Thich Nhat Hanh
In this classic collection of lectures to peace activists and students of meditation, Thich Nhat Hanh explores with his customary simplicity, precision and clarity the importance of being at peace with ourselves in order to make peace in the world.
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Thich Nhat Hanh has been a foremost peace activist for four decades. A highly respected spiritual leader who is also a philosopher, scholar and student of human nature, he is, in many ways, very similar to the Dalai Lama. His knowledge, wisdom and experience on peacemaking make him a suitable candidate to talk authoritatively on this topical subject. In this manifesto he shows conflict to be an inappropriate response that we can no longer afford on a personal or global level. He also offers practical spiritual training for individual and world peace which reveals the powerful daily actions and interactions that can root out conflict from us all.
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Cheri Huber
In the straightforward, engaging style for which she is known, Zen teacher Cheri Huber presents a process for getting where you want to go in life. This process, which is based on Zen awareness training, is explained here in ordinary language. It is demonstrably effective for all who are willing to look honestly at themselves. The book tells precisely how to examine an issue that is causing us difficulty, how to discover the source of the problem, and how to free ourselves from the suffering that is created. Step by step, readers will be able to follow this path to freedom. Each step is illustrated with examples from Cheri's life and spiritual practice, as well as information elicited in personal "surveys" about readers' own experiences, emotions, beliefs, and patterns of behavior.
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Our biggest fear is that we will become nothing when we die. If we think that we cease to exist when we die, we have not looked very deeply at ourselves.’With his usual blend of stories, exquisite analogies and guided meditations, Thich Nhat Hanh takes the reader through the same examination of death, fear and the nature of existence that Buddhist monks and nuns have been performing in their meditations for 2500 years. The understanding of no death comes from exploding the myth of how we think we exist. Knowing how we actually exist produces the state of no fear. This is a new subject for Thich Nhat Hanh and many people will turn to him for his help with fear and death.
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If you sense that life doesn't have to be such a struggle, and that freedom and joy are possible, welcome home. Cheri Huber highlights three basic aspects of Zen practice: pay attention - focus awareness on body, feelings and mind; believe nothing - question all you've been taught to believe; and don't take anything personally - let go of trying to control who and how you are. By following these simple guidelines we become more detached from the causes of suffering.
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"We are not human beings trying to be spiritual, we are spiritual beings trying to be human." In Zen Buddhist meditation practice we learn, sooner or later, that there are no differences between "spiritual" and "human". We already are everything we yearn for. This book is about turning our "trying" in a different direction, and then dropping effort altogether as we come to understand our true nature. Trying To Be Human is a compilation of talks given by Cheri Huber, a Zen teacher whose ability to help us see how we create complexity out of simple situations has turned her books into bestsellers.
126pp, 8½x5½ ... Paperback
Hubert Benoit
Man cannot live fully until he has considered the great questions of life. It is for this reason that we turn to Western psychology and metaphysics for help in solving our problems. The approach of psychology is based on "statistical normality," or the behaviour of the greatest number. In an effort to conform, we focus on our problems rather than our possibilities, emulating a norm that falls drastically short of our full capacity for development. Oriental thought, and Zen thought in particular, seeks to activate the true potential of men and women - to transform our lives, and thereby enable us to shed our problems and sufferings. In attempting to develop a holistic psychology, Benoit suggests that we must begin by examining the true "state of man," rather than its aberrations. In so doing we can give new direction and purpose to our lives.
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David Brazier
In this book, psychotherapist David Brazier offers readers in the West a fresh perspective on Buddhist psychology and demonstrates how Zen Buddhist techniques are integrated into psychotherapy. Writing from the viewpoint of a Western psychotherapist, Dr Brazier successfully demystifies Buddhist psychology, explains the conceptual foundations of Buddhist thought, and with the help of vivid case studies, clearly demonstrates how a Buddhist approach can provide a practical path to personal growth.
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