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The Buddha, Geoff and Me

This is the story of Rob who is having a hard time - at work, in his personal life and generally. Then he meets a Buddhist called Geoff, and starts to learn from him the power of positive thinking and how to turn problems into challenges. And gradually, bit by bit, things begin to change. lapses at the crucial moment. And along the way life throws two severe tests at him, which he only just manages to cope with, before he sets off into the sunset, finally realizing how to put his new skills into practice in the urban jungle. Battersea is the new Buddha Da...

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 310 pages

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