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A Buddhist life is lived with peace, joy and contentment: each day can be a step along the path to true enlightenment. To live by these values every day takes patience, skill and knowledge, but it is hugely rewarding. This book can show you how to begin to do so – in just 20 minutes...

¿Cómo podemos ser más conscientes cuando el mundo está j*dido? Cómo mantenerse humano en un mundo j*dido es la respuesta fresca y atractiva a esta importante pregunta. Si has intentado la atención plena y has fallado, le entendemos. Probablemente le dijeron que se sentara en una almohada...

Many of us, even on our happiest days, struggle to quiet the constant buzz of anxiety in the background of our minds. All kinds of worries—worries about losing people and things, worries about how we seem to others—keep us from peace of mind. Distracted or misled by our preoccupations, misconceptions, and, most of all, our obsession with ourselves, we don't see the world clearly—we don't see the world as it really is.

This practical introduction to the Buddha's teachings focuses on the application of Buddhist psychology to modern life. Thubten Chodron, an American Buddhist nun, presents the basic points of this path for understanding ourselves and improving the quality of our lives. Writing with warmth, humor, and easy-to-understand language, Chodron provides the fundamental points of the Buddha's teaching on transforming habitual attitudes and realizing our full human potential.

كونداليني هي نوع من أنواع اليوجا غير المنتشرة في الهند، هي طاقة يمكنها تحرير الجسد من كل آلامه! تسافر بطلة الرواية إلى الهند بحثًا عن التخلص من كل أثقال الماضي،...

Happy Relationships is designed for all of us who are sometimes challenged by our husbands, wives, kids, parents, and best friends. It’s for those in happy marriages and close-knit families who want to feel closer and more connected to the most important people in their lives. Happy Relationships is a relatable and useful guide with practical applications to help us stay attuned and cultivate understanding with our dearest people.

A well-known spiritual saying goes, "Enlightenment is an accident. But we can make ourselves more accident-prone." As an authentic American Zen takes shape, enlightenment continues to be misunderstood as a project to be completed, a goal to be achieved, or a prize to be awarded. Tim Burkett's new book unhooks enlightenment from the hot air balloon of ego and brings it back down to earth.

In this entertaining pamphlet, the author, who was an expert on the artistic traditions of China and Japan, examines the effect of Zen Buddhism on popular culture. He provides a perceptive thumbnail view of the development of Buddhism in the Far East, and engaging portraits of its luminary figures.

"La vida cotidiana se encuentra condicionada por el sufrimiento; la causa de ese condicionamiento es la ansiedad existencial que brota de nuestros deseos; al entender correctamente las causas del sufrimiento, podemos cesar ese sufrimiento. ¿Cómo homenaje al Dalai Lama, el autor brinda este...

He aquí una presentación inteligente, divertida y sensata de la enseñanza liberadora del budismo. Una guía que invita a reflexionar sobre nosotros mismos sin tomarse el camino espiritual como una losa ni colocar al budismo en pedestal. El autor no pretende que el lector inicie un drástico...

A great primer on the history of Japanese art as it evolved under the Buddhist (and later Zen) movements embedding in Japan's culture. Written by the first great populariser of Chinese and Japanese cultural artefacts, including translating a great number of Chinese poems and literary works.

미네소타주립대학 불교철학 강의』의 저자 홍창성 교수(미국 미네소타주립대 철학과 교수)는 지난 2015년부터 국내 불교계를 뜨겁게 달구었던 '깨달음 논쟁' 당시 누구보다 많은 분량의 글(8편)을 매체에 기고하며 논쟁의 중심에 섰고, 많은 이들의 주목을 받았다. 그런 그가 먼 미국 땅의 대학에서 진행한 '불교철학 강의'는 매우 특별하다. 기독교 전통이 강하기로 유명한 미국 바이블 벨트(Bible Belt) 북부의 미네소타주에서, 그것도 불교에 관한 그 어떤 것도 접해 본 적 없는 젊은 대학생들을 대상으로 하고 있기 때문이다.

¡Así que tú te dedicas a la filosofía! Con esta afirmación comienza este itinerario filosófico personal que Miquel Seguró convierte en una original invitación a la filosofía. A partir de siete tópicos contrafilosóficos ("la filosofía no sirve para nada"; "para qué pensar tanto si al...

In nur drei Minuten am Tag eine Menge über Mediation lernen – und über sich selbst! Mit kurzen Übungen und wenig zeitlichem Aufwand zeigt Dr. Richard Dixey einen Weg zu geistiger Klarheit, Stressabbau, schärferem Denken, verbesserter Konzentration und gesteigerter Kreativität. Weg vom langen Sitzen auf Meditationskissen und aufwendigen Techniken hin zu einer unkomplizierten alltagstauglichen Anwendung und einem Mehr der eigenen Wahrnehmung. Mit Erfolgsgarantie!

En la actualidad sobreviven del yoga, sobre todo, los ejercicios físicos que ayudan a lograr un estado vital más relajado y equilibrado. No obstante, como explica Osho, las posturas no vinieron primero, sino que los practicantes se dieron cuenta de que al alcanzar un estado meditativo, el...

Navigating Grief and Loss is a book for anyone who's experienced the pain of mourning, who's struggled to find a job, who is devastated by a bad breakup—yearning to rest, feel understood, and believe in themselves and the future. It's a guidebook filled with relatable stories and practical meditations to help navigate the profound experience of death and loss, be it an elderly parent succumbing to a lingering illness, the shock following a tragic accident, a divorce after years of conflict, or the euthanasia of a beloved pet.

إن للحياة فن يجب أن نتعلمه كما نتعلم الموسيقى والنحت. لذلك نقدم لك كتاب "فن الحياة" للمفكر والكاتب الفرنسي فريدريك لونوار استمع إليه الآن على تطبيق كتاب...

عملاقان روحيّان خمسة أيام سؤال أزلي واحد الحائزان على جائزة نوبل للسلام, قداسة الدالاي لاما ورئيس الأساقفة ديزموند توتو. كلاهما نجا مما يزيد عن خمسين عاماً من...