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365 Tao: Daily Meditationsby Deng Ming-DaoISBN 0062502239 (0-06-250223-9)
Softcover, Harper San Francisco
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› Find signed collectible books: '365 Tao: Daily Meditations'Book summary:Place the word Tao
Into your heart.
Use no other words.The Tao is constantly moving, the path that all life and the whole universe takes. There is nothing that is not part of itharmonious living is to know and to move with the Taoit is a way of life, the natural order of things, a force that flows through all life.
365 Tao is a contemporary book of meditations on what it means to be wholly a part of the Taoist way, and thus to be completely in harmony with oneself and the surrounding world.
Deng Ming-Dao is the author of eight books, including The Living I Ching, Chronicles of Tao, Everyday Tao, and Scholar Warrior. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. He studied qigong, philosophy, meditation, and internal martial arts with Taoist master Kwan Saihung for thirteen years, and with two other masters before that.
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After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Pathby Jack KornfieldISBN 0553378295 (0-553-37829-5)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path'Book summary:Jack Kornfield, one of America's most beloved teachers of meditation, assures us that enlightenment does occur on the spiritual path but warns that it is not the end of the road. Bringing his thoughts to a personal level, Kornfield looks up many of the notable spiritual teachers of our times (Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Sufi, etc.) and presents extended quotations of their trials and epiphanies. These anecdotes are woven together with fables and ruminations from Kornfield's own decades-long experience as a practitioner and teacher, creating an image of the spiritual life as challenging, multidimensional, rewarding, and, yes, mundane. In the old days in China, Zen monks were encouraged to travel for instruction under a variety of masters. Here, Kornfield introduces us to today's masters, but off their podiums, as equals. Genuine experiences of awakening, despair, fault, serious transgression, and simple childlike joy all appear as bridges on the way to the divine. After the Ecstasy, the Laundry is not just another inspirational bestseller, it is a lasting record of concrete insights forged from the fires of dedicated practice. --Brian Bruya [via]
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The Art of Happinessby Dalai Lama, Howard C. CutlerISBN 1573221112 (1-57322-111-2)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Happiness'Book summary:Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sit down with the Dalai Lama and really press him about life's persistent questions? Why are so many people unhappy? How can I abjure loneliness? How can we reduce conflict? Is romantic love true love? Why do we suffer? How should we deal with unfairness and anger? How do you handle the death of a loved one? These are the conundrums that psychiatrist Howard Cutler poses to the Dalai Lama during an extended period of interviews in The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living.
At first, the Dalai Lama's answers seem simplistic, like a surface reading of Robert Fulghum: Ask yourself if you really need something; our enemies can be our teachers; compassion brings peace of mind. Cutler pushes: But some people do seem happy with lots of possessions; but "suffering is life" is so pessimistic; but going to extremes provides the zest in life; but what if I don't believe in karma? As the Dalai Lama's responses become more involved, a coherent philosophy takes shape. Cutler then develops the Dalai Lama's answers in the context of scientific studies and cases from his own practice, substantiating and elaborating on what he finds to be a revolutionary psychology. Like any art, the art of happiness requires study and practice--and the talent for it, the Dalai Lama assures us, is in our nature. --Brian Bruya [via]
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The Art of Happinessby Howard CutlerISBN 0340750154 (0-340-75015-4)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Happiness'Book summary:In this unique and important book, one of the wold's great spiritual leaders offers his practical wisdom and advice on how we can overcome everyday human problems and achieve lasting happiness. [via]
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Beginning Mindfulness: Learning the Way of Awarenessby Andrew WeissISBN 1577314417 (1-57731-441-7)
Softcover, New World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beginning Mindfulness: Learning the Way of Awareness'Book summary:As a teacher of meditation, Andrew Weiss found that students responded best when he broke down the process of mindfulness into discrete and progressive steps. Knowing that most people had little time to devote to meditation, he also made it his priority to teach the direct application of mindfulness to daily life. Through the years, he developed a series of handouts based on simple steps that form the basis of this book. Intended for laypeople practicing in their work and family lives without the luxury of long meditation retreats, Beginning Mindfulness is deeply rooted in Buddhist practice but remains unbound by one particular Buddhist tradition. Weiss skillfully blends the traditions of his Korean and Vietnamese teachers as well as Hindu yogic methods to create a meditation manual that is both practical and inspiring.[via]More editions of Beginning Mindfulness: Learning the Way of Awareness:
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Being Peaceby Arnold Kotler, Thich Nhat HanhISBN 0938077007 (0-938077-00-7)
Softcover, Pgw
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Being Peace'Book summary:Since its publication in 1987, Being Peace has become a classic of contemporary religious literature. In his simple and readable style, Thich Nhat Hanh shows how our state of mind and body can make the world a peaceful place. We learn to transform the very situations that pressure and antagonize us into opportunities for practicing mindfulness. [via]
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Being Peaceby Rachel Neumann, Thich Nhat Hanh, Mayumi Oda, Jack KornfieldISBN 188837540X (1-888375-40-X)
Softcover, Parallax Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Being Peace'Book summary:An ideal starting-point for those interested in Buddhism, Being Peace contains Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings on peace and meditation. Using real examples from his own life, as well as poems and fables, Nhat Hanh explains his key practices for living "right in the moment we are alive." These lessons are taught with fine writing and sparkling phrases that draw the reader in and make Being Peace a book that encourages multiple readings, both alone and in groups.[via]
This new edition of Nhat Hanh's seminal bestseller marks the book's first update since it was released in 1987. It includes a new introduction by noted Buddhist Jack Kornfield and beautiful illustrations by internationally recognized artist Mayumi Oda. Still as timely as when it was first published over 15 years ago, Being Peace is a revelation for anyone concerned with the state of the world and the quality of life.More editions of Being Peace:
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Being Peaceby Thich Nhat Hanh, Arnold Kotler, Mayumi OdaISBN 093807797X (0-938077-97-X)
Hardcover, Parallax Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Being Peace'Book summary:Since its publication in 1987, Being Peace has become a classic of contemporary religious literature. In his simple and readable style, Thich Nhat Hanh shows how our state of mind and body can make the world a peaceful place. We learn to transform the very situations that pressure and antagonize us into opportunities for practicing mindfulness.[via]More editions of Being Peace:
Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditationby David Guy, Larry Rosenberg, Jon Kabat-ZinnISBN 1590301366 (1-59030-136-6)
Softcover, Shambhala Pubns
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Breath Sweeps Mind: A First Guide to Meditation Practiceby Jean SmithISBN 157322653X (1-57322-653-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Breath Sweeps Mind: A First Guide to Meditation Practice'Book summary:The reasons why we meditate are, paradoxically, both deeply individual and profoundly universal. This is precisely why the collection of essays in Breath Sweeps Mind is such an effective tool for teaching mediation. Each unique voice, from Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh to American poet Gary Snyder, speaks eloquently from personal experience. Yet the collection hangs together by a golden thread of purpose--helping readers obtain their highest spiritual and human capacities. Breath Sweeps Mind is excellently paced and edited, clearly speaking to the nitty-gritty tools and techniques (such as which clothes to wear and what to do with your tongue and hands) as well as the inherent rewards of meditation. [via]
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Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growthby Richard J. FosterISBN 0060628316 (0-06-062831-6)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth'Book summary:This study of the classic spiritual disciplines includes meditation, prayer, fasting, study, simplicity, solitude, submission, service, confession, worship, guidance and celebration. The author claims that these disciplines can infuse life with joy, promoting inner peace and fulfilment. Richard Foster, an "evangelical" Quaker, founded and chairs the Milton Center which is designed to help Christian writers achieve exellence in their work. He won the 1978 Writer of the Year (US) Award for "Celebration of Discipline", and the Gold Medallion Award in 1982 for "Freedom of Simplicity" and he also wrote "Money, Sex and Power" [via]
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Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth 20th Anniversary Editionby Richard J. FosterISBN 0060628391 (0-06-062839-1)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth 20th Anniversary Edition'Book summary:When Richard Foster began writing Celebration of Discipline more than 20 years ago, an older writer gave him a bit of advice: "Be sure that every chapter forces the reader into the next chapter." Foster took the advice to heart; as a result, his book presents one of the most compelling and readable visions of Christian spirituality published in the past few decades. After beginning with a simple observation--"Superficiality is the curse of our age.... The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people"--Foster's book moves to explain the disciplines people must cultivate in order to achieve spiritual depth. In succinct, urgent, and sometimes humorous chapters, Foster defines a broad range of classic spiritual disciplines in terms that are lucid without being too limiting and offers advice that's practical without being overly prescriptive. For instance, after describing meditation as a combination of "intense intimacy and awful reverence," he settles into such down-to-earth topics as how to choose a place and a posture in which to meditate.
Perhaps most interesting and useful is Foster's chapter on the controversial Christian discipline of submission. According to Foster, submission does not demand self-hatred or loss of identity. Instead, it simply means growing secure in the conviction that "our happiness is not dependent on getting what we want" but on the fulfillment that naturally flows from love of one's neighbors. Such wise and encouraging suggestions have helped many readers to discard the idea that discipline is an onerous duty and to move toward a liberating and simpler idea of discipline--whose defining character, as Foster never forgets, is joy. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves And the World Through Mindfulnessby Jon Kabat-ZinnISBN 0786886544 (0-7868-8654-4)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves And the World Through Mindfulness'Book summary:From the bestselling author and renowned mindfulness teacher, scientist, and educator. . .a guide to living a meaningful life.
This follow-up to the widely praised national bestseller Wherever You Go, There You Are is yet another revolutionary offering from Jon Kabat-Zinn, showing readers how the power of mindfulness can bring radical change to their lives.
In the national bestseller Wherever You Go, There You Are, Jon Kabat-Zinn struck a chord in contemporary society that continues to reverberate to this day. It has been embraced by politicians, business leaders, and celebrities and endures as a classic with readers. In his groundbreaking new book, Dr. Kabat-Zinn teaches us how to harness the power of mindfulness to effect profound change in our personal lives and in the world.
As stress continues to exact a toll on everyday life, people are increasingly turning to ancient, meditative methods, which have been tested by science, to relieve the ill effects and become more focused, healthy, and proactive. Kabat-Zinn has been for decades at the forefront of this mind/body movement and the revolution in medicine and health care it has spawned, demystifying it and bringing it into the mainstream. In Coming to Our Senses, he shares how every human has the capacity to mobilize deep, innate resources for continual learning, growing, healing, and transformation through mindfulness.
Woven into eight parts, Coming to Our Senses uses anecdotes and stories from Kabat-Zinn's own life experiences and work in his clinic to illustrate healing possibilities. At its core, the book offers remarkable insight into how to use the five senses -- touch, hearing, sight, taste, and smell, plus awareness itself -- as a path to a healthier, saner, and more meaningful life.
This is the definitive book for our time on the connection between mindfulness, health, and our physical and spiritual well-being. [via]
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Concentration and Meditationby Christmas HumphriesISBN 0895400685 (0-89540-068-5)
Softcover, Sun Pub Co
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Concentration and Meditation: A Manual of Mind Developmentby Christmas HumphreysISBN 1852300086 (1-85230-008-6)
Softcover, Element Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Concentration and Meditation: A Manual of Mind Development'Book summary:First published nearly 30 years ago, this guide to achieving higher spiritual development remains a classic.
Humphreys explains the difference between concentration, a content-free technique of mind control, and meditation, which embraces the most profound content imaginable. Although the book draws on the teachings of Buddha, the reader need not be familiar with Buddhism to reap its benefits. A handbook for both the novice and the experienced, it includes definitions, exercises, and notes on group meditation. [via]
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- Concentration and Meditation: A Manual of Mind Development: ISBN 1862042608 (1-86204-260-8)
Softcover, Element Books Ltd - Concentration and Meditation: A Manual of Mind Development: ISBN 0140212361 (0-14-021236-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Books - Concentration and Meditation: A Manual of Mind Development: ISBN 1852300086 (1-85230-008-6)
Softcover, Element Books Ltd
- Concentration and Meditation: A Manual of Mind Development: ISBN 1862042608 (1-86204-260-8)
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Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Lifeby Shakti GawainISBN 1577312295 (1-57731-229-5)
Softcover, New World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life'Book summary:When it comes to creating the life you want, Shakti Gawain literally wrote THE book. Now considered a classic, Creative Visualization teaches readers how to use their imaginations to manifest their deepest desires. In a straight-talking narrative, Gawain uses the first part to cover the basics, with chapters such as, "How to Visualize", "Affirmations", and "Creative Visualization Only Works for the Good". Once she shows readers how the visualisation process actually works, Gawain moves onto loftier discussions such as "Contacting Your Higher Self", "Meeting Your Guide", "Setting Goals" and "Treasure Maps".
Fear not, this isn't a spiritual-lightweight book for people with severe cases of the "gimmes". Gawain has her priorities in the right place, and cautions readers that creative visualisation will not serve greed or shallow-minded thinking. For example, she discourages the cycle of trying to have more money, so you can do what you want in life, so you will be happier. "The way it actually works is the reverse", she explains. "You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want". Yet she also writes an excellent chapter on letting go of the misguided guilt that inhibits readers from becoming truly prosperous. --Gail Hudson [via]
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- Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life: ISBN 1577310276 (1-57731-027-6)
Hardcover, Nataraj Pub - Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life: ISBN 1880032627 (1-880032-62-7)
Softcover, Pub Group West - Creative Visualization: ISBN 0553270443 (0-553-27044-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books - Creative Visualization: ISBN 0931432022 (0-931432-02-2)
Hardcover, Whatever Pub - Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life: ISBN 1577312295 (1-57731-229-5)
Softcover, New World Library
- Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life: ISBN 1577310276 (1-57731-027-6)
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El Arte De LA Felicidadby Dalai LamaISBN 9871138784 (987-1138-78-4)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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Everyday Zen: Love and Workby Charlotte Joko BeckISBN 0060607343 (0-06-060734-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Experience of Insight: A Natural Unfoldingby Joseph GoldsteinISBN 0913300055 (0-913300-05-5)
Hardcover, Unity Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Experience of Insight: A Natural Unfolding'Book summary:a collection of epigrams about the problem of living and the freedom to be gained through meditation [via]
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The Experience of Insight: A Simple and Direct Guide to Buddhist Meditationby Joseph GoldsteinISBN 0877732264 (0-87773-226-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Experience of Insight: A Simple and Direct Guide to Buddhist Meditation'Book summary:Here is a modern classic of unusually clear, practical instruction for the practice of Buddhist meditation: sitting and walking meditation, how one relates with the breath, feelings, thought, sense perceptions, consciousness, and everyday activities. Basic Buddhist topics such as the nature of karma, the four noble truths, the factors of enlightenment, dependent origination, and devotion are discussed. [via]
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Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illnessby Jon Kabat-ZinnISBN 0385303122 (0-385-30312-2)
Softcover, Delta
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness'Book summary:Kabat-Zinn, founder of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, is perhaps the best-known proponent of using meditation to help patients deal with illness. (The somewhat confusing title is from a line in Zorba the Greek in which the title character refers to the ups and downs of family life as "the full catastrophe.") But this book is also a terrific introduction for anyone who has considered meditating but was afraid it would be too difficult or would include religious practices they found foreign. Kabat-Zinn focuses on "mindfulness," a concept that involves living in the moment, paying attention, and simply "being" rather than "doing." While you can practice anything "mindfully," from taking a walk to cleaning your house, Kabat-Zinn presents several meditation techniques that focus the attention most clearly, whether it's on a simple phrase, your breathing, or various parts of your body. The book goes into detail about how hospital patients have either improved their health or simply come to feel better despite their illness by using these techniques, but these meditations can help anyone deal with stress and gain a calmer outlook on life. "When we use the word healing to describe the experiences of people in the stress clinic, what we mean above all is that they are undergoing a profound transformation of view," Kabat-Zinn writes. "Out of this shift in perspective comes an ability to act with greater balance and inner security in the world." --Ben Kallen [via]
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- Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness: ISBN 0385298978 (0-385-29897-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness: ISBN 0385303122 (0-385-30312-2)
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- Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness: ISBN 0385298978 (0-385-29897-8)
Getting in the Gap: Making Conscious Contact With God Through Meditationby Wayne W. DyerISBN 140190131X (1-4019-0131-X)
Hardcover, Hay House Inc
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The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: Satipatthna A Handbook of Mental Training Based on the Buddha's Way of Mindfulness, With an Anthology of Relevant Texts Translated from the Pali andby Nyanaponika, Nyanaponika A. TheraISBN 0877280738 (0-87728-073-8)
Softcover, Red Wheel/Weiser
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- The Heart of Buddhist Meditation (Satipatthana): A Handbook of Mental Training Based on the Buddha's Way of Mindfulness, with an Anthology of Relevant Texts Translated from the Pali and Sanskrit: ISBN 0090637526 (0-09-063752-6)
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- The Heart of Buddhist Meditation (Satipatthana): A Handbook of Mental Training Based on the Buddha's Way of Mindfulness, with an Anthology of Relevant Texts Translated from the Pali and Sanskrit: ISBN 0090637526 (0-09-063752-6)
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How to Meditate: A Guide to Self-Discoveryby Lawrence L. LeshanISBN 0316880620 (0-316-88062-0)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Meditate: A Guide to Self-Discovery'Book summary:Here is one of the most practical guides to meditation. As a psychotherapist and researcher, Lawrence LeShan is more interested in the process and effects of meditation than the spiritual motivations. To LeShan, meditation means training the mind, and he likens it to physical exercise. Like a good trainer, he breaks down the different kinds of meditation into easy-to-learn steps and offers counsel about the best ways to go about it and the pitfalls you are likely to encounter. LeShan isn't pure vanilla, however. He wrote at a time (the early '70s) when meditation was still considered esoteric and strongly associated with the paranormal. Still, he keeps his feet on the ground and suggests that you do, too. Meditation, he says, helps get a new perspective on the world and to attain "an increased serenity and competence in being." If you are a beginning meditator, this perennial favorite is a good place to start. --Brian Bruya [via]
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- How to Meditate : A Guide to Self-Discovery: ISBN 0553244531 (0-553-24453-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books - How to Meditate: A Guide to Self-Discovery: ISBN 0316521558 (0-316-52155-8)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co - How to Meditate: A Guide to Self-Discovery: ISBN 0816162565 (0-8161-6256-5)
Hardcover, G. K. Hall - How to Meditate: A Guide to Self-Discovery: ISBN 0316880620 (0-316-88062-0)
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- How to Meditate : A Guide to Self-Discovery: ISBN 0553244531 (0-553-24453-1)
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How to Meditate: A Practical Guideby Kathleen McDonald, Robina CourtinISBN 0861713419 (0-86171-341-9)
Softcover, Wisdom Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Meditate: A Practical Guide'Book summary:In a world seemingly moving at hyperspeed, it can be daunting to simply slow down or stop even briefly to try to make sense of things. Meditation has been proven to help. But exactly what is it? Why practice it? Which techniques are best? This popular guide answers these and many more questions for anyone who wants to begin or is struggling to maintain a meditation practice. Written by a Western Buddhist nun with solid experience in both the practice and teaching of meditation, How to Meditate contains a wealth of practical advice on a variety of authentic techniques, from what to do with the mind, to how to sit, to visualizations and other traditional practices. Best of all, McDonald's warm, encouraging approach is as close to the intimacy of private instruction as a book can be.[via]More editions of How to Meditate: A Practical Guide:
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How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Lifeby Bstan-Dzin-Rgya-Mtsho, Jeffrey HopkinsISBN 0743427084 (0-7434-2708-4)
Hardcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life'Book summary:As a primer on living the good life, few books compete with How to Practice, another profound offering from the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Westerners may be confused by the book's title, assuming that it focuses solely on Buddhist meditation and prayer techniques. Though it does address meditation and prayer, at its core this is a book that demonstrates how day-to-day living can be a spiritual practice. There are two ways to create happiness:
The first is external. By obtaining better clothes, better shelter, and better friends we can find a certain measure of happiness and satisfaction. The second is through mental development, which yields inner happiness. However, these two approaches are not equally viable. External happiness cannot last long without its counterpart.... However, if you have peace of mind you can find happiness even under the most difficult circumstances.
As he has in previous books (An Open Heart, The Art of Happiness), the Dalai Lama reminds us that developing peace of mind means paying attention to our daily attitudes and choices as well as taking the time to meditate and be prayerful. The six-part book covers Buddhist meditation techniques and visualization exercises as well as daily thoughts and actions that foster morality and wisdom. --Gail Hudson [via]More editions of How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life:
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How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Lifeby His Holiness Dalai Lama, Jeffrey HopkinsISBN 0743453360 (0-7434-5336-0)
Softcover, Atria Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life'Book summary:As a primer on living the good life, few books compete with How to Practice, another profound offering from the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Westerners may be confused by the book's title, assuming that it focuses solely on Buddhist meditation and prayer techniques. Though it does address meditation and prayer, at its core this is a book that demonstrates how day-to-day living can be a spiritual practice. There are two ways to create happiness:
The first is external. By obtaining better clothes, better shelter, and better friends we can find a certain measure of happiness and satisfaction. The second is through mental development, which yields inner happiness. However, these two approaches are not equally viable. External happiness cannot last long without its counterpart.... However, if you have peace of mind you can find happiness even under the most difficult circumstances.
As he has in previous books (An Open Heart, The Art of Happiness), the Dalai Lama reminds us that developing peace of mind means paying attention to our daily attitudes and choices as well as taking the time to meditate and be prayerful. The six-part book covers Buddhist meditation techniques and visualization exercises as well as daily thoughts and actions that foster morality and wisdom. --Gail Hudson [via]More editions of How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life:
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Insight Meditation: A Step-By-Step Course on How to Meditateby Joseph Goldstein, Sharon SalzbergISBN 1564559068 (1-56455-906-8)
Softcover, Sounds True
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Insight Meditation: A Step-By-Step Course on How to Meditate'Book summary:The Insight Meditation twelve-month correspondence course is an unparalleled home immersion in vipassana meditation and philosophy, presented by the cofounders of the Insight Meditation Society, Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein. Cultivate the sacred environment of a retreat in your own home, with the help of a personal instructor. Includes twelve sequential lessons, an 88-page workbook with interactive exercises, and more. [via]
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Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedomby Joseph GoldsteinISBN 1590300165 (1-59030-016-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom'Book summary:The fruit of some twenty years' experience leading Buddhist meditation retreats, this book touches on a wide range of topics raised repeatedly by mediators and includes favorite stories, key Buddhist teachings, and answers to most-asked questions. [via]
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- Insight Meditation: ISBN 1570620253 (1-57062-025-3)
Softcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated - Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom: ISBN 0877738955 (0-87773-895-5)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom: ISBN 1590300165 (1-59030-016-5)
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- Insight Meditation: ISBN 1570620253 (1-57062-025-3)
Journey of Awakening: A Meditator's Guidebookby Ram DassISBN 0553285726 (0-553-28572-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Knitting Sutra: Craft as a Spiritual Practiceby Susan G. LydonISBN 0062512021 (0-06-251202-1)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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The Knitting Sutra: Craft As a Spiritual Practiceby Susan Gordon LydonISBN 0767916336 (0-7679-1633-6)
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Learn to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Self-Discovery and Fulfillmentby David FontanaISBN 0811822508 (0-8118-2250-8)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Learn to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Self-Discovery and Fulfillment'Book summary:Meditation paves the road to a calmer, more focused mind; improved concentration; greater creativity; and a more energized mental and physical state of being. But finding an approach that works amid all the mumbo-jumbo can be a mind-altering experience in itself. Finally, here is a practical guide, beautifully illustrated, that reveals how to develop a personal program for inner peace. Learn to Meditate presents 23 step-by-step exercises and more than 130 exquisite illustrations that make visualization and meditation wonderfully accessible. David Fontana draws on the worlds diverse traditionsincluding Taoism, Zen, and Tibetan Buddhismfor an ideal companion to a lifelong practice. [via]
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Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art Of Happinessby Sharon Salzberg, Joh Kabat-ZinnISBN 157062903X (1-57062-903-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art Of Happiness'Book summary:Sharon Salzberg, a meditation teacher and the founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts, focuses on a kind of Buddhist practice that emphasizes feelings of love, happiness, and compassion. Metta, or "lovingkindness," meditation involves four phrases: "May I be free from danger"; "May I have mental happiness"; "May I have physical happiness"; "May I have ease of well-being." (Some readers will find this surprising, since the most commonly known meditation techniques have little "content"--you simply repeat a single word or phrase, observe your breath, or observe your thoughts as they pass through your mind.) Other exercises in this book are intended to increase your connection to and intimacy with others, by directing these positive sentiments outward toward specific people or the world in general. This book will probably be best appreciated by those who have some experience with meditation already, but anyone can appreciate the way it takes a practice often considered mystical and turns it into a means of creating joy. --Ben Kallen [via]
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Lovingkindness : The Revolutionary Art of Happinessby Jon Kabat-Zinn, Sharon SalzbergISBN 1590301870 (1-59030-187-0)
Hardcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lovingkindness : The Revolutionary Art of Happiness'Book summary:Sharon Salzberg, a meditation teacher and the founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts, focuses on a kind of Buddhist practice that emphasizes feelings of love, happiness, and compassion. Metta, or "lovingkindness," meditation involves four phrases: "May I be free from danger"; "May I have mental happiness"; "May I have physical happiness"; "May I have ease of well-being." (Some readers will find this surprising, since the most commonly known meditation techniques have little "content"--you simply repeat a single word or phrase, observe your breath, or observe your thoughts as they pass through your mind.) Other exercises in this book are intended to increase your connection to and intimacy with others, by directing these positive sentiments outward toward specific people or the world in general. This book will probably be best appreciated by those who have some experience with meditation already, but anyone can appreciate the way it takes a practice often considered mystical and turns it into a means of creating joy. --Ben Kallen [via]
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Meditation: A Simple Eight Point Program for Translating Spiritual Ideals into Daily Lifeby Eknath EaswaranISBN 0915132664 (0-915132-66-4)
Softcover, Nilgiri Pr
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Meditation for Dummiesby Stephan BodianISBN 0764551167 (0-7645-5116-7)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Meditation for Dummies'Book summary:"To tell you the truth, you can learn the basics of meditation in five minutes," asserts Stephan Bodian, meditation instructor, psychotherapist, and former editor-in-chief of Yoga Journal. You can also study meditation for years, exploring its subtleties. Meditation for Dummies is a simple, clear introduction to the basics of meditation, including an overview of dozens of techniques, practices, and specific meditations, plus direction for going deeper. You get step-by-step instructions for a variety of meditations, including body position, mental concentration, where to put your attention, what to contemplate or notice, physical movements, and breathing. A nice touch is the recurring "traditional wisdom": ancient stories or anecdotes that make a point. This book is useful whether you want the nuts and bolts for getting started in the next minute or you want to dip your mind into different practices and philosophies. Nothing is too elementary to explain: "how to sit up straight--and live to tell about it," what to wear, dealing with fear and self-judgment, and what to do when you get "stuck." You also get plenty of information about the benefits and varieties of meditation. You're bound find and develop a practice that feels right for you. --Joan Price [via]
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Meditation in Actionby Chogyam TrungpaISBN 1570622027 (1-57062-202-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Meditation in Action'Book summary:This classic teaching by a Tibetan master continues to inspire both beginners and long-time practitioners of Buddhist meditation. In Meditation in Action, Chögyam Trungpa teaches that meditation is based on trying to see what is, rather than trying to achieve a higher mental or physical state. Trungpa describes the life of the Buddha, emphasizing that, like the Buddha, we must find the truth for ourselves, rather than following someone else's example. Meditation in action might also be called "working meditation," for it is not a retreat from the world. Rather, it builds the foundation for tremendous compassion, awareness, and creativity in all aspects of a person's mind or behavior. Trungpa shows that meditation extends beyond the formal practice of sitting to build the foundation for compassion, awareness, and creativity in all aspects of life. He explores the six activities associated with meditation in actiongenerosity, discipline, patience, energy, clarity, and wisdom revealing that through simple direct experience, one can attain real wisdomthe ability to see clearly into situations and to deal with them skillfully, without the self-consciousness connected with ego. [via]
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Mindfulness in Plain Englishby Henepola Gunaratana, Bhante Henepola GunaratanaISBN 0861713214 (0-86171-321-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mindfulness in Plain English'Book summary:If you'd like to read about meditation and then go back to your regular life, don't get this book. Henepola Gunaratana, a monk from Sri Lanka and venerated teacher of Buddhism, warns us that vipassana meditation is "meant to revolutionize the whole of your life experience." In one of the best nuts-and-bolts meditation manuals, he lays out the fundamentals of basic Buddhist meditation, the how, what, where, when, and why, including common problems and how to deal with them. His 52 years as a Buddhist monk make Mindfulness in Plain English an authority on a living tradition, and his years of teaching in America and elsewhere give it the clarity and straightforwardness that has made it so popular. If you'd like to learn the practice of meditation, you can't do better. --Brian Bruya [via]
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The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditationby Thich Nhat Hanh, Vo-Dinh Mai, Mobi HoISBN 0807012394 (0-8070-1239-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation'Book summary:Miracle of Mindfulness is a sly commentary on the Anapanasati Sutra, the Sutra on Breath to Maintain Mindfulness. "Sly" because it doesn't read like a dry commentary at all. One of Thich Nhat Hanh's most popular books, Miracle of Mindfulness is about how to take hold of your consciousness and keep it alive to the present reality, whether eating a tangerine, playing with your children, or washing the dishes. A world-renowned Zen master, Nhat Hanh weaves practical instruction with anecdotes and other stories to show how the meditative mind can be achieved at all times and how it can help us all "reveal and heal." Nhat Hanh is a master at helping us find a calm refuge within ourselves and teaching us how to reach out from there to the rest of the world. --Brian Bruya [via]
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The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditationby Thich Nhat HanhISBN 0807012327 (0-8070-1232-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation'Book summary:Miracle of Mindfulness is a sly commentary on the Anapanasati Sutra, the Sutra on Breath to Maintain Mindfulness. "Sly" because it doesn't read like a dry commentary at all. One of Thich Nhat Hanh's most popular books, Miracle of Mindfulness is about how to take hold of your consciousness and keep it alive to the present reality, whether eating a tangerine, playing with your children, or washing the dishes. A world-renowned Zen master, Nhat Hanh weaves practical instruction with anecdotes and other stories to show how the meditative mind can be achieved at all times and how it can help us all "reveal and heal." Nhat Hanh is a master at helping us find a calm refuge within ourselves and teaching us how to reach out from there to the rest of the world. --Brian Bruya [via]
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Hardcover, Beacon Press - The Miracle of Mindfulness!: A Manual of Meditation: ISBN 0807011193 (0-8070-1119-3)
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Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospelby Thomas KeatingISBN 1852302216 (1-85230-221-6)
Softcover, Element
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The Other Side of Silence: A Guide to Christian Meditationby Morton T. KelseyISBN 0809119560 (0-8091-1956-0)
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The Other Side of Silence: Meditation for the Twenty-First Centuryby Morton KelseyISBN 0809137003 (0-8091-3700-3)
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A Path With Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Lifeby Jack KornfieldISBN 0553372114 (0-553-37211-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Path With Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life'Book summary:In undertaking a spiritual life, we must make certain that our path is connected with our heart, according to author and Buddhist monk Jack Kornfield. Since 1974 (long before it gained popularity in the 1990s), Kornfield has been teaching westerners how to integrate Eastern teaching into their daily lives. Through generous storytelling and unmitigated warmth, Kornfield offers this excellent guidebook on living with attentiveness, meditation, and full-tilt compassion.
Part of what makes this book so accessible is Kornfield's use of everyday metaphors to describe the elusive lessons of spiritual transformation. For example, he opens with "the one seat" lesson taught to him by his esteemed teacher. Literally it means sitting in the center of a room and not being swayed or moved by all the people and dramas happening around you. On a spiritual level it means sticking "with one practice and teacher among all of the possibilities," writes Kornfield; "inwardly it means having the determination to stick with that practice through whatever difficulties and doubts arise until you have come to true clarity and understanding." The same could be said for this "one book." Among all the spiritual self-help books, this is a classic worth sticking with and returning to--a highly approachable teacher that can only lead to greater clarity and understanding. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Lifeby Thich Nhat HahnISBN 0553351397 (0-553-35139-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life'Book summary:Thich Nhat Hanh's writing is deceptive in its subtlety. He'll go on and on with stories about tree-hugging or metaphors involving raw potatoes; he'll tell you how to eat mindfully, even how to breathe and walk; he'll suggest looking closely at a flower and to see the sun as your heart. As the Zen teacher Richard Baker commented, however, Nhat Hanh is "a cross between a cloud, a snail, and piece of heavy machinery." Sooner or later, it begins to sink in that Nhat Hanh is conveying a depth of psychology and a world outlook that require nothing less than a complete paradigm shift. Through his cute stories and compassionate admonitions, he gradually builds up to his philosophy of interbeing, the notion that none of us is separately, but rather that we inter-are. The ramifications are explosive. How can we mindlessly and selfishly pursue our individual ends, when we are inextricably bound up with everyone and everything else? We see an enemy not as focus of anger but as a human with a complex history, who could be us if we had the same history. Suffice it to say, that after reading Peace Is Every Step, you'll never look at a plastic bag the same way again, and you may even develop a penchant for hugging trees. --Brian Bruya [via]
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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenmentby Eckhart TolleISBN 1577314808 (1-57731-480-8)
Softcover, New World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment'Book summary:Ekhart Tolle's message is simple: living in the now is the truest path to happiness and enlightenment. And while this message may not seem stunningly original or fresh, Tolle's clear writing, supportive voice, and enthusiasm make this an excellent manual for anyone who's ever wondered what exactly "living in the now" means. Foremost, Tolle is a world-class teacher, able to explain complicated concepts in concrete language. More importantly, within a chapter of reading this book, readers are already holding the world in a different container--more conscious of how thoughts and emotions get in the way of their ability to live in genuine peace and happiness.
Tolle packs a lot of information and inspirational ideas into The Power of Now. (Topics include the source of Chi, enlightened relationships, creative use of the mind, impermanence, and the cycle of life.) Thankfully, he's added markers that symbolize "break time." This is when readers should close the book and mull over what they just read. As a result, The Power of Now reads like the highly acclaimed A Course in Miracles--a spiritual guidebook that has the potential to inspire just as many study groups and change just as many lives for the better. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Richard J. Foster's Study Guide for Celebration of Disciplineby Richard J. FosterISBN 0060628332 (0-06-062833-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditationby Joseph Goldstein, Jack KornfieldISBN 157062805X (1-57062-805-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation'Book summary:The path of insight meditation is a journey of understanding our bodies, our minds, and our lives, of seeing clearly the true nature of experience. For those who are treading this path, as well as those just starting out, Seeking the Heart of Wisdom will be a welcome companion along the way. Born out of the authors' twelve- year collaboration in teaching intensive meditation retreats throughout the world, it guides the reader in developing the openness and compassion that are at the heart of this spiritual practice. Among the topics covered are: - The hindrances to meditationranging from doubt and fear to painful kneesand skillful means of overcoming them - How compassion can arise in response to the suffering we see in our own lives and in the world - How to integrate a life of responsible action and service with a meditative life based on nonattachment - The law of karma and how it enables us to actively create our reality These and other discussions are accompanied by specific exercises and practices to help readers deepen their understanding of the subjects. [via]
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Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joyby Sarah Ban BreathnachISBN 0446519138 (0-446-51913-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy'Book summary:This book features 366 essays penned from a woman's perspective. Sample topics include gratitude, harmony, self-nurturing, positive body image, the importance of scented linen closets, and many others. Each essay sports a pithy quote from (surprise!) the likes of Kahlil Gibran. Viewed uncritically, it's hard to argue with Simple Abundance's earnest admonitions to appreciate life, in all its messy imperfect excellence. And the fact that serenity and happiness are each in dreadfully short supply can excuse some of the treacly writing. But Breathnach sometimes lapses into what can only be described as her "Martha Stewart on Prozac" voice, and the results are aggravating to the extreme: "If you've been hesitant to strike up a reciprocal relationship with your guardian angel, don't be." Fans of guardian angels will greet these feel-good essays every morning with the rising sun, a cup of mint tea, and a bluebird chirping on the windowsill, and be happy. Skeptics will prefer their coffee very black. [via]
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Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Livingby Pema ChodronISBN 1570628394 (1-57062-839-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living'Book summary:Pema Chodron is a Buddhist nun for regular folks. Having raised a family of her own, she doesn't shy away from persistent troubles and the basic meatiness of life. In fact, in Start Where You Are, Chodron tries to get us to see that the faults and foibles in each of us now are the perfect ingredients for creating a better life. No need to wait for a quieter time or a more settled mind. The trick Chodron says is to repattern ourselves, to transform bad habits into good by first opening ourselves to the groundlessness of existence. When the cliff dissolves beneath our feet, fear has a way of actually lessening. Fearlessness opens the way to recognizing our pushy egos and that rather than being cursed with original sin, we are blessed with an original soft spot--the squishy feeling inside that we all have, that is the seat of true compassion, and that we all do our best to armor over. Chodron is the kind of teacher who has seen it all and keeps pushing us back into ourselves until there's no one left to wrestle with but a certain recalcitrant image in the mirror. --Brian Bruya [via]
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Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Lifeby Jon Kabat-ZinnISBN 1401307787 (1-4013-0778-7)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life'Book summary:In his follow-up to Full Catastrophe Living--a book in which he presented basic meditation techniques as a way of reducing stress and healing from illness--here Jon Kabat-Zinn goes much more deeply into the practice of meditation for its own sake. To Kabat-Zinn, meditation is important because it brings about a state of "mindfulness," a condition of "being" rather than "doing" during which you pay attention to the moment rather than the past, the future, or the multitudinous distractions of modern life. In brief, rather poetic chapters, he describes different meditative practices and what they can do for the practitioner. The idea that meditation is "spiritual" is often confusing to people, Kabat-Zinn writes; he prefers to think of it as what you might call a workout for your consciousness. This book makes learning meditation remarkably easy (although practicing it is not). But it also makes it seem infinitely appealing. --Ben Kallen [via]
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Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousnessby James H. AustinISBN 0262511096 (0-262-51109-6)
Softcover, Mit Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness'Book summary:Take a trip through the topography of the brain, and you're likely to get lost somewhere around the medulla oblongata. Zen can lose you before you've even pretzeled your legs into the lotus position. But a unique neurologist-Zen Buddhist has written a tome that is a map to all the mysteries of meditation and mind. Take breathing out, for example. We spend just over half of our breathing time exhaling. For meditating monks, it's a full three-quarters. EEGs show us that the act of exhaling helps physically quiet the brain. Many other causal connections can be found between Zen practices and the physiology of the brain, and James H. Austin lays them out one by one, drawing from his own Zen experiences and the latest in neurological research. So if you've ever wondered what the corpus callosum has to do with consciousness or how the limbic system contributes to enlightenment, Austin will get your brain racing and put your mind at ease. --Brian Bruya [via]
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mindby S. Suzuki, Trudy Dixon, Richard BakerISBN 1590302672 (1-59030-267-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind'Book summary:Zen mind is one of those enigmatic phrases used by Zen teachers to throw you back upon yourself, to make you go behind the words themselves and begin wondering. "I know what my own mind is," you tell yourself, "but what is Zen mind?" And then: "But do I really know what my own mind is?" Is it what I am doing now? Is it what I am thinking now?" And if you should then try to sit physically still for a while to see if you can locate it-then you have begun the practice of Zen, then you have begun to realize the unrestricted mind. The innocence of this first inquiry-just asking what you are-is beginner's mind. The mind of the beginner is needed throughout Zen practice. It is the open mind, the attitude that includes both doubt and possibility, the ability to see things always as fresh and new. It is needed in all aspects of life. Beginner's mind is the practice of Zen mind. This book originated from a series of talks given by Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki to a small group in Los Altos, California. He joined their meditation periods once a week and afterwards answered their questions and tried to encourage them in their practice of Zen and help them solve the problems of life. His approach is informal, and he draws his examples from ordinary events and common sense. Zen is now and here, he is saying; it can be as meaningful for the West as for the East. But his fundamental teaching and practice are drawn from all the centuries of Zen Buddhism and especially from Dogen, one of the most important and creative of all Zen Masters. [via]
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind : Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practiceby Shunryu Suzuki, Trudy DixonISBN 0834800527 (0-8348-0052-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind : Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice'Book summary:A respected Zen master in Japan and founder of the San Francisco Zen Center, Shunryu Suzuki has blazed a path in American Buddhism like few others. He is the master who climbs down from the pages of the koan books and answers your questions face to face. If not face to face, you can at least find the answers as recorded in Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, a transcription of juicy excerpts from his lectures. From diverse topics such as transience of the world, sudden enlightenment, and the nuts and bolts of meditation, Suzuki always returns to the idea of beginner's mind, a recognition that our original nature is our true nature. With beginner's mind, we dedicate ourselves to sincere practice, without the thought of gaining anything special. Day to day life becomes our Zen training, and we discover that "to study Buddhism is to study ourselves." And to know our true selves is to be enlightened. --Brian Bruya [via]
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El poder del ahora :Un camino hacia la realizacion espiritual / The Power Of Now: UN Camino Hacia LA Realizacion Espiritualby Eckhart Tolle, Margarita MatarranzISBN 157731185X (1-57731-185-X)
Softcover, New World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El poder del ahora :Un camino hacia la realizacion espiritual / The Power Of Now: UN Camino Hacia LA Realizacion Espiritual'Book summary:Eckhart Tolle begins this best-selling spiritual guide with his own story a tale of early despair that culminated in a tremendous experience of awakening one night soon after his 29th birthday. Tolles galvanizing realization was that the mind is the enemy of enlightenment, and that individuals contain the source of their own pain. The Power of Now explores these issues in depth and uncovers fresh ways of living a more fulfilling life. Now available to Spanish-language readers, the book shows how a combination of Buddhist principles, relaxation techniques, and meditation theory can connect the reader to the eternal, ever-present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death.[via]More editions of El poder del ahora :Un camino hacia la realizacion espiritual / The Power Of Now: UN Camino Hacia LA Realizacion Espiritual:
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