Sylvia Boorstein

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Brooklyn, New York, The United States

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female

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http://www.sylviaboorstein.com

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Religion & Spirituality

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Sylvia Boorstein (born 1936) is an American writer and Buddhist spiritualist.

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Average rating: 4.07 · 1,256 ratings · 221 reviews · 18 distinct works

	It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness 4.23 avg rating — 394 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life 3.75 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	My rating:
	That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist: On Being a Faithful Jew and a Passionate Buddhist by Sylvia Boorstein, Sharon Lebell, Stephen Mitchell (Foreword by) 3.82 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: Practicing the Perfections of the Heart--The Buddhist Path of Kindness 4.11 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Don't Just Do Something, Sit There: A Mindfulness Retreat with Sylvia Boorstein 4.05 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Solid Ground: Buddhist Wisdom for Difficult Times by Sylvia Boorstein, Norman Fischer, Tsoknyi Rinpoche (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Road Sage: Mindfulness Techniques for Drivers 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	12 Steps on Buddha's Path: Bill, Buddha, and We by Sylvia Boorstein, Laura S 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	The Courage to Be Happy 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers by Toni Bernhard (Goodreads Author), Sylvia Boorstein (Forward) 4.31 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“Life is painful, suffering is optional.”
― Sylvia Boorstein

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“The Buddha taught complete honesty, with the extra instruction that everything a person says should be truthful and helpful.”
― Sylvia Boorstein

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“Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience.
It isn't more complicated that that.
It is opening to or recieving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is,
without either clinging to it or rejecting it. ”
― Sylvia Boorstein

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