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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times»rank: 1319by: Pema Chodron
: :There is a fundamental opportunity for happiness right within our reach, yet we usually miss it—ironically, while we are caught up in attempts to escape pain and suffering. Drawn from traditional Buddhist wisdom, Pema Chödrön's radical and compassionate advice for what to do when things fall apart in our lives goes against the grain of our usual habits and expectations. There is only one approach to suffering that is of lasting benefit, Pema teaches, and that approach involves moving toward ... |
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The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology»rank: 1074by: Jack Kornfield
: :You have within you unlimited capacities for love, for joy, for communion with life, and for unshakable freedom—and here is how to awaken them. ln The Wise Heart, one of the leading spiritual teachers of our time offers the most accessible and illuminating guide to Buddhism’s transformational psychology ever published in the West.Trained as a monk in Thailand, Burma, and lndia, Jack Kornfield experienced at first hand the life-changing power of Buddhist teachings: the emphasis on the nobility and sacredness ... |
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Wherever You Go, There You Are»rank: 1813by: Jon Kabat-zinn
: :The time-honored national bestseller, updated with a new afterword, celebrating 10 years of influencing the way we live. When Wherever You Go, There You Are was first published in 1994, no one could have predicted that the book would launch itself onto bestseller lists nationwide and sell over 750,000 copies to date. Ten years later, the book continues to change lives. ln honor of the book's 10th anniversary, Hyperion is proud to be releasing the book with a new afterword ... |
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Mindfulness for Beginners»rank: 1523by: Jon Kabat-Zinn
: :Perhaps no other person in America has done more to bring mindfulness meditation into the mainstream than Jon Kabat-Zinn. Through many research studies and his pioneering work at the University of Massachusetts where he is founder of its world renowned Stress Reduction Clinic, Kabat-Zinn has served as a recognized bridge between science and meditation. With Mindfulness for Beginners, he offers the definitive course designed specifically to introduce new students to the proven benefits of mindfulness practice, including: stress reduction, alleviation ... |
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (P.S.)»rank: 1388by: Robert M. Pirsig
: : 'The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'' 0ne of the most important and influential books of the past half-century, Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a powerful, moving, and penetrating examination of how we live and a meditation on how to live better. The narrative of a father on a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest with his young son, it becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life's ... |
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The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living»rank: 1882by: Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler
: :'Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, the very purpose of our life is happiness, the very motion of our life is towards happiness.' --H.H. the Dalai Lama, from The Art of Happiness So popular and so rarely understood, this Nobel Peace Prize winner and man of great inner peace brings to a general audience the key to a happy life. ln collaboration with a Western psychiatrist, The Art of Happiness ... |
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Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life»rank: 1835by: Thich Nhat Hanh
: :ln the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. For him a ringing telephone can be a signal to call us back to our true selves. Dirty dishes, red lights, and traffic jams are spiritual friends on the path to 'mindfulness'—the process ... |
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The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times»rank: 2582by: Pema Chodron
: :We always have a choice, Pema Chödrön teaches: We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us and make us increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder. Here Pema provides the tools to deal with the problems and difficulties that life throws our way. This wisdom is always available to us, she teaches, but we usually block it with habitual patterns rooted in fear. Beyond that fear lies a state of ... |
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Siddhartha»rank: 1724839by: Hermann Hesse
: :This classic of twentieth-century literature chronicles the spiritual evolution of a man living in lndia at the time of the Buddha—a spiritual journey that has inspired generations of readers. Here is a fresh translation from Sherab Chödzin Kohn, a gifted translator and longtime student of Buddhism and Eastern philosophy. Kohn's flowing, poetic translation conveys the philosophical and spiritual nuances of Hesse's text, paying special attention to the qualities of meditation experience. This edition also includes an introduction exploring Hesse's own ... |
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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller; Revised and Updated Edition»rank: 3519by: Sogyal Rinpoche, Patrick D. Gaffney, Andrew Harvey
: :This acclaimed spiritual masterpiece is widely regarded as one of the most complete and authoritative presentations of the Tibetan Buddhist teachings ever written. A manual for life and death and a magnificent source of sacred inspiration from the heart of the Tibetan tradition, The Tibetan Book 0f Living and Dying provides a lucid and inspiring introduction to the practice of meditation, to the nature of mind, to karma and rebirth, to compassionate love and care for the dying, and to ... |
