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The Energy of Prayer Gift Box by Thich Nhat Hanh 40 inspirational cards and a companion book $28.95 |
This beautiful, hand-designed box offers an accessible way to add a spiritual dimension to everyday life. It includes Thich Nhat Hanh's best-selling book, The Energy of Prayer, and 40 full-colour prayer cards organised into 4 categories: Poems, Chants, Meditations and Sayings. Each card offers a beautiful image and contemplative prayer. |
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Tibetan Meditation: Practical Teachings & Exercises
on how to live in Harmony, Peace & Happiness by Tarthang Tulku $29.95 |
Tibetan Buddhism teaches us that the meditative state is the natural condition of our minds and that, once we reconnect with that plane of existence, we are able to experience life with an open and non-judgmental attitude, free from anger, frustration and pain. This book offers practical lessons in Tibetan meditation enabling us to reconnect with our natural state, and in doing so to live a happy healthy and balanced life. Informative and practical, with wise, beautifully lucid text and 20 step-by-step exercises, "Tibetan Meditation" shows with dazzling effectiveness how the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism can transform all our lives for the better. |
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Jesus & Buddha: The Parallel Sayings by Jack Kornfield $29.95 More books about Religion HERE |
How could Jesus, living 500 years after Buddha & 3,000 miles from India, espouse the same teachings? This book explores this enigma as it traces the life stories & beliefs of Christ & Buddha, inviting you to discover for yourself the single message in their dual teaching |
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What Makes You NOT a Buddhist by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse ISBN: 9781590305706 $24.95 |
Written by one of the most creative Tibetan
Buddhist lamas today--director of the films The Cup and
Travellers and Magicians---this interesting, witty book challenges
readers to understand what it really means to be a Buddhist, beyond the
superficial trappings and misconceptions, and cuts straight to the inner
core of the tradition. In What Makes You Not a Buddhist Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse encourages us to examine our most fundamental assumptions and beliefs, and he inspires us to explore the authentic Buddhist path. Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse was born in Bhutan in 1961. He is a student of Khenpo Appey Rinpoche. He is the head of the renowned Dzongsar Monastery and Dzongsar College, and is responsible for six monasteries and institutes in Asia. |
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Bread, Body Spirit: Finding the Sacred in Food edited by Alice Peck ISBN: 9781594732423 $40 More books about: Religion Contemporary Spirituality |
Food plays a remarkable role in the daily
routine of our lives. Whether we make time to eat with our families, or
hit the drive-through on the way to doing something else, food and how
we approach it has the extraordinary power to unite us with others and
nurture our connection to the Divine. Provocative and insightful, the eclectic and beautiful pieces in this book will open your eyes to the awe-inspiring link between nourishment and nirvana. Drawing from many faith traditions and backgrounds—including Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, Native American, and Sikh—the words in this volume paint a glorious picture of the sanctity waiting to be discovered in a thing so simple—and yet so divine—as food. Contributors include: Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei • Wendell Berry • Joan Chittister, osb • Ram Dass • Marc David • Kahlil Gibran • Jane Goodall • Thich Nhat Hanh • Barbara Kingsolver • Julius Lester • Mary Rose O’Reilley • Mary Oliver • Grace Paley • Omid Safi • Kristen Wolf • … and many others. |
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Meditation for Beginners by Jack Kornfield Book with CD ISBN: 9781591799429 $25 |
For readers who have thought about trying
meditation but weren’t sure how to get started, Meditation for
Beginners presents a complete introduction to ‘Insight’ meditation
with bestselling author and trusted teacher Jack Kornfield. Through
step-by-step instruction in everything from breathing, posture and
attention to working with difficult emotions and physical discomfort,
readers from any spiritual tradition will learn the essentials for
creating a daily meditation practice. The CD includes six guided
meditation sessions to help cultivate the inner tranquility, natural joy
and mental clarity that are just some of the fruits of meditation. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jack Kornfield, Ph.D. is a meditation teacher, author and psychotherapist. After returning in 1972 from Asia, where he lived as a Buddhist monk for five years, Jack Kornfield co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts and obtained a doctorate in clinical psychology. His books include A Path with Heart; Seeking the Heart of Wisdom (with Joseph Goldstein); and Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart (with Christina Feldman). Dr. Kornfield currently lives with his wife and daughter near California’s Spirit Rock Centre, where he is a guiding teacher. |
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The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche ISBN: 9781846041051 $24.90 This is the new Rider 100 edition |
In 1927, Walter Evans-Wentz published his translation of an obscure Tibetan Nyingma text and called it the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Popular Tibetan teacher Sogyal Rinpoche has transformed that ancient text, conveying a perennial philosophy that is at once religious, scientific, and practical. Through extraordinary anecdotes and stories from religious traditions East and West, Rinpoche introduces the reader to the fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism, moving gradually to the topics of death and dying. Death turns out to be less of a crisis and more of an opportunity. Concepts such as reincarnation, karma, and bardo and practices such as meditation, tonglen, and phowa teach us how to face death constructively. As a result, life becomes much richer. Like Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Sogyal Rinpoche opens the door to a full experience of death. It is up to the reader to walk through. |
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How to Practise: The
Way to a Meaningful Life by the Dalai Lama ISBN: 9781846041082 $24.90 This is the new Rider 100 edition |
Now available in
paperback, His Holiness the Dalai Lama's important and accessible
handbook on how to live a meaningful life Synopsis A guide to the basic steps of enlightenment, demonstrating how to practise morality, meditation and wisdom, while simultaneously delving deeper into the Dalai Lama's more general teachings, his spirit and sense of humour. His Holiness provides guidance on mental calm, altruism and compassion, refraining from harm and focusing the mind. The book is intended for use as part of daily practice, is easy to understand and filled with anecdotes. |
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The Other Buddhism:
Amida Comes West by Caroline Brazier ISBN: 9781846940521 $29.90 |
The Pureland schools are the largest Buddhist denominations in Japan, and yet this approach to Buddhism is hardly known in the West. Pureland centres on our relationship with Amida Buddha, the embodiment of measureless love, light and life. It offers a fresh view of spirituality, recognising us in our mundane lives, whilst lifting us into relationship with the eternal. As ordinary people, we cannot fathom our own depths nor can we know the immensity of the universe. We can but stand in awe and reach out to what we intuitively know to be beyond the small orbit of our lives. Pureland is a path of simplicity and beauty, poetry and nature. It is the path of faith. |
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Who Loves Dies Well: On
the brink of Buddha's Pure Land by Dharmavidya ISBN: 9781846940453 $29.90 |
This is the first introduction to Pureland Buddhism, also called Amida Buddhism. Under-represented in literature, Pureland Buddhism is closely concerned with the relationship between life and death. It is both about going to heaven and about heaven on earth; a thoroughly spiritual form of Buddhism, but also a very practical one because it is a faith that recognises people's limitations. It is not full of guilt, nor injunctions to be perfect. It is for ordinary people, the sort who make mistakes and weep when sad things happen. David Brazier was led to write this on the death of his mother. The account of her last days inspires reflection on the nature of life and death, and what their faith meant to them both. Principles and personal experience unfold together. Two lifetimes of belief and practice forge a developing understanding of what Buddhism really means. Read here the intimacy of Buddhist spiritual life, unique yet universal, laid bare by confrontation with death and a son's love for his mother in her final days. |
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Wide Awake: A Buddhist
Guide for Teens by Diana Winston New paperback, remainder marks $16 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Diana Winston is a former Buddhist nun who has been teaching meditation to teenagers in the U.S. and India since 1993. She is also the founder of BASE (Buddhist Alliance for Social Engagement), the nation's first urban Buddhist Peace Corps, and currently serves as associate director of Buddhist Peace Fellowship in Berkeley, CA. |
During the chaos
of adolescence, Diana Winston offers a clear and helpful guide in the
search for meaning drawn from the Buddhist tradition. Many of today's teenagers are tired of the pressure to compete and consume-and are looking for a different way to live their lives. This book offers an alternative: the 2,500-year old practice of Buddhism. Written in a style that will have immediate appeal to young "seekers" and those wanting to understand the ancient teachings, this book addresses such relevant topics as peer pressure, emotional difficulties, stress, fostering peace, and even protecting the environment. For everyone looking for self-help, self-esteem, and self-awareness, this book offers advice on: * Discovering truth in a world of hype * Finding peace amid the ups and downs of life * Accepting ourselves * Working with difficult emotions * How to meditate * Dealing with temptations and making the right decisions about sex and drugs * Advice on volunteering, working for peace, and protecting the environment Wide Awake: a Buddhist Guide for Teens is a wonderful expression of Buddhist teaching, in a clear accessible form. With relevant examples for the teenage perspective, and guided meditations as pragmatic tools, this book powerfully serves the younger community. |
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Principles of Buddhism by Kulananda Paperback $17.95 ISBN: 9781920815011 |
This simple guide
holds the essential teachings and methods of practice to help bring that
way of life alive. Going back to the roots of Buddhism, it highlights
and explains: • the central ideas and beliefs of Buddhism • karma and rebirth • meditation • Buddhism in the world today The author, Kulananda, a practising Buddhist for 28 years, shows us how this approach to life can make a real difference to us and our capacity to grow clearer, wiser, happier. Kulananda, ordained in 1977 into the Western Buddhist Order (WBO), has since devoted himself to the its development and played a key part in the development of several Buddhist Right Livelihood enterprises (including Windhorse / Evolution, now perhaps the largest such business in the West), as well as several Buddhist centres. He now spends most of his time writing, teaching, and maintaining his contacts with the Buddhist centres of which he is president. |