Throughout our lives we long to love ourselves more deeply and find a greater sense of connection with others. Our fear of intimacy - both with others and with ourselves - creates feelings of pain and longing. But these feelings can also awaken in us the desire for freedom and the willingness to take up the spiritual path. In this inspiring book, ...
The psychological benefits of mindfulness are well established. Yet for people who struggle with difficult emotions like anxiety, guilt, anger, loneliness, sadness, or low self-esteem, mindfulness practices can be enhanced by adding a simple yet powerful ingredient: self-compassion. Without it, we all too often respond to emotional suffering with ...
A journalist and longtime adherent of Buddhism, Salzberg explains that faith is not a divisive force or the prerogative of the religious elite, but a universally attainable good that can heal and bring people together.
Kindness is a force that breaks open your heart even as it heals-and in that healing sets you free. Perhaps one of the Buddha's most radical teachings, metta or "lovingkindness" is much more than common niceness or charity. It is a real-world practice to awaken your empathy with all beings and then radiate the fire of that compassion into the ...
I will always be grateful to this sweet book...its author has offered really a gift of peace to the world. Alice Walker. Drawing on basic Buddhist teachings and her own personal experience, Sharon Salzberg explores the cultivation of true happiness in ourselves and real compassion for others. She confronts and unites our fear of intimacy and our ...
Two of the West's most respected meditation teachers set readers on the contemplative path with a step-by-step guide to this timeless practice. Includes 229 pp. workbook. Unabridged. 2 CDs.
A work to encourage and inspire, this book offers anecdotes and stories grounded in the everyday and drawn from the author's 25-years' experience of teaching and practising Buddhist meditation.
In this inspiring and wise anthology, leading Western teachers of Buddhism share their personal experiences on the path of insight meditation; their understanding of the basic teachings of the Buddha; the lessons they've learned in their training with their own teachers; and some good advice on following the Buddha Dharma in everyday situations ...
Sumi Loundon's "Blue Jean Buddha" was hailed by "The New York Review of Books" as "a bellwether anthology, " mapping the spiritual paths of a generation of young American Buddhists. "The Buddha's Apprentices" explores that territory in greater detail, telling 27 more stories from young Buddhists, including teenagers and prominent older Buddhist ...
A collection of Mari Gayatri Stein's cartoons or "Dharmatoons", which gently teach the reader the nature of Buddhist thought. The cartoons deal with central concepts such as the Four Noble Truths, The Eightfold Path and the nature of the Hindrances along the path.
This biography of one of the few women in her generation to devote herself entirely to the pursuit of meditation also includes Dipa Ma's spiritual teachings, which have made her a major figure in contemporary Buddhism.
"Unplug" offers a respite from the pressures of daily life whenever and wherever it is most needed. The workbook offers tips and techniques for breaking free from habitual, stressful patterns, and the two CDs feature ten guided meditations.
Three leading voices in American Buddhism come together to teach the secret of meditation practice, which involves opening the mind to receive all possibilities. Kornfield covers the basics for beginniners. Sharon Salzberg teaches "metta, " the classic meditation of using love to heal. And Shinzen Young teaches listeners how to enter the zone, a ...
Metta (or loving-kindness) meditation uses the power of love (not romantic love, but an overall spirit of well-wishing and nurturing) to heal, transform, and inspire. Sharon Salzburg's 6-phase meditation course shows how harboring compassion and loving energy has lasting, positive results that touch our lives and those around us. Through loving ...
The author of "Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness" offers encouragement and inspiration for anyone on the spiritual path. In short sections that include many stories and anecdotes culled from her 25 years as a student and teacher of Buddhist meditation, Sharon Salzberg reveals how an individual's own happiness is found in the ...
The Insight Meditation Society is one of North America's oldest institutions dedicated to bringing the life-changing gifts of mindfulness training to the West. On Lovingkindness Meditation, IMS cofounder and senior instructor Sharon Salzberg guides you through a six-step meditation designed to access the human heart's own limitless source of ...
This life-changing course on Buddhism's core practices and teachings features 12 months of personal guidance and correspondence with an Insight Meditation Society instructor.
Based on a curriculum developed at the Insight Meditation Society's retreat center in Massachusetts, this audio correspondence course is presented by two IMS cofounders, who are among the West's most respected meditation teachers. This program includes 12 sequential lessons on tape--18 hours of classical teachings, practices, and meditations; and ...
Ten million Americans will meditate today--and that number is only expected to rise. What's the best way to get started? Learn from an experienced teacher. Sharon Salzberg, known for her ability to make meditation accessible while keeping true to tradition, offers Guided Meditations for Love and Wisdom. With more than a dozen beginner-friendly ...
Faith is a word that is often misunderstood - we may think the innocent lucky few have it while the rest of us couldn't possibly, or that we have to give up independence to attain it. In this book, Sharon Salzberg strips away negative conceptions that dismiss faith as being divisive or requiring blind adherence to a belief system. She offers ...
Binding: BOXED SET
Publisher: SOUNDS TRUE
Date Published: 2007
Description: Very Good. 2007 VERY GOOD BOXED SET: CREATE A HOME SANCTUARY WITH 32 CONTEMPLATION CARDS, COMPANION GUIDE & 2 CDS OF GUIDED MEDITATIONS. read more
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Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness
