The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors [B1651]

2023 PB in excellent condition. A Buddhist Lama and intersectional thought leader shares a guide for those who would dream a more just, ethical world into being. Saints, spiritual warriors, bodhisattvas, tzaddikim-no matter how they are named in a given tradition, they all share a profound wish to free others from suffering. Saints are not unattainable beings of stained glass or carved stone. "Saints are ordinary and human, doing things any person can learn to do," teaches Lama Rod Owens. "Our era calls for saints who are from this time and place, speak the language of this moment, and integrate both social and spiritual liberation. I believe we all can and must become New Saints."

With The New Saints, Lama Rod shares a guidebook for becoming an effective agent of justice, peace, and change. Combining personal stories, traditional teachings, and instructions for contemplative and somatic practices, he shares inspiring resources for self-exploration and wise action. Each chapter reinforces the truth of our interdependency-allowing us to be of service to the collective well-being, access the unseen realms of divine guidance and strength, and call on the support of the countless beings who share our struggles and hopes. The status quo of our society is crumbling, and rightly so. But what future will emerge to replace it? "There's nothing like crisis to wake us up and force us to get serious about change," says Lama Rod. "Ancient, powerful magic is returning. With the end of the lies of the old world comes the awakening of truth." For those who have the willingness to allow our hearts to break, disrupt systems of violence, and let deep, authentic care guide our actions instead of fear and hate, here is a clarion call for becoming a spiritual warrior-a human refreshed, serving a vision of a world shaped by love.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "So f**king beautiful! This is the template for leadership I needed."; "The New Saints covers a lot of spiritual ground. From Christian tradition to ancient mysticism to Buddhism, Lama Rod Owen lays the groundwork for how we can interact with the spiritual world and the physical world in ways that will renew us instead of depleting us. I was challenged and intrigued by this approach to spirituality. No matter your spiritual tradition, there is something for you in The New Saints."; "Brilliant, cracklingly alive, searingly honest, moving, real. I'm so grateful to Llama Rod for his voice, bringing much needed vitality, freshness, grit, and engagement to contemporary western Buddhism. Especially helpful to me personally for exploring how to hold a compassionate, openhearted mindset while at the same time holding boundaries and not rejecting/bypassing heartbreak and anger. How to be engaged in a world that is so unjust and where there's so much suffering without being knocked off my feet by the enormity of it all."