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Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
A study course on Vipassanna ("Insight") meditation which teaches the foundations of mindfulness, the Eightfold Path, developing the ability to listen to your inner self, proper sitting postures, working with energies and emotions, various meditaton exercises and the integration of meditation into one's daily life.
Author
Publisher
Shambhala
Language
English
Description
"Beloved Buddhist nun and bestselling author Pema Chödrön's wise words on working with the countless changes in our lives to find more freedom and less fear. As much as we might try to resist, endings happen in every moment-the end of a relationship, the end of a day, the end of a breath, and ultimately the end of life. And behind each ending is a beginning-though it may be unclear what the beginning holds. How We Live is How We'll Die shares Pema...
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
Description
Jack Kornfield guides listeners through medications created specifically to ease physical and emotional suffering and activate a powerful capacity for restoring oneself to wholeness. Listeners join this leading meditation teacher and psychologist for a systematic teaching on the healing power of attention, plus other essential practices.
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Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2003] ℗2003
Language
English
Description
Lectures by Professor Malcolm David Eckel of Boston University in which he presents a survey of Buddhism from its origins in India to contemporary times in America. The course introduces the vitality and adaptability of Buddhism which has transformed civilizations in Asia and become a lively component of Western culture.
Author
Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"A revolutionary new approach to meditation: a mindfulness of thinking that accepts and investigates the thoughts that arise as you meditate--from the author of Unlearning Meditation. In most forms of meditation, the meditator is instructed to let go of thoughts as they arise. As a result, thinking is often taken, unnecessarily, to be something misguided or evil. This approach is misguided, says Jason Siff. In fact, if we allow thoughts to arise...
Author
Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Moving into Meditation is a practical yet fresh guide to integrating mindful yoga and embodied meditation, in a 12-week format. One week at a time, Moving into Meditation lays out a plan for exploring body-based practices to get you more in tune with not only your limbs and core but your mind and heart. Cushman's curriculum integrates asana with mindfulness meditation to help practitioners turn "embodiment" from a concept into a tangible reality....
Author
Publisher
Monkfish Book Publishing Company
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
"Essential Chan Buddhism is the rare unearthing of an ancient and remarkable Chinese spiritual tradition. Master Guo Jun speaks through hard-won wisdom on Chan's spiritual themes familiar to Western readers, such as mindfulness and relaxation in meditation, as well as profound, simply expressed teachings and insightful explorations of religious commitment. Essential Chan Buddhism filters formal spiritual practices through the lens of mundane and everyday...
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
The author here gives us tools for learning to stay with our uneasiness, and shows us how to recognize "shenpa." She guides us through the sticky feeling - exploring the moments when we get hooked - and offers us a look at the freedom available when we uncover "shenpa," and work with it intelligently and compassionately.
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Publisher
A TarcherPerigree Book
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
Little known fact: Buddhist Monks are amazing at cleaning and tidying. In this one-of-a-kind guide to cleaning your home, Buddhist monk Shoukei Matsumoto reveals how to make your home as spotless as it is tranquil and peaceful. For Buddhist monks cleaning well is a cardinal skill and, in A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind, readers will discover their never-before-shared cleaning pro tips. In the Zen Buddhist tradition, true enlightenment is...
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Language
English
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Leonard Scheff is a lawyer and Buddhist who has used what he has learned from Buddhism to teach others to handle their anger. His approach helps the listener identify the unmet demands that trigger anger and what we can do to disslove our anger, laugh at ourselves, deal with the anger of others, and transform our anger into compassion.
Author
Series
Alexander Cold trilogy volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his grandmother, a writer for a geography magazine, to the remote Forbidden Kingdom in the Himalayas to help locate a sacred statue of a golden dragon before it is stolen by a greedy outsider.
Author
Publisher
Losang Samten
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Venerable Lama Losang Samten has been the spiritual director of several Buddhist centres in North America for over twenty years, inspiring him to write this gentle invitation to everyone to explore Buddhist spirituality. This book is a response to the numerous requests he has received to share his wisdom and insight and demystify the teachings of the Buddha."--Jacket.
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