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Author
Publisher
Wisdom
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In Impermanence in Plain English, the beloved author and teacher Bhante Gunaratana, alongside Julia Harris, clearly and masterfully explains the key Buddhist insight of impermanence and invites the reader to personally investigate its truth. Once-youthful bodies grow old and weary. New thoughts, feelings, and sensations arise and fade every second. Impermanence is not some abstract, metaphysical idea. This is the Dhamma, and you can see it for yourself....
Author
Publisher
Consortium Book Sales & Dist
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Ratnaguna presents a commentary on the three Pure Land Sutras - the Shorter and Longer Sukhavati-vyuha Sutras and the Amitayur-Dhyana Sutra. Looking at them as a practising Buddhist inspired by the Sutras, he shows how they describe Sukhavati and Amitabha/Amitayus,and Sukhavati's relationship with faith and practice.
Author
Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"Theravada translates as "the way of the Elders," indicating that this Buddhist tradition considers itself to be the most authoritative and pure. Tracing all the way back to the time of the Buddha, Theravada Buddhism is distinguished by canonical literature preserved in the Pali language, beliefs, and practices-resources for which are often specialized and academic in tone. By contrast, this book will serve as a foundational and accessible resource...
Author
Publisher
Urano
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
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Description
"Put yourself at ease with this highly practical, internationally bestselling guide to reducing anxiety and living worry-free by the renowned Zen Buddhist author of The Art of Simple Living. Can you think of a time when you were worried about something, but then a random comment or occurrence made you realize how insignificant it was, and you were amazed by how much lighter you felt? We often allow ourselves to be frightened by shadows that aren't...
5) Reverse meditation: how to use your pain and most difficult emotions as the doorway to inner freedom
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Why do we meditate? The main reason most modern people start meditating is because it helps us feel better - reducing anxiety, improving sleep, decluttering the mind, and so forth. "But where does your meditation go when things go bad?" asks Andrew Holecek. "Where is your spirituality when 'rock meets bone' as they say in Tibet - when the crap hits the fan?" Any meditator who sticks with it long enough will hit a turning point, when the methods that...
Series
BDK English Tripiṭaka volume 12-II, III, IV
Publisher
Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Tangen Roshi saw a Buddha in everyone and everything. He treated those he encountered in this way without differentiating between big and small, important and not important, enlightened and deluded. Yet at the same time, Tangen Roshi would tirelessly guide his students to what he himself realized, demanding of them to give their all to their practice, just as he did. No matter if someone stayed in Bukkoku-ji for 30 years or just for one day, everybody...
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"A trailblazing Buddhist Lama brings classic wisdom into a modern context to help us become agents of social and spiritual liberation. Readers will discover insights and techniques to ignite their inner fierceness and compassion, create a sustainable spiritual practice that serves others and the planet, and embody the virtues of a New Saint"--
"A USA Today Bestseller A Buddhist Lama and intersectional thought leader shares a guide for those who...
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The memoirs of Matthieu Ricard, one of the the world's most famous Buddhist monks who has captured the minds and hearts of people around the globe"--
"The memoirs of renowned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard and his extraordinary journey toward inner freedom and compassion in action. Matthieu Ricard began his spiritual transformation at the age of twenty-one, in Darjeeling, India, when he met Tibetan teacher Kangyur Rinpoche, who deeply impressed...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones Obelisco
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
In this fascinating and far-reaching book, Newsweek science writer Sharon Begley reports on how cutting-edge science and the ancient wisdom of Buddhism have come together to reveal that, contrary to popular belief, we have the power to literally change our brains by changing our minds. Recent pioneering experiments in neuroplasticity–the ability of the brain to change in response to experience–reveal that the brain is capable of altering its structure...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Life
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From renowned Zen Buddhist teacher Haemin Sunim, a guide to turning life's challenges into opportunities for self-discovery Have you ever felt like life has thrown you a curveball? Are you struggling to overcome unexpected challenges and setbacks? While loss, heartbreak, and loneliness are all part of the human experience, in this warm guide, internationally bestselling author Haemin Sunim shows us that these moments can actually be rare opportunities...
Author
Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A poignant portrait of spiritual relationship in the diverse worlds of American and global Buddhism. Across more than thirty-five years of Zen practice, teaching, and socially engaged Buddhism, Zen teacher Alan Senauke has had a range of remarkable encounters with Buddhist teachers and spiritual friends. In Turning Words, he collects stories of moments in which someone's words, actions, or presence opened his mind and heart in a new way. Touching...
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Details a 14-week course to develop a stable meditation practice that can be completed in less time than having a morning cup of coffee. Includes a series of 14 three-minute exercises, introduced by a brief description, and enriched by questions and answers"--
"Three Minutes a Day makes a bold claim: in just three minutes a day, for fourteen weeks — less than five hours total — you can generate real insight into personal experience that no amount...
Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A leading figure in Buddhist-informed social and ecological activism since the 1980s, Joanna Macy's life work is rooted in a profound study of the parallels between Buddhist and scientific worldviews. Her innovative efforts at the intersection of systemstheory, Buddhist practice, and social and environmental justice have produced important developments in areas ranging from anti-nuclear activism and climate change to grief work and indigenous rights....
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Find your dharma—your inner calling—and learn to integrate ambition, work, and wellbeing to create a balanced, joyous life with this practical, life-changing guide from the beloved speaker, bestselling author, and co-founder of the Gross National Happiness Center. We’ve been conditioned, from an early age, to believe that one day we’ll reach a moment of “arrival.” But no matter how much we achieve or acquire we still don’t feel as satisfied...
17) Enlighten me
Author
Publisher
LB Ink, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Award-winning author Minh Lê and New York Times bestselling illustrator Chan Chau team up for a fun and enlightening graphic novel about one kid’s journey to finding inner peace and belonging. Perfect for fans of Measuring Up and New Kid. When Bình fights back against a bully who makes fun of his Vietnamese heritage, he expects to be cheered as the hero. He defeated the bad guy, right? Instead, it gets him a stern warning from his vice principal...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"There are few historical figures more integral to South Asian history than Emperor Ashoka, a third-century BCE king who ruled over a larger area of the Indian subcontinent than anyone else before British colonial rule. Ashoka sought not only to rule his territory but also to give it a unity of purpose and aspiration, to unify the people of his vastly heterogeneous empire not by a cult of personality but by the cult of an idea���"dharma"���which...
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