Offers a lighthearted, slightly irreverent, look at Zen. What if Buddha was a Zen hippie? What would mindfulness look like through the lens of a flower child in the real world?

COFFEE STAINS AND DRAGONFLIES

Buddhi isn't your typical spiritual guide. Named "Buddha" by his free-spirited, hippie parents, he tweaked the name to something that felt a little more down-to-earth. After trading his Ferrari for a beat-up '68 VW bus and swapping the chaos of Wall Street for a quiet lotus pond, he's searching for enlightenment.

POND-SIDE PHILOSOPHIES

Buddhi just wanted to drink coffee and write his book. But when you live by a pond with two highly opinionated philosophers—one a shimmering dragonfly sharing his wisdom, the other a contemplative and slightly grumpy frog who each insist their way to Zen is the right way—nothing is ever that simple.