The Accidental Buddhist: Mindfulness, Enlightenment, and Sitting Still, American Style

The Accidental Buddhist is the funny, provocative story of how Dinty Moore went looking for the faith he'd lost in what might seem the most unlikely of places: the ancient Eastern tradition of Buddhis…

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