family. These are the three areas Ethan Nichtern delves into, taking as departure points the indelible characters from Rob Reiner's perennially popular film-Westley, Fezzik, Vizzini, Count Rugen, Princess Buttercup, and others-as he also draws lessons from his own life and his work as a meditation teacher. Nichtern devotes the first section of the book to exploring the dynamics of friendship. Why do people become friends? What can we learn from the sufferings of Inigo Montoya and Fezzik? Next, he leads us through all the phases of illusion and disillusion we encounter in ou...
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