The Dharma in Difficult Times: Finding Your Calling in Times of Loss, Change, Struggle, and Doubt

How do we make sense of our lives when our world seems to be falling apart? In this beautifully written book, scholar and teacher Stephen Cope shows that crises don't have to derail us from our purpose--they can actually help us to find our purpose and step forward as our best selves.

The Dharma in Difficult Times continues the message of Cope's best-loved book, The Great Work of Your Life, which gave readers a road map for the journey to their true calling.

As in Great Work, Cope takes the ancient yogic text the Bhagavad Gita--the epic narrative of the warrior Arjuna's odyssey of self-discovery--as a model for the reader's journey. Then he builds on that foundation using the stories and teachings of famous figures, as well as stories of ordinary people and his own rich personal experience. Along the way, we find striking examples for finding meaning and purpose in our lives:
- Gandhi shows how to tap our spiritual resources and listen for our inner voice
- Rachmaninoff and Charles Darwin showcase working skillfully with obstacles and doubts
- Marian Anderson and Sojourner Truth shed light on dharma's mystic power and how we learn to trust in it
- And more

In the spirit of Pema Ch鐰r霵's When Things Fall Apart, Cope's new book is required reading for anyone forging a path through crisis.