Kindling Hope
Book launch at The Gallery Coffee House—July 14
Bookmark, Charlottetown’s independent bookstore, is partnering with the Buddhist Nuns from the Great Wisdom Buddhist Institute to launch Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light on July 14 at 7 pm at The Gallery Coffee House & Bistro. Members of the translation team will be joined in conversation about the project by Mo Duffy and Genevieve Loughlin from Pownal Street Press. This event is free and open to all.
Humans have the exceptional abilities to learn and to choose. Kindling Hope is filled with insight and encouragement: to be kind, to be ethical, to be forgiving, to be loving. A slight shift in perspective takes one from despair to hope; a slight alteration in outlook, and the world changes. Humans have the potential to grow beyond their greatest aspirations.
This gentle book provides the peace, solace, and support for living joyfully in the current world. It reminds readers that hope is never far; it can be found within. With each passage, readers are invited to enter a life of joy, and to sometimes shift perspectives. The passages offer a vantage point is offered to help break free from dead ends.
A collection from renowned Buddhist teacher Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope is filled with short passages and musings that invoke the stillness needed for everyday contemplation. Available for the first time in English, each of these passages is offered with the goal of helping the reader access the compassion, understanding, and gratitude needed to hold space for one another—and for the earth.