The Woman Who Raised Buddha Vendor_MDA Regardless of your spiritual preferences

Regardless of your spiritual preferences and beliefs—or lack of them—if you are coming to terms with the imminent death of a loved one

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these practices gradually change one from the inside out

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The Woman Who Raised Buddha Vendor_MDA Regardless of your spiritual preferencesMahaprajapati was the only mother the Buddha ever knew. His birth mother, Maya, died shortly after childbirth, and her sister Mahaprajapati took the infant to her breast, nurturing and raising him into adulthood. In this first full biography of Mahaprajapati, Wendy Garling presents her life story, with attention to her early years as sister, queen, matriarch, and mother, as well as her later years as a nun. Garling reveals just how exceptional