Buddha's Wife tells a fascinating story, little known in the west, about the woman whom Buddha left behind. Gabriel Constans focuses the reader's attention on the strong and complicated women who surrounded Buddha and makes us re-think the nature of spiritual life.

Everyone breathes in air, but it's a wise person who knows when to use that air to speak and when to exhale in silence.

Often, others see you, as you see yourself

There was an unexpected freedom in finding out that one wasn't as important as one had always assumed!

How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble?

Fennel, which is the spice for Wednesdays, the day of averages, of middle-aged people. . . . Fennel . . . smelling of changes to come.

I am buoyant and expansive and uncontainable--but I always was so, only I never knew it!