Shambhala jun 2011 (4 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How can we live a balanced life in unbalanced times How can the practices of meditation and yoga support our relationships, our work lives, and the greater good Author, teacher, and psychotherapist Michael Stone presents the essential insights of mindfulness and yoga, emphasizing the teachings of simplicity and the interdependence of all life. Stone explains that the practices of yoga and meditation are not about escaping reality but about living fully in the here and now, opening to our experience, and gaining access to stillness within the flow of life. The essence of yoga and Buddhist practice is opening the heartour own and the heart of the world. With that awareness, Stone encourages us to get involved in our communities, to speak out when we see wrongdoing, and to find ways of helping others.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "A bold, playful, and invigorating" look at how asking challenging questionswithout expectationscan lead Buddhist practitioners to powerful spiritual insights(Pema Chödrön)How do we find a resting place in a world that is complex and always changing How do we practice spirituality beyond the limits of blind acceptance and doubt Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel proposes that when we ask challenging questions like these, we access our deepest intelligence and most powerful insights."When we ask a question," Mattis-Namgyel suggests, "our mind is engaged yet open. The process of inquiry protects us from our tendency to reach static conclusions. Instead, we can respond to uncertainty and change with inquisitiveness and a sense of wonder."By telling the story of the Buddha's awakening, Mattis-Namgyel shows us that by contemplating hard questionsand by not simply rejecting seeming contradictions in his experiencethe Buddha became enlightened. Her book guides us on a provocative, playful, and spiritually enriching journey of contemplation that could last a lifetime.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Lessons on the true purpose and power of meditation, from one of the great mastersAccording to the Buddha, no one can attain basic sanity or enlightenment without practicing meditation. It is the essential spiritual practiceand nothing else is more important.In The Path is the Goal, Chögyam Trungpateaches us to let go of the urge to make meditation serve our ambition; thus we can relax into openness. We are shown how the deliberate practice of mindfulness develops into contrived awareness, and we discover the world of insight that awareness reveals. We learn of a subtle psychological stage set that we carry with us everywhere and unwittingly use to structure all our experienceand we find that meditation gradually carries us beyond this and beyond ego altogether to the experience of unconditioned freedom. The teachings presented hereall in Trungpa's concise, accessible styleprovidethe foundation that every practitioner needs to awaken as the Buddha did.…