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Author : Doon Wilkins
Publisher : Canmore, Alta. : Pepys Pub.
ISBN 13 : 9780973568400
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (684 download)
Download or read book Stumbling Toward Enlightenment : a Pathway to Better written by Doon Wilkins and published by Canmore, Alta. : Pepys Pub.. This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geri Larkin
Publisher : Celestial Arts
ISBN 13 : 0307808130
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Stumbling Toward Enlightenment written by Geri Larkin and published by Celestial Arts. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humorous and honest collection of Buddhist wisdom from a Western beginner'Âs perspective. Instead of promising a straight and clear path to enlightenment, author and teacher Geri Larkin shows us that even stumbling along that path can lead to self-discovery and awakening, especially if we prize the journey and not the destination. With candor, affection, and earthy wisdom, Larkin shares her experiences as a beginning and continuing Buddhist. This spirituality classic shows any seeker that it's possible to stumble, smile, and stay Zen through it all.
Author : Geri Larkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780890878491
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (784 download)
Download or read book Stumbling Toward Enlightenment written by Geri Larkin and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humorous and honest collection of Buddhist wisdom from a Western beginner's perspective. Instead of promising a straight and clear path to enlightenment, author and teacher Geri Larkin shows us that even stumbling along that path can lead to self-discovery and awakening, especially if we prize the journey and not the destination. With candor, affection, and earthy wisdom, Larkin shares her experiences as a beginning and continuing Buddhist. This spirituality classic shows any seeker that it's possible to stumble, smile, and stay Zen through it all.
Author : Michael Fischman
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1600378862
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Stumbling Into Infinity written by Michael Fischman and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An American truth seeker recounts his life-changing friendship with the spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in this intimate memoir. Michael Fischman is the president of His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living Foundation in the United States. In this intimate memoir, Fischman recounts his startling spiritual journey from childhood in New York “among the tribe of people known as the Jewish Middle Class” to befriending and working with the humanitarian and spiritual leader who changed his life. His story is a compelling narrative that blends remarkable experiences with an inner struggle and search for meaning. “In writing this story, different eras and their flavors came to life again—the world of Orthodox Jews I grew up in; twenty years of teaching meditation and breathing to people around the world; the traumas and triumphs of self-discovery in the Caribbean and Jerusalem; the spiritual traditions of India that became so meaningful to me; and the remarkable atmosphere around the enlightened master I fell in love with” (from the prologue). “Michael Fischman’s journey reveals how fears and negative emotions can be transformed into love, compassion, and higher consciousness when a student has an authentic relationship with a wise teacher.” —Deepak Chopra
Author : Jaimal Yogis
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062405209
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)
Download or read book All Our Waves Are Water written by Jaimal Yogis and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this meditative memoir—a compelling fusion of Barbarian Days and the journals of Thomas Merton—the author of Saltwater Buddha reflects on his "failing toward enlightenment," his continued search to find meaning and a greater understanding of grace in the world’s oceans as well as everyday life. Born to a family of seekers, Jaimal Yogis left home at sixteen to surf in Hawaii and join a monastery—an adventure he chronicled in Saltwater Buddha. Now, in his early twenties, his heart is broken and he’s lost his way. Hitting the road again, he lands in a monastery in Dharamsala, where he meets Sonam, a displaced Tibetan. To help his friend, Jaimal makes a cockamamie attempt to reunite him with his family in Tibet by way of America. Though he does not succeed, witnessing Sonam’s spirit in the face of failure offers Jaimal a deeper understanding of faith. When the two friends part, he cannot fathom the unlikely circumstances that will reunite them. All Our Waves Are Water follows Jaimal’s trek from the Himalayas to Indonesia; to a Franciscan Friary in New York City to the dusty streets of Jerusalem; and finally to San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. Along his journey, Jaimal prays and surfs; mourning a lost love and seeking something that keeps eluding him. The poet Rumi wrote, "We are not a drop in the ocean. We are the ocean in a drop." All Our Waves Are Water is Jaimal’s "attempt to understand the ocean in a drop, to find that one moon shining in the water everywhere"—to find the mystery that unites us.
Author : Khandro
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1590301749
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)
Download or read book This Precious Life written by Khandro and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2005-02-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the traditional Tibetan Buddhist framework of the Four Reminders—the preciousness of human birth, the truth of impermanence, the reality of suffering, and the inescapability of karma—Khandro Rinpoche explains why and how we could all better use this short life to pursue a spiritual path and make the world a better place. The book includes contemplative exercises that encourage us to appreciate the tremendous potential of the human body and mind.
Author : Shanan Harrell
Publisher : Salt River
ISBN 13 : 9780989334945
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (349 download)
Download or read book Stumbling Towards Enlightenment written by Shanan Harrell and published by Salt River. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STUMBLING TOWARDS ENLIGHTENMENT is a collection of delightful, humorous, down-to-earth reflections on everyday events - from the perspective of yoga, harmony and self-transformation.It's a refreshing read for anybody who tends to take themselves (and life) too seriously. "Yogashanan" will have you laughing in no time.And she may even inspire you to stumble your way into a few changes!Available now in a new edition by Salt River Publishing.
Author : Daniel Gilbert
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307371360
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Stumbling on Happiness written by Daniel Gilbert and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A smart and funny book by a prominent Harvard psychologist, which uses groundbreaking research and (often hilarious) anecdotes to show us why we’re so lousy at predicting what will make us happy – and what we can do about it. Most of us spend our lives steering ourselves toward the best of all possible futures, only to find that tomorrow rarely turns out as we had expected. Why? As Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert explains, when people try to imagine what the future will hold, they make some basic and consistent mistakes. Just as memory plays tricks on us when we try to look backward in time, so does imagination play tricks when we try to look forward. Using cutting-edge research, much of it original, Gilbert shakes, cajoles, persuades, tricks and jokes us into accepting the fact that happiness is not really what or where we thought it was. Among the unexpected questions he poses: Why are conjoined twins no less happy than the general population? When you go out to eat, is it better to order your favourite dish every time, or to try something new? If Ingrid Bergman hadn’t gotten on the plane at the end of Casablanca, would she and Bogey have been better off? Smart, witty, accessible and laugh-out-loud funny, Stumbling on Happiness brilliantly describes all that science has to tell us about the uniquely human ability to envision the future, and how likely we are to enjoy it when we get there.
Author : Stephen T. Asma
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060834501
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (68 download)
Download or read book The Gods Drink Whiskey written by Stephen T. Asma and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2006-04-25 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhism, Booze, and the Four Noble Truths
Author : Daniel Ingram
Publisher : Aeon Books
ISBN 13 : 1780498152
Total Pages : 715 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha written by Daniel Ingram and published by Aeon Books. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The very idea that the teachings can be mastered will arouse controversy within Buddhist circles. Even so, Ingram insists that enlightenment is an attainable goal, once our fanciful notions of it are stripped away, and we have learned to use meditation as a method for examining reality rather than an opportunity to wallow in self-absorbed mind-noise. Ingram sets out concisely the difference between concentration-based and insight (vipassana) meditation; he provides example practices; and most importantly he presents detailed maps of the states of mind we are likely to encounter, and the stages we must negotiate as we move through clearly-defined cycles of insight. Its easy to feel overawed, at first, by Ingram's assurance and ease in the higher levels of consciousness, but consistently he writes as a down-to-earth and compassionate guide, and to the practitioner willing to commit themselves this is a glittering gift of a book.In this new edition of the bestselling book, the author rearranges, revises and expands upon the original material, as well as adding new sections that bring further clarity to his ideas.
Author : Bill Ivey
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253030153
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Rebuilding an Enlightened World written by Bill Ivey and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, the long-assumed belief in the permanence of an enlightened world is suddenly open to challenge. Human rights, participatory government, and social justice are losing global influence, and the world of ordinary people is pushing back against Enlightenment conceits. Accumulated anger links Taliban, Tea Party, and Trump, threatening women's rights, social justice, and democracy. To understand and counteract the threat to these ideas, we must set aside embedded explanations and embrace a new frame of observation and tolerance grounded in the power of belief, legend, and tradition. In Rebuilding an Enlightened World, Bill Ivey explores how folklore offers a unique and compelling new way to understand the underlying forces disrupting the world today. If we are to salvage the best of the Enlightenment dream and build a better future, we must begin to listen, patiently and inquisitively, in order to interpret the customs, norms, and traditional practices that shape all human behavior.
Author : Tim Burkett
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1645471357
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (454 download)
Download or read book Enlightenment Is an Accident written by Tim Burkett and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A warm-hearted guide to Buddhist practice for those ready to contend with the reality that enlightenment—the realization of non-self—can’t be achieved by the self. 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. Drawing on stories of his first teacher, the Zen master Shunryu Suzuki (author of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind), and Burkett’s decades of practice and teaching, he reveals how to live in the world with a deep joy that comes from embracing the work and play of this very moment. With the wisdom and humor of a seasoned practitioner familiar with all manner of eccentric fixations and silly dead-ends, he offers views and practices we can use to support the paradoxical process of letting enlightenment happen on its own.
Author : Yogashanan
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781456355760
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (557 download)
Download or read book Stumbling Towards Enlightenment written by Yogashanan and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of humorous essays examining the impact of yogic and Buddhist teachings on everyday life. Written by yoga teacher and Buddhist warrior Shanan Harrell, these essays are equal parts spiritual study and slapstick; a comical chronicle of human misadventures on the road to liberation.
Author : C. Lorraine LeBlanc
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1847285058
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (472 download)
Download or read book STUMBLING UPON THE SPIRITUAL PATH written by C. Lorraine LeBlanc and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-08-23 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for both the experienced and novices to 'The Path' to enlightenment. It covers a wide range of experiences and problems that many share. It includes relevant exercises and practices for most of the topics as well as actual experiences of the writer and her students. Some preview readers comments: "It's everything I wanted and needed to know about spirituality but didn't know what to ask?" and "This is better than an encyclopedia of spirituality!" and "This book has explained things in a way that I really understand." and "I thought I knew a lot about this stuff but WOW!" and "I wish I had this book when I first started my Spiritual Search. Thanks for filling in the blanks."
Author : Anthony Pagden
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191636711
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)
Download or read book The Enlightenment written by Anthony Pagden and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Enlightenment and Why It Still Matters tells nothing less than the story of how the modern, Western view of the world was born. Cultural and intellectual historian Anthony Pagden explains how, and why, the ideal of a universal, global, and cosmopolitan society became such a central part of the Western imagination in the ferment of the Enlightenment - and how these ideas have done battle with an inward-looking, tradition-oriented view of the world ever since. Cosmopolitanism is an ancient creed; but in its modern form it was a creature of the Enlightenment attempt to create a new 'science of man', based upon a vision of humanity made up of autonomous individuals, free from all the constraints imposed by custom, prejudice, and religion. As Pagden shows, this 'new science' was based not simply on 'cold, calculating reason', as its critics claimed, but on the argument that all humans are linked by what in the Enlightenment were called 'sympathetic' attachments. The conclusion was that despite the many tribes and nations into which humanity was divided there was only one 'human nature', and that the final destiny of the species could only be the creation of one universal, cosmopolitan society. This new 'human science' provided the philosophical grounding of the modern world. It has been the inspiration behind the League of Nations, the United Nations and the European Union. Without it, international law, global justice, and human rights legislation would be unthinkable. As Anthony Pagden argues passionately and persuasively in this book, it is a legacy well worth preserving - and one that might yet come to inherit the earth.
Author : Gary M. Hamburg
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300224192
Total Pages : 913 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Russia's Path toward Enlightenment written by Gary M. Hamburg and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 913 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, focusing on the history of religious and political thinking in early modern Russia, demonstrates that Russia’s path toward enlightenment began long before Peter the Great’s opening to the West. Examining a broad range of writings, G. M. Hamburg shows why Russia’s enlightenment constituted a precondition for the explosive emergence of nineteenth-century writers such as Fedor Dostoyevsky and Vladimir Soloviev.
Author : Dawn Downey
Publisher : Pathless Land Press
ISBN 13 : 9780692026397
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (263 download)
Download or read book Stumbling Toward the Buddha written by Dawn Downey and published by Pathless Land Press. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of autobiographical essays, Dawn Downey chronicles a spiritual journey that leads her from revelations at a Buddhist monastery to transcendence at a Baptist church. The author loses her way in the foothills of California and discovers oneness in the high desert of Colorado. En route, she struggles to make sense of a depression that rises from sources lost to her memory and, years later, uncovers the hidden cause: childhood abuse. Neither mysticism nor meditation delivers up enlightenment, but they push her dangerously close to self-actualization. Downey confesses to feelings she's not proud of, but she finds redemption in the middle of the muck. A book for readers who love inspiration with a pinch of humor.
