Author: Joseph Goldstein Publisher: Shambhala Publications ISBN: 0834825252 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 258
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Two popular American Buddhist teachers provide an overview of insight meditation, offering a “skillful blend of pragmatic instruction, psychological insight, and perennial wisdom” (Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence) In Seeking the Heart of Wisdom, Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield present the central teachings and practices of insight meditation in a clear and personal language. The path of insight meditation is a journey of understanding our bodies, our minds, and our lives, of seeing clearly the true nature of experience. The authors guide the reader in developing the openness and compassion that are at the heart of this spiritual practice. For those already treading the path, as well as those just starting out, this book will be a welcome companion along the way. Among the topics covered are: • The hindrances to meditation—ranging from doubt and fear to painful knees—and skillful means of overcoming them • How compassion can arise in response to the suffering we see in our own lives and in the world • How to integrate a life of responsible action and service with a meditative life based on non-attachment Useful exercises are presented alongside the teachings to help readers deepen their understanding of the subjects.
Author: Jan-Philipp Sendker Publisher: Other Press, LLC ISBN: 1590519655 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 369
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From the author of the internationally bestselling The Art of Hearing Heartbeats comes this charming collection of folktales that offer a window into Burma’s fascinating history and culture. Since 1995 Jan-Philipp Sendker has visited Myanmar (Burma) dozens of times, and while doing research for his novels The Art of Hearing Heartbeats and A Well-Tempered Heart, he encountered numerous folktales and fables. These moving stories speak to the rich mythology of the diverse peoples of Burma, the spirituality of humankind, and the profound social impact of Buddhist thought. Some are so strange he couldn’t classify them or identify a familiar moral, while others reminded him of the fairy tales of his childhood, except that here monkeys, tigers, elephants, and crocodiles inhabited the fantastic lands instead of hedgehogs, donkeys, or geese. Their morals resemble those of the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen, illustrating how all cultures draw on a universal wisdom to create their myths. The Long Path to Wisdom’s evocative stories run the gamut of human emotions, from the familiar to the shocking, and are sure to delight fans of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats as well as those newly discovering the magic of Sendker’s incandescent writing.
Author: Bonney Gulino Schaub Publisher: Gotham ISBN: 9781592400836 Category : Meditations Languages : en Pages : 0
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Two pioneers in holistic psychology reveal a rejuvenating approach to healing the mind and spirit, using Dante’s Divine Comedy as a metaphor to overcome suffering. Bringing a unique Western approach to the quest for emotional healing and spiritual discovery, Dante’s Pathaddresses the core human struggles—such as depression, anxiety, addiction, and other forms of suffering—and uses Dante’s Divine Comedyas a metaphor for personal transformation. Readers are taken on a journey of exploration down into the sources of our suffering (Dante’s Hell), then into a process of a growing self-awareness of our problems and how to rise above them (Dante’s Purgatory), and finally opening up to the direct benefits of our own “wisdom mind” (Dante’s Paradise). Along the way are effective, time-tested exercises and meditations for confronting life’s greatest worries, coping with episodes of trauma, and understanding feelings of unworthiness and emptiness. Drawing upon the traditional wisdom of poet-mystic Dante and the work of psychiatrist Roberto Assagioli, who created a school of self-development and practical spirituality called psychosynthesis, Bonney and Richard Schaub have used this holistic method to successfully treat hundreds of patients and have taught it to students and other health professionals internationally for more than thirty years.
Author: Cynthia Bourgeault Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1561011932 Category : Hope Languages : en Pages : 118
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In five interwoven meditations, Mystical Hope shows how to recognize hope in our own lives, where it comes from, how to deepen it through prayer, and how to carry it into the world as a source of strength and renewal.
Author: Pema Chödrön Publisher: Shambhala Publications ISBN: 1590307933 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 174
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An American Buddhist nun encourages accepting everyday life and the wonders and pains of this world as the gateway to an enhanced spiritual life.
Author: John Hunt Publisher: Upper Gate ISBN: 9780982500323 Category : Bible Languages : en Pages : 256
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"You Can Have a Rewarding Life!"Life does NOT have to be "Messed Up"... Really!Whether you're dealing with the adversity or insecurity of life, or have a desire to better yourself, master wisdom's way and garner contentment and strength in any situation and confidence and calm with all people.In following The Path of Wisdom, you will live with surprising ease when it comes to:1. Wealth: invest your life doing what you love ○ add riches without adding irritations ○ want what you have ○ acquire true and lasting wealth ...2. Friendship: easily see the good in others ○ kind and genuine words bring amazing results ○ always speak well of others ○ practice true listening by doing ...3. Confidence: secure positions of strength with humility ○ resist the influence of destructive tendencies ○ believe that you belong and you will ...4. Words: inspire others with the power of the tongue ○ speak forth the good in your heart ○ get heard by not always speaking your opinion ..."John Hunt draws upon the inherent desire for freedom from chaos and misery in daily living to offer people what they truly want-a more peaceful and contented way of life."-Becky Towne, Associate Dean, Houston Graduate School of Theology, Houston, Texas"Grace and truth jump off these pages, assisting and empowering any person seeking to live a freer, more fulfilling life."-Rich Robinson, Associate Director, US Military Mission, The Navigators, Tucson, ArizonaThe Path of Wisdom offers gentle, supportive, but powerful suggestions on relationships, finances, success, purpose, pleasure, work, and stress, among others... leading to true wealth and lasting peace.
Author: Robert Thurman Publisher: Hay House, Inc ISBN: 1401943438 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 233
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"Robert Thurman is a living treasure, one of today's most provocative spiritual thinkers." - Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence Robert Thurman, the preeminent scholar and interpreter of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy for the modern world, leads us on a joyful exploration into the nature of reality through Buddha's threefold curriculum of "super-education." "Buddha had to be an educator, rather than a prophet or religion founder, since he had achieved his goal of exact and complete understanding of reality by using reason, experiments to open his own mind, and vision to do so," Thurman writes. "From his own experience, he could help [others] as a teacher by streamlining the process. He could not just transplant his realization into their minds. They could not get their own realizations just by believing whatever he said. He could only provide them with a prospect of full realization along a path of learning and experiencing they could follow-they would have to travel on their own." This book is your invitation to travel that same road. Deeply felt and bracingly direct, it doesn't teach about the teaching-it is the teaching. Get ready to get real, and have fun along the way, as you chart a path to reliable, lasting happiness.
Author: Joseph Goldstein
Author: Jan-Philipp Sendker
Author: Barbara B. Smith
Author: Bonney Gulino Schaub
Author: Cynthia Bourgeault
Author: Pema Chödrön
Author: John Hunt
Author: Robert Thurman
Author: Chögyam Trungpa
Author: John Cordelier