Book Launch, Monk's Daughter
Monk's Daughter
Her book bestows on us the gift of a truth known widely to Buddhist in Asia: repaying the kindness of one’s parents is a deep-running fuel-source along the path to liberation.
— Rev. Heng Sure, PhD Director; Berkeley Buddhist Monastery

Monk’s Daughter

What does it mean to trust in the path that leads to your own self-discovery?

For many years, partying in Hollywood had kept Mudra Love blind to that path until she nearly reached a point of no return. It was in this moment that she decided to make a change. At the suggestion of her father, a former monk of Chinese Zen Buddhism, Mudra decided to embark on a silent, seven-day retreat in Reedsport, Oregon. At the retreat, she watched herself emerge for the first time. She realized that silence, space, and stillness were what she needed to gain a better understanding of herself and her place in the world. Galvanized by her discovery, Mudra left Hollywood to pursue that stillness. To this day, she has never looked back.

Intimate, tender, honest and reverent, MONK’S DAUGHTER is about what can happen when we stop looking outside ourselves and start looking within. This chronicle of self-discovery is certain to inspire anyone who is yearning to discover who they are, find their true purpose in life, and rise from the mud so they can bloom out of the darkness, and into the world.

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