Product Description

Chock full of moving and enlightening stories, The Chocolate Cake Sutra will help you let go of perfectionism and celebrate the sacred nature of the life you already have.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #347578 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-24
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .34 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Because everyone yearns for a recipe for a fruitful life, many may gravitate to this friendly, accessible "cookbook." A Buddhist priest and confessed chocolate cake devotee, Larkin (Stumbling Toward Enlightenment) started Still Point Zen center in inner city Detroit. In the best Zen tradition, she recounts many personal anecdotes that find their flavor percolating in that everyday existence. These stories rise to make vivid points in focused, economical chapters. Larkin points us toward joy, extreme ethics, tolerance, a capacity to keep going, clear headedness, a penchant for surprise adventure, and wisdom. Her previous career as a management consultant may contribute to her breezy, hip conversational style that may or may not stand the test of time. But such lingo as "Even after years of attending or leading long retreats, there is always a moment when most of me says, 'This so sucks. I'm gone,' " may perfectly ring the unstruck bell to some modern ears. Her heart offerings, however, have an eternal chime of truth: "Everything and everyone is holy. And the point of our being on this sweet planet is to be of service to all of it. And when we understand this truth in our bones, joy fills our hearts." (Jan.)
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Review
“[A]rgues that when we’re stunned by life’s tragedies, that’s when we need to remember life’s potential for sweetness.” (Detroit Free Press )

Because everyone yearns for a recipe for a fruitful life, many may gravitate to this friendly, accessible “cookbook.” (Publishers Weekly )

“Disarmingly blunt, direct, smart, and funny. I ate it in one sweet bite!” (Sylvia Boorstein, author of It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness. )

About the Author

Geri Larkin gave up a successful career as a management consultant to become a Buddhist teacher. A practicing Buddhist since 1988, she completed seminary and was ordained in 1995. Four years later, she decided to start a Zen meditation center in the heart of inner-city Detroit. She is the author of Stumbling Toward Enlightenment, Building a Business the Buddhist Way, Tap Dancing in Zen, First You Shave Your Head, and The Still Point Dhammapada.