Awakening to the Sacred: Creating a Spiritual Life from Scratch.

New York, NY Random House: Broadway Books, 1999. Hardcover First Edition (1999), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition (1999), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good in Very Good DJ: Book shows a slight crimp at the heel of the backstrip; a mild bump to the upper corner of the rear panel which has softened the corner and caused a bit of 'cracking' to the paper near the corner tip; four creased or 'dog-eared' pages in the text; a tiny 'nick' in the paper at the bottom edge of the rear panel; else very little wear at all; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a several minor imperfections. Bright and clean. The DJ shows a half-inch closed tear at the upper corner of the front panel; light wear to the extremities overall; mild rubbing to the panels; the price is intact. Remains attractive and intact. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.6 x 6 x 1.25 inches). xv, 382 pages. Language: English. Weight: 23.5 ounces. Hardback with DJ. Surya Das (born Jeffrey Miller in 1950) is an American lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. He is a poet, chantmaster, spiritual activist, author of many popular works on Buddhism, meditation teacher and spokesperson for Buddhism in the West. He has long been involved in charitable relief projects in the developing world and in interfaith dialogue. Surya Das is a Dharma heir of Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche, a Nyingma master of the non-sectarian Rime movement, with whom he founded the Dzogchen Center and Dzogchen retreats in 1991. His name, which means "Servant of the Sun" in a combination of Sanskrit (surya) and Hindi (das, from the Sanskrit dasa), was given to him in 1972 by the Hindu guru Neem Karoli Baba. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR.