Recommended Readings

lamaramadingdong

My daughter was recently diagnosed with MS. She has been into Yoga for several years and recently started meditating as a way to slow racing thoughts. I am looking for recommendations for an easy-to-read book for her on Buddhist approaches to dealing with illness and disease. I know Pema Chodron has some books that deal with this, but not sure which ones.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance for all replies.

Tosh

Ah, that's sad! I have a brother-in-law with MS, so know a little of the possible issues. I hope your daughter has not got an aggressive form of it.

There is a book I'm reading called:

Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn Ph.D, which I think would be appropriate:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Full-Catastrophe-Living-mindfulness-meditation/dp/0749915854/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333578424&sr=8-1

It's very good; and not just good for people who're suffering extreme stuff, but for anyone really.

zenff

Man, that’s not good.

My wife says this book saved her life:
http://www.wisdompubs.org/Pages/display.lasso?-keyvalue=32777&image=1
Lama Zopa Rinpochee, Transforming Problems into Happiness.

Also she had great benefit from a Talk by Ajahn Brahm which we downloaded.
“How to deal with pain”
I can’t get a link to it right now, but I’ll send it by mail if you want it, or should I bring it?