num_pages: 203
description:  A Fierce Heart is a book whose time is an eternal now: sacred help made beautifully accessible by the wild and determined spirit of a no-nonsense female teacher a bodhisattva brown as Earth real as Oxygen.  Alice Walker author of The Color PurpleSpring Washam is a founder of the East Bay Meditation Center one of the most diverse and accessible meditation centers in the United States. In A Fierce Heart Washam shares her contemporary unique interpretation of the Buddhas 2500-year-old teachings with powerfully written chapters that get to the heart of mindfulness wisdom and compassion.Woven throughout the book are stories from the authors life family and community along with many soulful heartfelt stories from all over the world. Washams teachings truly focus on strength courage and wisdom making the Dharma welcoming to as large and wide a community as possible. Anyone who has suffered will benefit from the life-saving teachings of this charismatic teacher. Her humor enthusiasm and energy are a balm.
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title: A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Courage, and Wisdom in Any Moment
publisher: Parallax Press