The successful bidder for this item will receive Shantideva: How to Wake Up a Hero by Dominique Townsend and illustrator Tenzin Norbu and a $25 gift card, all from Wisdom Publications. 

Shantideva: How to Wake Up a Hero is the retelling of Shantideva’s teachings before a surprised audience, who had thought he was useless and could only eat, sleep, and poop. Leading his listeners into a superhero training of different kind, he reveals the secret to perfect bravery and unbounded compassion and shows how anyone can develop them. You don’t need super-strength or magical powers, he says. You just need practice.

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