You're diagnosed with an aggressive cancer -- what do you do? Devamitra -- English actor and Buddhist teacher -- describes the discomforts and indignities of being treated for prostate cancer. He also draws on the deep well of his Buddhist practice to work with his mind and meet fear, uncertainty and frailty with resolve.

Entertaining Cancer: The Buddhist Way, Devamitra, Windhorse Publications, Paperback, 224 pages, $18.95

Devamitra was born Michael Kitching, in Middlesbrough, England in 1948. Known as Michael Jeffries he worked as a professional actor until shortly after encountering the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO) in London in 1972. In January 1974 he was ordained within the Western Buddhist Order (now known as the Triratna Buddhist Order) and has spent his subsequent life studying, practising and teaching Buddhism. He was principally responsible for establishing the Norwich Buddhist Centre and for twenty years held a major responsibility in the FWBO. He is currently based at the London Buddhist Centre.

CONTENTS: Entertaining Cancer: The Buddhist Way
Author's Acknowledgements		viii
Publisher's Acknowledgements		x
Prologue		xi
Chapter 1	Diagnosis	1
Chapter 2	Chemo Limbo -- Impact	21
Chapter 3	Chemo Sostenuto	41
Chapter 4	Chemo's Parting Kiss	62
Chapter 5	Chemo's Ghost	82
Chapter 6	Susie and the Skunk	106
Chapter 7	Living Paradoxes	127
Chapter 8	Surviving	149
Chapter 9	Testosterone Toll	163
Epilogue		184
Notes and References		199