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Embark on a transformative spiritual journey with this comprehensive practice book, crafted to enrich your daily practice and deepen your understanding. This book offers three unique types of spiritual practices, each thoughtfully organized into its own chapter, featuring 54 meditations, 40 visualizations, and 55 Zen koans. The meditations are designed to help you cultivate mindfulness, elevate your consciousness, and achieve a serene meditative state.

In this clarifying new commentary, esteemed Zen teacher Shinshu Roberts takes listeners on a journey to understand Japan’s great Buddhist philosopher. Roberts applies her deep familiarity with Dōgen’s work to illuminate the text as a unified story in which Dōgen reveals the nondual nature of reality.

Dealing with chronic illness can be an isolating and challenging experience. Whether it’s you or someone you love, it’s common to struggle with feelings of fear, sadness, or anger as you navigate the uncertainty of your experience. The practices here help those facing illness, as well as their loved ones, embrace the present moment, make peace with themselves, and deepen interpersonal connections.

As an 11-year-old child, Zen Buddhist teacher Larry Ward was shot at by the police for playing baseball in the wrong spot. As an adult, he experienced the trauma of having his home firebombed by racists. At Plum Village Monastery in France—the home in exile of his teacher, Vietnamese peace activist and Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh—Dr. Ward found a way to heal. In these short reflective essays, he offers his insights on the effects of racial constructs and answers the question: How do we free ourselves from our repeated cycles of anger, denial, bitterness, pain, fear, violence?

Buddhas Lehren für den Alltag. Dieser kleine Ratgeber vermittelt grundlegende buddhistische Lehren auf einfache, verständliche Weise und bietet Inspiration sowie konkrete Hilfe für den Alltag. Lehrreiche Geschichten und kurze Zitate veranschaulichen die elementaren buddhistischen Prinzipien. Darüber hinaus zeigen viele praktische Ratschläge und Übungen, wie man gelassen "buddhistisch" im Alltag reagieren kann.

Estamos tan ocupados con las preocupaciones de la vida cotidiana, que nos hemos perdido. Este libro aborda la cuestión del signififi cado de la vida, y esta es, en última instancia, la cuestión de nuestro Verdadero Sí Mismo. Es la cuestión de quién y qué somos en realidad, en lo profundo de nuestro ser. Con palabras claras, el Maestro Zen Zensho W. Kopp ilustra remarcablemente cómo podemos ver a través de la engañosa naturaleza de nuestras ideas para elevarnos por encima de las limitaciones que nosotros mismos nos imponemos.

In this book, twelve leading scholars of South Asian texts and traditions articulate the Buddha-life blueprint-the underlying and foundational pattern that holds the life story of a buddha together. They retell the episodes of Buddha Gautama's extended life story, while keeping in mind the cosmic, paradigmatic arc of his narrative. The contributors have dedicated their careers to exploring hagiographical materials, each applying their own methodological and theoretical interests to shed new light on the enduring story of Buddhism.

Matthew Bentley has been a Buddhist practitioner and occasional teacher for the past 24 years, and has studied Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana practices. In an effort to spread the scientifically established benefits of Buddhist meditation to those uncomfortable with religious practice, 10 foundational techniques are presented with explanations and guidance.

Wie erleben wir den Augenblick? Wie nehmen wir das Leben mit all seinen Facetten wahr und kosten es richtig aus? Wie finden wir wieder Kontakt zu uns selbst? Und wie gelangen wir zu wahrer Gelassenheit? Diese Auswahl der schönsten Worte des großen Weisheitslehrers Thich Nhat Hanh öffnet uns die Augen für die vielen Wunder des Daseins. Und sie lassen uns das Leben in seiner ganzen Tiefe erfahren.

Featuring 50 practical tools to ease anxiety, overwhelm, and stress by recognizing the enduring sense of love and well-being that’s with us regardless of our circumstances. Enlightenment isn’t a lofty and unattainable goal. Real-world enlightenment is always here, and you can find it any time in life’s highs, its lows, and everything in-between.

This essential guide to socially engaged Tantric Buddhism reveals how modern practitioners can use the wisdom of the Vajrayana to confront systems of power and abuse. Today, a new generation of Buddhists searches for ways to adopt Vajrayana while staying true to its historical legacy. Modern...

Ideal for anyone who is Buddhism-curious, The Buddha in You offers an accessible introduction to the key teachings of Buddhism. But Buddhism is so much more than its teachings—it’s also a lived experience. Through simple reflections, practices, or meditations in every short chapter, The Buddha in You invites you to begin to try the teachings in your own life, whether you want to be Buddhist or not. These teachings can help cultivate more calm, joy, and gratitude even amid life’s challenges.

Meditar se ha puesto de moda, pero ha cobrado tantas formas, que vale la pena rectificar un poco y preguntarnos desde la perspectiva budista: ¿qué y cómo es meditar?...

Buddhism has been applied to everything from parenting to golf, but until now no one has offered Buddhist principles as a healing path through divorce. In Storms Can't Hurt the Sky, Gabriel Cohen bravely delves into his personal experience-along with insights from Buddhist masters, parables...

Entdecken Sie die Kraft des Lächelns mit Thich Nhat Hanh. Ein Lächeln entspannt nicht nur unser Gesicht, sondern den ganzen Körper. Es hilft uns, mit uns selbst liebevoller zu sein und auch anderen Menschen mit mehr Freundlichkeit zu begegnen. Thich Nhat Hanh, der bekannte Zen-Meister, teilt seine Weisheit in seinem Hörbuch Einfach lächeln. Dieser Ratgeber bietet wertvolle Einblicke und praktische Übungen, die Ihre Beziehung zu sich selbst und anderen verbessern. Er zeigt, dass Ihr Lächeln mehr ist als nur eine Gesichtsbewegung.

Carl Gustav Jung è da ritenersi non solo uno storico psichiatra e psicoanalista ma anche e soprattutto un grandissimo studioso delle culture e filosofie orientali. Se vogliamo, in tal senso, fu un vero e proprio precursore rispetto al crescente interesse verso dottrine tanto antiche quanto affascinanti, quali lo Yoga, il Tao e lo Zen. Il suo interesse per le filosofie orientali era quasi un'ossessione.

Del legendario productor musical, un maestro en el arte de ayudar a los demás a conectar con las fuentes de su propia creatividad, llega un libro maravillosamente fraguado a lo largo de muchos años con una visión profunda de la creatividad y de la vida dirigida todo el mundo. "Me propuse a mí mismo escribir un libro acerca de cómo crear una gran obra de arte. En lugar de eso, se reveló como un libro acerca de cómo Ser." Los grandes productores musicales suelen ser reconocidos por un sonido único que solo ellos son capaces de lograr.

Are you trying to connect with your ancestors? Are you looking for a good introductory guide to the Yoruba religion, its main feminine divinities and the main 7 Orishas? Explore now one of the oldest religions in the Africa culture: Learn the spiritual traditions of the 7 Orishas its spells and the way to have them by your side.

""A POWERFUL WORK OF SPIRITUALITY AND ANTI-RACISM""—Publishers Weekly ""IF YOU READ ONE BOOK IN 2020, MAKE IT THIS ONE.""—Tricycle From much-admired meditation expert Sebene Selassie, You Belong is a call to action, exploring our tangled relationship with belonging, connection, and each...

’Will get you through even the toughest commute.’ Elle Plug in, relax and unwind. Have you ever wondered how it might feel to change your relationship with stress? To give yourself a chance to mindfully live each day to the full and sleep deeply and soundly through the night? Join gong...