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Learn how to use the gift of pain with Pema Chödrön, a Buddhist nun in the Tibetan Vajrayana tradition. She teaches that it is in suffering where you will find the seeds of your awakening and that vulnerability is actually your greatest spiritual resource. You'll learn how to create your own spiritual retreat, the key teachings necessary for cultivating your own "soft spot" - the gateway to your own noble heart, the promise of the Four Limitless Ones, and the teachings on the Six Paramitas: the Buddha's own map of the journey to enlightenment. This program was recorded within the peaceful shrine room of Gampo Abbey, Chödrön's home on the cliffs of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

“A wonderfully significant and important book.” —Ken Wilber, The Integral Vision “A timely and penetrating analysis of spirituality’s shadow.” —Stephen Batchelor, Buddhism without Beliefs A spiritual teacher and integral psychotherapist offers a first-of-its-kind study on how...

The fourteenth Dalai Lama, a living embodiment of the bodhisattva ideal, presents here detailed practical guidance based on sections of The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva, the best-known text of Mahayana Buddhism. The Dalai Lama explains this classic and beloved work, showing how anyone...

This is not an ordinary biography of the Buddha. In his characteristically individual manner, Urgyen Sangharakshita - the leading English-born Buddhist teacher and founder of the Triratana Buddhist Community - recounts the known details of the Buddha's life but enriches the story with contemporary relevance. Unpicking the threads of historical and mythical information, he considers the underlying meaning in terms of 21st-century life - and its effect on personal practice today.

In Meditation for Beginners, renowned teacher Jack Kornfield uses clear language and step-by-step guidance to show us how to start - and stick with - a daily meditation practice. From the basics of how to get started to dealing with distractions, this complete course introduces us to the Insight tradition of meditation that has helped practitioners throughout the ages cultivate profound inner calm and a lasting capacity for happiness.

Is there more to Buddhism than sitting in silent meditation? Is modern Buddhism relevant to the problems of daily life? Does it empower individuals to transform their lives? Or has Buddhism become too detached, so still and quiet that the Buddha has fallen asleep? Waking the Buddha tells the story of the Soka Gakkai International, the largest, most dynamic Buddhist movement in the world today - and one that is waking up and shaking up Buddhism so it can truly work in ordinary people's lives.

Traditional economics measures the ways in which we spend our income, but doesn't attribute worth to the crucial human interactions that give our lives meaning. Clair Brown, an economics professor at U.C. Berkeley and a practicing Buddhist, has developed a holistic model, one based on the notion that quality of life should be measured by more than national income. Brown advocates an approach to organizing the economy that embraces rather than skirts questions of values, sustainability, and equity.

Nel suo primo libro, Keisuke Matsumoto ci ha mostrato come i lavori domestici possano diventare una pratica quotidiana per trovare armonia e serenità; nel secondo ci ha spiegato come imparare a isolarsi per ascoltare il suono della propria anima; nella sua nuova opera ci illumina sul cammino da intraprendere per vincere la timidezza e rendere più armoniose le relazioni interpersonali.

The seventeenth century was a pivotal time for the tiny but culturally vibrant kingdom of Bhutan—marked especially by the life of the influential political and spiritual leader Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1594-1651), including his remarkable past lives. Sasha Wakefield traces the life and profound spiritual accomplishment of this master in the context of her own spiritual journey from Australia to Bhutan.

최고의 부자도, 최고의 유명인사도 궁금해 마다하지 않던 인생을 잘 사는 방법! 거침없는 행동으로 세상에 쓴 소리를 마다하지 않고, 약자가 고통받는 현장에 앞장서서 달려가는 명진 스님이 말하는 진짜 행복하게 사는 법...

Accessible, engaging, and inspiring, this collection of teachings reveals Thai Buddhism to be a no-nonsense, practical spiritual path with an emphasis on personal experience, mindfulness, ethical conduct, and confronting the roots of one’s suffering head-on. Perfect for anyone interested in insight meditation, Voices from Siam showcases the bountiful wisdom of the Buddhist tradition that inspired a generation of Western teachers.

Seien wir ehrlich, das Leben besteht aus einer langen Reihe von Aufgaben. Wir brauchen einen Plan, um sie zu erledigen. Wir brauchen ein Rezept für Erfolg. Sicher: Wir reden hier über finanziellen Erfolg! Aber gleichzeitig wollen wir nicht nur Geld verdienen und uns daran erfreuen. Wir wollen auch als Mensch erfolgreich sein: Wir wollen ein sinnhaftes, bereicherndes Leben führen, aus ganzem Herzen glücklich, körperlich und geistig gesund sein, einen großartigen Partner haben und am Ende unseres Lebens sagen können: Das war es wirklich wert!

How do we break free from the habits and compulsions that bring us suffering? In the twelfth century, Sakya Drakpa Gyeltsen penned four short but significant lines, known as Parting from the Four Attachments, offering a concise guide to becoming a genuine dharma practitioner and charting a path to enlightenment. In The Flowing River of Dharma, Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo offer a fresh, contemporary exploration of this foundational text, drawing on insights from Anyen Rinpoche’s teacher Khenchen Tsara Dharmakirti Rinpoche and a cave-dwelling hermit known as Lama Tsepel.

Come spiegare un'arancia a chi non ne ha mai assaggiata una? Come raccontarne il gusto zuccherino e acidulo, il profumo dolce e fiorito, la sua consistenza fresca e succosa che al morso oppone una tenera resistenza? Per quanto si provi è impossibile, come lo è presentare i concetti fondamentali di una tradizione potente e trasformativa pari a quella del buddhismo, per la quale sono fondamentali guide sicure e prudenti, maestri che sappiano puntare il dito nella direzione giusta.

You have within you an unlimited capacity for extraordinary love, for joy, for communion with life, and for unshakable freedom - and here is how to awaken it. In The Wise Heart, celebrated author and psychologist Jack Kornfield offers an accessible, comprehensive, and illuminating guide to the universal teachings of Buddhist psychology. He shows you how to use powerful Buddhist insights and practices to go beyond the trap of "self-improvement".

At the core of punk attitude is love—yearning for a better world where people can live in harmony and peace, free from suffering. It's the same attitude that Buddhists have, and that's why I'm a Punk Buddhist, and I'm not conflicted at all.

Legend has it that more than a thousand years ago an Indian Buddhist monk named Bodhidharma arrived in China. His approach to teaching was unlike that of any of the Buddhist missionaries who had come to China before him. He confounded the emperor with cryptic dialogues, traveled the country, lived in a cave in the mountains, and eventually paved the way for a unique and illuminating approach to Buddhist teachings that would later spread across the whole of East Asia in the form of Chan—later to be known as Seon in Korean, Thien in Vietnamese, and Zen in Japanese.

We spend so much time in pursuit of happiness—trying to purchase it, experience it, meditate our way toward it—but happiness is elusive and doesn’t last. According to the teachings of the Buddha, Cuong Lu writes, “Suffering is not a problem to be solved. It is a truth to be recognized.” Happiness Is Overrated invites us to look deeply at the truths in our lives—not glossing over or denying our suffering—and to focus on the meaning and value already within us.

Wir leben in unruhigen Zeiten, in denen es sich oft anfühlt, als ob uns der Boden unter den Füßen weggezogen wird. Das, worauf wir uns immer verlassen haben, ist plötzlich verschwunden oder verändert sich. Dabei sind es gerade diese Veränderungen, die unser Leben prägen: Geburt, Krankheit, Tod, Heirat, Scheidung, eine neue Beziehung, Beginn oder Ende eines Lebensabschnitts. Solche Umbrüche verlangen uns viel ab, selbst wenn sie erwünscht werden, und manche davon sind beängstigend und erscheinen zutiefst bedrohlich.

Del mismo modo en que las nubes oscurecen por momentos la capacidad iluminadora del sol, las emociones y aflicciones del cuerpo y de la mente —la ofuscación, el deseo ansioso, la insatisfacción, el rencor, el miedo o la envidia— pueden alterar temporalmente la esencia de lo que somos en realidad.