Dena was a midwife exhausted by her fight for the rights of childbearing women at work and the hamster-wheel of American motherhood at home. Adam was an eccentric Buddhist yogi passing as a hard-working Dad. Bella was fourteen and wanted to be normal. Sophia was up for anything that involved skipping school. Together, they shouldered backpacks, walked away from their life of all-night births, carpool schedules, and Cal Skate, and criss-crossed India and Nepal for eight months.Their quest for wisdom led them to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the tree where the Buddha sat, and into the arms of Amma the Divine Mother. From the banks of the Ganges to the Himalayan roof of the the world, follow the Moes Family on their breath-taking adventure and join them for countless plates of rice and dal. The Buddha Sat Right Here will open your heart, crack you up, and maybe even change the ways you engage in family life, travel, and spiritual seeking.