From Publishers Weekly
Brief nuggets of Eastern wisdom from 20-something model and writer Taro Gold are available in the tiny, well-designed Open Your Mind, Open Your Life: A Little Book of Eastern Wisdom. Most of the book's thoughts on happiness are Gold's own, interspersed with quotations from Nichiren, Confucius, Lao Tzu and Soka Gakkai leader Josei Toda. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.


Arun Gandhi, Founder Gandhi Center for Nonviolence and Grandson of Mahatma Gandi
"This book will enlighten and ennoble the reader."


From The Chicago Tribune
"Open Your Mind, Open Your Life: a beautiful collection of engaging inspiration. This is Life's Little Instruction Book meets Enlightenment."


Book Description
First published in May 2001, the original Little Book edition of Open Your Mind, Open Your Life sold more than 100,000 copies in less than a year. Open Your Mind, Open Your Life encourages and uplifts readers with more than 300 inspiring guideposts based on the timeless wisdom of Eastern thought.


About the Author
Taro Gold is the author of the best-selling Little Book and 5 x 5 editions of Open Your Mind, Open Your Life. A native of Del Mar, Calif., Taro has spent much of his life abroad, visiting more than 30 countries and living in Australia, Spain, and Japan. He has written extensively for international publications, and his work has been published in seven languages. In addition to creating beautiful and encouraging books, Taro has enjoyed success as a children's counselor, teacher, interpreter and songwriter.


Excerpted from Open Your Mind, Open Your Life: A Little Book of Eastern Wisdom by Taro Gold, Jennifer Fox. Copyright © 2001. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
INTRODUCTION Thought Creates Reality . . . Everything humanity has ever created began with a thought. The place where you live, the clothes that you wear, and the paper on which these words are written were once only thoughts in someone’s mind. Your decision to read this, too, began with a thought. Happiness Shapes Thought . . . Everything we think is colored by our happiness, or lack thereof. Although individual definitions of happiness vary greatly, we all want to be happy. Early in life, we look for happiness among family, friends, even toys. Later in life, we may look for happiness in religion, money, sex, alcohol, education, marriage. . . . We all know where we have looked. But did we find what we were searching for? Openness Manifests Happiness . . . Genuine happiness, or enlightenment, is already within us; we have only to reveal it. As spring water rushes through open earth, so happiness flows through open lives. The question is how to open our lives to this inherent joy. The following pages hold answers to that question, thought by thought, from an Eastern perspective. Most of them may be new to you, some may seem like common sense (which is not so common), and others are universal truths not unique to the East. May each of them promote lasting happiness and ways of thinking that truly open your life. Copyright © 2001 by Lionstead Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

First published in April 2001, the Little Book edition of Open Your Mind, Open Your Life sold more than 50,000 copies in less than a year. Today, author Taro Gold introduces this new and expanded volume of the best-selling book, leading readers further along the path to lasting happiness and enlightenment. Open Your Mind, Open Your Life encourages and uplifts readers with more than 300 inspiring guideposts based on the timeless wisdom of Eastern thought.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

Brief nuggets of Eastern wisdom from 20-something model and writer Taro Gold are available in the tiny, well-designed Open Your Mind, Open Your Life: A Little Book of Eastern Wisdom. Most of the book's thoughts on happiness are Gold's own, interspersed with quotations from Nichiren, Confucius, Lao Tzu and Soka Gakkai leader Josei Toda. ( May) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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