Being Buddhist: A Practical Guide to Living the Dharma in the Modern World - Paperback

by Tenzin Arlo Cole (Author), Jeff Ofstedahl (Author)

What if the problem isn't your life... but the way you're living it?

You've done what you were supposed to do.

Worked hard. Built something. Searched for meaning, success, connection-even peace.

And yet... something still feels off.

A quiet dissatisfaction.

A sense that no matter what you achieve, it's never quite enough.

In Being Buddhist, Tenzin Arlo Cole takes you inside a modern meditation room where six ordinary people-an engineer, a business owner, a therapist, a seeker, a skeptic, and a lost twenty-something-ask the same questions you've been asking:

Through their conversations, struggles, and breakthroughs, the ancient teachings of Buddhism come alive-not as abstract philosophy, but as practical tools for everyday life.

You won't be asked to adopt beliefs.

You won't be asked to renounce your life.

Instead, you'll learn how to:

• Understand and reduce your own suffering
• Break free from the cycle of constant wanting
• Work with your thoughts and emotions instead of being controlled by them
• Live with purpose, clarity, and real inner stability
• Integrate mindfulness into a modern, busy life

This is not "Buddhism Lite."

This is Buddhism translated-for the world you actually live in.

No rituals. No dogma. No escape from reality.

Just a clear, honest path toward freedom.

You don't have to believe anything.

You just have to be willing to look.