Practical Buddhism

Author : Paramabandhu Groves
Publisher : Aeon Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1913274217

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Practical Buddhism by Paramabandhu Groves Pdf

A complete guide to the Buddhist practices of meditation, right living, and everything else you need to know Who was the Buddha and why did he become such a significant historical figure? What were his most important insights and teachings? What can he tell us about the universality of suffering and the potential for freedom? How can we live a life with growth and harmony and without emotional pain? What is Buddhist understanding of the greater reality? With clarity and simplicity, wisdom and humour, Paramabandhu Groves takes us on a journey towards some answers to these questions. The Buddha's remarkable passage through his own life showed him that ascetic practice in itself did not bring enlightenment, but a careful attention to internal processes combined with a compassionate attitude to self and others could bring an extraordinary freedom from suffering. The mainstay of Buddhist practice is mindfulness of breath, body and emotions leading to a more profound awareness. The Buddha indicated a bigger picture, beyond words, based on the interconnectedness and impermanence of all things. Practical Buddhism shows us how we can use these practices to lead a moral and ethical life, receiving and giving friendship, not causing harm and achieving happiness while our consciousness becomes, brighter, clearer and more subtle. Paramabandhu weaves examples both from his own experience and other people's to demonstrate the value of Buddhist practice and techniques in managing the multiple demands and challenges of everyday life. Practical Buddhism explores: * Mindfulness practice and misconceptions about meditation * Working with troublesome thoughts and difficult emotions * The practice of compassion and kindness * Guidelines for skilful living * Working through stress, relationship problems and addictive behaviour * The meaning of karma and dharma * Understanding freedom, impermanence and non-selfhood * Buddhism and psychotherapy * How Buddhist practice informs our relationship with sexuality, illness and pain, greed and sustainability.

Author : Woody Hochswender,Greg Martin,Ted Morino
Publisher : Middleway Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781938252013

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The Buddha in Your Mirror by Woody Hochswender,Greg Martin,Ted Morino Pdf

While the notion that “happiness can found within oneself” has recently become popular, Buddhism has taught for thousands of years that every person is a Buddha, or enlightened being, and has the potential for true and lasting happiness. Through real-life examples, the authors explain how adopting this outlook has positive effects on one's health, relationships, and career, and gives new insights into world environmental concerns, peace issues, and other major social problems.

Author : Rick Hanson
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781459624153

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Buddha's Brain by Rick Hanson Pdf

Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, Gandhi, and the Buddha all had brains built essentially like anyone else's, yet they were able to harness their thoughts and shape their patterns of thinking in ways that changed history. With new breakthroughs in modern neuroscience and the wisdom of thousands of years of contemplative practice, it is possible for us to shape our own thoughts in a similar way for greater happiness, love, compassion, and wisdom. Buddha's Brain joins the forces of modern neuroscience with ancient contemplative teachings to show readers how they can work toward greater emotional well-being, healthier relationships, more effective actions, and deepened religious and spiritual understanding. This book will explain how the core elements of both psychological well-being and religious or spiritual life-virtue, mindfulness, and wisdom--are based in the core functions of the brain: regulating, learning, and valuing. Readers will also learn practical ways to apply this information, as the book offers many exercises they can do to tap the unused potential of the brain and rewire it over time for greater peace and well-being.

Author : Paramabandhu Groves
Publisher : Aeon Books
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781913274221

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Practical Buddhism by Paramabandhu Groves Pdf

Who was the Buddha and why did he become such a significant historical figure? What were his most important insights and teachings? What can he tell us about the universality of suffering and the potential for freedom? How can we live a life with growth and harmony and without emotional pain? What is Buddhist understanding of the greater reality? With clarity and simplicity, wisdom and humour, Paramabandhu Groves takes us on a journey towards some answers to these questions. The Buddha's remarkable passage through his own life showed him that ascetic practice in itself did not bring enlightenment, but a careful attention to internal processes combined with a compassionate attitude to self and others could bring an extraordinary freedom from suffering. The mainstay of Buddhist practice is mindfulness of breath, body and emotions leading to a more profound awareness. The Buddha indicated a bigger picture, beyond words, based on the interconnectedness and impermanence of all things. Practical Buddhism shows us how we can use these practices to lead a moral and ethical life, receiving and giving friendship, not causing harm and achieving happiness while our consciousness becomes, brighter, clearer and more subtle. Paramabandhu weaves examples both from his own experience and other people's to demonstrate the value of Buddhist practice and techniques in managing the multiple demands and challenges of everyday life. Practical Buddhism explores: * Mindfulness practice and misconceptions about meditation * Working with troublesome thoughts and difficult emotions * The practice of compassion and kindness * Guidelines for skilful living * Working through stress, relationship problems and addictive behaviour * The meaning of karma and dharma * Understanding freedom, impermanence and non-selfhood * Buddhism and psychotherapy * How Buddhist practice informs our relationship with sexuality, illness and pain, greed and sustainability.

Author : Wes Nisker
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307788726

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Buddha's Nature by Wes Nisker Pdf

The Buddha said that "everything we need to know about life can be found inside this fathom-long body." Then why is most people's spirituality--whether Buddhist, Christian, or Jewish--completely cut off from their body? In this provocative and groundbreaking book, you'll discover that enlightenment comes not from "out there," but from a deep understanding of our own personal biology. Using the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, a traditional Buddhist meditation, Nisker shows how cutting-edge science is proving the tenets first offered by the Buddha. And he provides a practical program, complete with meditations and exercises, that enables readers to become mindful of the origins of emotions, desires, and thoughts. One of the great synthesizers of East and West, Nisker shows how to incorporate the traditional understanding of the Buddha with the latest scientific discoveries while on our spiritual journey. He shows that we are not separate from nature and the evolving universe. The way to enlightenment lies within our very biology. Most important, Nisker offers a practical program--complete with meditations and exercises--so readers can take their own evolutionary journey into their bodies to find the origins of emotions, desires, and thoughts. Nisker provides a liberating way for each of us to incorporate into our lives the understanding, proven by the latest scientific evidence and foretold in the great traditional teachings of the Buddha, that we are not separate from nature and the evolving universe. Our biology is not our destiny, but our way to enlightenment.

Author : Paramananda
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781907314490

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Change Your Mind by Paramananda Pdf

To take up meditation is to introduce a powerful force for change into our lives. If we change our mind the world changes too. Whatever our religious belief, meditation can be the beginning of life's greatest adventure. Using the simple traditional practices introduced in Change Your Mind you can learn how to exchange stress and anxiety for calm and clarity of mind, and transform anger and fear into kindness and self confidence.

Author : Kʻuan Yü Lu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X030120597

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Practical Buddhism by Kʻuan Yü Lu Pdf

Author : Michael Carroll
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0834821729

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Awake at Work by Michael Carroll Pdf

When we think of work, we often think of drudgery, frustration, and stress. For too many of us, work is the last place in our lives we expect to experience satisfaction, fulfillment, or spiritual growth. In this unique book, Michael Carroll—a meditation teacher, executive coach, and corporate director—shares Buddhist wisdom on how to transform the common hassles and anxieties of the workplace into valuable opportunities for heightened wisdom and enhanced effectiveness. Carroll shows us how life on the job—no matter what kind of work we do—can become one of the most engaging and fulfilling areas of our lives. At its heart, Awake at Work offers thirty-five principles that we can use throughout our day to revitalize our work as well as our understanding of ourselves and others. Carroll invites readers to contemplate these slogans and to use them on-the-spot, in the midst of work's chaos, to develop clarity, wisdom, and inspiration. Along the way, Carroll presents a variety of techniques and insights to help us acknowledge work, with all its complications, as "a valuable invitation to fully live our lives." In an engaging, accessible, and often humorous style, Awake at Work offers readers a path to rediscovering our natural sense of intelligence, confidence, and delight on the job.

Author : Paramananda
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 1899579753

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Change Your Mind by Paramananda Pdf

A bestselling and thorough guide to meditation, with anecdotes and tips from the author's extensive experience.

Author : K. Sri Dhammananda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 9971848716

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Practical Buddhism by K. Sri Dhammananda Pdf

Author : Kosho Uchiyama
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780861713578

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Opening the Hand of Thought by Kosho Uchiyama Pdf

This book offers with infused and wise humor, an eminently practial presentation of meditation, and with clarity shows how Zen Buddhism can be an ever-unfolding path of inquiry.

Author : Guy Claxton
Publisher : Thorsons Publishers
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : UCSC:32106013961492

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The Heart of Buddhism by Guy Claxton Pdf

An excellent introduction to Buddhism as a spiritual practice for a secular age and how it can be applied to daily living in the stress-filled 1990s. Buddhism offers a practical, comprehensive way to achieve peace of mind and generosity of spirit and thus improve the quality of everyday life. This accessible introduction explains why Buddhism is so appropriate to our individual, social, and global predicament.

Author : U. Nyi
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781452080277

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Practical Aspects of Buddhist Ideals by U. Nyi Pdf

This book is about Paramatha dhamma, the natural law governing the ultimate realities, consisting of the natures of the mind, its associate factors, matter and the Ultimate Wisdom. It is a study of the Abhidhama Pitaka, one of the three Baskets of the Buddhist Teaching. The book's emphasis is on putting the principles into practice. The original work is in Myanmar (Burmese), written by the famed Abbot of Mahagandhayon Monastery of Amarapura, the southern town of Mandalay, for the purpose of teaching his 650 pupils. The book has been very popular on its native land, reprinted many times since its first publication. The translator is inspired by the book, prompting his desire to share it with readers of the English language.

Author : Andrew Holecek
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-09
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781559394086

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Preparing to Die by Andrew Holecek Pdf

We all face death, but how many of us are actually ready for it? Whether our own death or that of a loved one comes first, how prepared are we, spiritually or practically? In Preparing to Die, Andrew Holecek presents a wide array of resources to help the reader address this unfinished business. Part One shows how to prepare one's mind and how to help others, before, during, and after death. The author explains how spiritual preparation for death can completely transform our relationship to the end of life, dissolving our fear and helping us to feel open and receptive to letting go in the dying process. Daily meditation practices, the stages of dying and how to work with them, and after-death experiences are all detailed in ways that will be particularly helpful for those with an interest in Tibetan Buddhism and in Tibetan approaches to conscious dying. Part Two addresses the practical issues that surround death. Experts in grief, hospice, the funeral business, and the medical and legal issues of death contribute chapters to prepare the reader for every practical concern, including advance directives, green funerals, the signs of death, warnings about the funeral industry, the stages of grief, and practical care for the dying. Part Three contains heart-advice from twenty of the best-known Tibetan Buddhist masters now teaching in the West. These brief interviews provide words of solace and wisdom to guide the dying and their caregivers during this challenging time. Preparing to Die is for anyone interested in learning how to prepare for death from a Buddhist perspective, both spiritually and practically. It is also for those who want to learn how to help someone else who is dying, both during the time of illness and death as well as after death.

Author : B. Alan Wallace,Steven Wilhelm
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1993-10-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780861710751

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Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground Up by B. Alan Wallace,Steven Wilhelm Pdf

TIBETAN BUDDHISM FROM THE GROUND UP offers a clear & complete presentation of the main teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, beginning with the basic themes & concluding with the esoteric concepts & advanced practices of Tantra.