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Buddhism and the Nature of Work
Available Summer 2021​
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"A lay follower should not engage in five types of business. Which five? Business in weapons, business in human beings, business in meat, business in intoxicants, and business in poison."
~ The Buddha
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For the vast majority of us, work is doing something and getting paid - an exchange of dollars for our time, our mental acuity and our physical labour. It is a way of getting money to buy what we want or need. In Buddhism and the Nature of Work, Horner takes an in-depth look at what, Buddhism and its related values might bring to the workplace. We explore four main areas; the history of work in society, work culture, the changing face of work and the intersection of Buddhist values and practices to the workplace as employee and owner.
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Our work, when done with vigour, mindfulness and care, contributes, in ways both great and small, to the betterment of our fellow man. To work is to be part of a continuum that stretches back to the time of earliest man.
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6" X 9" 277 pages, paperback, perfect bound ISBN: 978-1-7771539-4-6
June, 2021
Tasked with a dangerous quest, Vikkama, a Buddhist monk, and a mind-bending carpenter named Advaith, journey through the Sangara Peninsula, to recover a precious lost relic belonging to the White Monastery. As they navigate the Panagama River, they meet allies and enemies, encounter the mythic, water-dwelling Nagae, are hampered by bandits, storms, murderous ghosts, and must evade a maniacal, military deserter bent on revenge. In time, they find themselves in the middle of hostilities that could plunge the Sangara Peninsula into a conflict that would last for generations.
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6X9" 390 pages, paperback, perfect bound ISBN 978-1-7771539-7-7
The novel is well-paced, with many diversions and locales presented in episodic chapters that still propel the main adventure plot forward ... solidly written, with clear prose and believable dialogue. The narration has a charming, raconteur quality to it. The novel's south Asian aesthetic is different from many fantasy adventures, and the Buddhist influence is a welcome change of perspective for the genre. The travellers, eventually four, who make up the protagonist’s party for much of the book, have a quiet camaraderie between them that strengthens as they encounter more locations and adventures
~ The Booklife Prize Review 2020