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In The Garden Of Our Minds And Other Buddhist Stories
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Book Synopsis In the Garden of Our Minds and Other Buddhist Stories by : Michelle Lynn Johnson-Weider
Download or read book In the Garden of Our Minds and Other Buddhist Stories written by Michelle Lynn Johnson-Weider and published by 50 percent Dakini. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A modern Western familty with two rambunctious young children uses traditional Buddhist stories and simple mindfulness practices to help cope with everyday problems and fears"--T.p. verso.
Book Synopsis Understanding Our Mind by : Thich Nhat Hanh
Download or read book Understanding Our Mind written by Thich Nhat Hanh and published by Parallax Press. This book was released on 2002-02-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nautilus Award Finalist The renowned Zen’s monk’s profound study of Buddhist psychology—with insights into how these ancient teachings apply to the modern world Based on the fifty verses on the nature of consciousness taken from the great fifth-century Buddhist master Vasubandhu and the teachings of the Avatamsaka Sutra, Thich Nhat Hanh focuses on the direct experience of recognizing, embracing, and looking deeply into the nature of our feelings and perceptions. Presenting the basic teachings of Buddhist applied psychology, Understanding Our Mind shows us how our mind is like a field, where every kind of seed is planted—seeds of suffering, anger, happiness, and peace. The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds in our mind. If we know how to water seeds of joy and transform seeds of suffering, then understanding, love, and compassion will flower. Vietnamese Zen Master Thuong Chieu said, “When we understand how our mind works, the practice becomes easy.”
Download or read book A Way to Garden written by Margaret Roach and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A Way to Garden prods us toward that ineffable place where we feel we belong; it’s a guide to living both in and out of the garden.” —The New York Times Book Review For Margaret Roach, gardening is more than a hobby, it’s a calling. Her unique approach, which she calls “horticultural how-to and woo-woo,” is a blend of vital information you need to memorize and intuitive steps you must simply feel and surrender to. In A Way to Garden, Roach imparts decades of garden wisdom on seasonal gardening, ornamental plants, vegetable gardening, design, gardening for wildlife, organic practices, and much more. She also challenges gardeners to think beyond their garden borders and to consider the ways gardening can enrich the world. Brimming with beautiful photographs of Roach’s own garden, A Way to Garden is practical, inspiring, and a must-have for every passionate gardener.
Book Synopsis In the Garden of Thoughts by : Dodinsky,
Download or read book In the Garden of Thoughts written by Dodinsky, and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a New York Times bestseller! "Dodinsky's gentle wisdom and wit are like a breath of fresh air." —Karen Salmansohn, bestselling author of How to Be Happy, Dammit! Beloved by hundreds of thousands from every walk of life and in every corner of the world, Dodinsky strikes the perfect balance of delightful whimsy and powerful emotion, inspiring you with the power to be your best self. When I reach the place of my dreams, I will thank my failures and tears. They too, kept me going.
Book Synopsis A Monk's Guide to Happiness by : Gelong Thubten
Download or read book A Monk's Guide to Happiness written by Gelong Thubten and published by St. Martin's Essentials. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness for the Modern Day In our never-ending search for happiness we often find ourselves looking to external things for fulfillment, thinking that happiness can be unlocked by buying a bigger house, getting the next promotion, or building a perfect family. In this profound and inspiring book, Gelong Thubten shares a practical and sustainable approach to happiness. Thubten, a Buddhist monk and meditation expert who has worked with everyone from school kids to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and Benedict Cumberbatch, explains how meditation and mindfulness can create a direct path to happiness. A Monk’s Guide to Happiness explores the nature of happiness and helps bust the myth that our lives and minds are too busy for meditation. The book can show you how to: - Learn practical methods to help you choose happiness - Develop greater compassion for yourself and others - Learn to meditate in micro-moments during a busy day - Discover that you are naturally ‘hard-wired’ for happiness Reading A Monk’s Guide to Happiness could revolutionize your relationship with your thoughts and emotions, and help you create a life of true happiness and contentment.
Download or read book Buddha written by Tammy Gagne and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2019-09-04 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddha is known throughout the world today as one of the greatest spiritual leaders in history. But, at one time he was the prince of a small kingdom in India. However, Siddhartha, as he was once known, didn’t fit into his royal world very well. Although he tried in many ways, Siddhartha just didn’t care about wealth and power the way other young men his age would have. Instead, he dreamed of achieving enlightenment- and helping others to discover this highest state of human existence. At the age of 29, Siddhartha walked away from his life in the palace. What he did after that departure would change the lives of countless others up to the present day.
Book Synopsis The Barefoot Book of Buddhist Tales by : Alexandra Kohn
Download or read book The Barefoot Book of Buddhist Tales written by Alexandra Kohn and published by Barefoot Books. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet a generous merchant's son, an outlaw-turned-monk and more in 13 thought-provoking stories from India, China, Japan and Tibet. Gentle illustrations and an insightful foreword provide context to help young readers grasp the warmth, wisdom and compassion of Buddhist tradition.
Book Synopsis Buddhism for Busy People by : David Michie
Download or read book Buddhism for Busy People written by David Michie and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this simple and accessible but beautifully written book, David Michie opens the door to the core teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, and shows us how he himself first began incorporating Buddhist practices into his daily life. What does it take to be happy? We've all asked ourselves this question at some point, but few of us have found the path to lasting fulfillment. David Michie thought he had achieved his life's goals--the high-level job, the expensive city apartment, the luxury car, the great vacations--but a small voice was telling him he wasn't really happy. A chance remark from a naturopath sent him to his local Buddhist center. There he began the most important journey of his life. In Buddhism for Busy People Michie explains how he came to understand the difference between the temporary pleasures of ordinary life and the profound sense of well-being and heartfelt serenity that comes from connecting with our inner nature.
Book Synopsis The Backyard Parables by : Margaret Roach
Download or read book The Backyard Parables written by Margaret Roach and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margaret Roach has been harvesting thirty years of backyard parables-deceptively simple, instructive stories from a life spent digging ever deeper-and has distilled them in this memoir along with her best tips for garden making, discouraging all manner of animal and insect opponents, at-home pickling, and more. After ruminating on the bigger picture in her memoir And I Shall Have Some Peace There, Margaret Roach has returned to the garden, insisting as ever that we must garden with both our head and heart, or as she expresses it, with "horticultural how-to and woo-woo." In The Backyard Parables, Roach uses her fundamental understanding of the natural world, philosophy, and life to explore the ways that gardening saved and instructed her, and meditates on the science and spirituality of nature, reminding her readers and herself to keep on digging.
Book Synopsis Paradise in Plain Sight by : Karen Maezen Miller
Download or read book Paradise in Plain Sight written by Karen Maezen Miller and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2014 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reflections on finding peace, beauty, and fulfillment in everyday life, illustrated by the author's experiences with tending her new home's venerable but neglected Japanese garden"--
Download or read book Just One Thing written by Rick Hanson and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’ve heard the expression, “It’s the little things that count.” Research has shown that little daily practices can change the way your brain works, too. This book offers simple brain-training practices you can do every day to protect against stress, lift your mood, and find greater emotional resilience. Just One Thing is a treasure chest of over fifty practices created specifically to deepen your sense of well-being and unconditional happiness. Just one practice each day can help you: Be good to yourself Enjoy life as it is Build on your strengths Be more effective at home and work Make peace with your emotions
Book Synopsis Mind Beyond Brain by : David E. Presti
Download or read book Mind Beyond Brain written by David E. Presti and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the most profound questions we confront are the nature of what and who we are as conscious beings, and how the human mind relates to the rest of what we consider reality. For millennia, philosophers, scientists, and religious thinkers have attempted answers, perhaps none more meaningful today than those offered by neuroscience and by Buddhism. The encounter between these two worldviews has spurred ongoing conversations about what science and Buddhism can teach each other about mind and reality. In Mind Beyond Brain, the neuroscientist David E. Presti, with the assistance of other distinguished researchers, explores how evidence for anomalous phenomena—such as near-death experiences, apparent memories of past lives, apparitions, experiences associated with death, and other so-called psi or paranormal phenomena, including telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition—can influence the Buddhism-science conversation. Presti describes the extensive but frequently unacknowledged history of scientific investigation into these phenomena, demonstrating its relevance to questions about consciousness and reality. The new perspectives opened up, if we are willing to take evidence of such often off-limits topics seriously, offer significant challenges to dominant explanatory paradigms and raise the prospect that we may be poised for truly revolutionary developments in the scientific investigation of mind. Mind Beyond Brain represents the next level in the science and Buddhism dialogue.
Download or read book Mixing Minds written by Pilar Jennings and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We cannot find ourselves, or be ourselves, alone." - from Mixing Minds Mixing Minds explores the interpersonal relationships between psychoanalysts and their patients, and Buddhist teachers and their students. Through the author's own personal journey in both traditions, she sheds light on how these contrasting approaches to wellness affect our most intimate relationships. These dynamic relationships provide us with keen insight into the emotional ups and downs of our lives - from fear and anxiety to love, compassion, and equanimity. Mixing Minds delves into the most intimate of relationships and shows us how these relationships are the key to the realization of our true selves.
Download or read book Love's Garden written by Peggy Rowe-Ward and published by Parallax Press. This book was released on 2008-05-10 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of real-life Buddhist love stories, with commentary and guided exercises for couples developed by Peggy Rowe-Ward and Larry Ward, senior students and ordained Dharma teachers in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. These personal stories, from couples of a range of different ages and experiences, illustrate how Buddhist principles can help couples navigate any stage of their relationship. It took the authors some good living and good loving before they realized that the love that they were seeking was already present and available in the depths of their hearts and mind. Love does not depend on anything that is happening "Out There" and is not dependent on anything "he" or "she" might do. It depends on our own willingness to look within and to act. This insight is a result of practicing the teachings of the Buddha on right diligence and right effort. The authors have been studying and practicing with Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and they are happy to report that the practices work. In "The practice is not difficult. We simply need to get in touch with and nourish the practices that are helping us to experience peace. And then we need to stop doing the things that keep us from experiencing peace." Larry Ward Foreword by Thich Nhat Hanh
Book Synopsis Buddha in the Garden by : Cathie Desjardins
Download or read book Buddha in the Garden written by Cathie Desjardins and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ''The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway, '' Michael Pollan writes. What does this intersection look like in modern times, with looming ecological disaster and technological distractions added to the age-old challenges of critters and weather? Cathie Desjardins' poems swoop us through a year's cycle of growth and death, beauty and failure. She auditions the classic Muses for guidance, but they are squeamish about worms. It is Buddha from Pool City who ends up presiding over all that transpires and intrudes in the garden, from cell phone Trauma Dramas to juvenile delinquent crows. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Cathie Desjardins is a lifelong literacy teacher and writer who has worked with all ages from kindergartners to graduate students. She has taught at UMass/Dartmouth, Suffolk University, UMass/Boston, Lesley University, and Cambridge, Boston and Arlington Adult Education centers, as well as Grub Street. Her first book of poems, With Child, (Tasora, 2008) is about life with a newborn. Her writing has been published in The Christian Science Monitor, Cognoscenti (WBUR's online magazine), YANKEE magazine, Gravitas, Pulse, and numerous newspapers, periodicals and literary journals. She was selected as 2017-2019 Poet Laureate of Arlington MA. AUTHOR HOME (Arlington MA
Book Synopsis The Magic of Awareness by : Anam Thubten
Download or read book The Magic of Awareness written by Anam Thubten and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2012-05-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paradox of awareness is very profound and yet very simple. It can't be described because it has no objective qualities and no limitation. Sometimes it comes naturally to the surface when we are fully in the present moment and no longer lost in thought or mental projections. Pure consciousness is neither high nor low, neither pleasant nor unpleasant, neither good nor bad. No matter where we are, no matter what we are doing, we always have an immediate access to that inner stillness. It can be experienced in an instant in all circumstances once we know how to pay attention to it. It is utterly peaceful and it is also insightful, so it sees through all illusions. Whenever there is a moment of being deluded, we can use that moment to practice settling in the very perfect sphere of the Buddha mind without trying to change anything. When we reside in that liberated mind, we find the very thing we have been seeking all along.
Book Synopsis Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience by : The Dalai Lama
Download or read book Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience written by The Dalai Lama and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed as a conversation between the Dalai Lama and Western neuroscientists, this book takes readers on a journey through opposing fields of thought—showing that they may not be so opposing after all Is the mind an ephemeral side effect of the brain’s physical processes? Are there forms of consciousness so subtle that science has not yet identified them? How does consciousness happen? Organized by the Mind and Life Institute, this discussion addresses some of the most troublesome questions that have driven a wedge between Western science and religion. Edited by Zara Houshmand, Robert B. Livingston, and B. Alan Wallace, Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience is the culmination of meetings between the Dalai Lama and a group of eminent neuroscientists and psychiatrists. The Dalai Lama’s incisive, open-minded approach both challenges and offers inspiration to Western scientists. This book was previously published under the title Consciousness at the Crossroads.
