Buddhisme: retninger og grupper

Mindfulness meditation insights and applications to daily living, from a seasoned Buddhist practitioner and teacher. The book is arranged as a series of weekly topics that can be relevant guides for navigating the challenges we face in the real world.Bonnie Ryan-Fisher is a dedicated lay Buddhist practitioner who leads meditation and yin yoga classes in Whitecourt, AB. She's also a longtime writer whose recent work inclines toward Dhamma. Bonnie's first meditation teachers were found in books and her practice began in the 90's in a great deal of isolation. In 2014, two years after finally founding a sitting group in her hometown, she launched her blog, Mindful Moment (mindful-moment.webnode.com) as a place to share that 20-year journey with others also finding their way. This book emerged simply because it seemed time for the blog to blossom into a book, joining the circle to where it all began.Accolades for Mindful Moment:"How many retreats I have taught in the pristine and protected environment of a monastery or retreat centre, only to hear the inevitable question at the end, 'How can I bring this into my everyday life?' Well, here is some fine writing to give you an idea how it is done." Ajahn Sona, Birken Forest Monastery"A wonderful book full of wisdom and practical ideas for living every day. Whether you are on a path or considering one you will find helpful observations and insightful nuggets." Michael Kerman, MSW, Founding Director Leading Edge Seminars"With wisdom born from lived experience and philosophical wonder, Ryan-Fisher's personal reflections on mindfulness are poetic, insightful and relatable." Kurt Zubatiuk, Dip TIRP, Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO)"An inspiring and beautiful sharing of a personal spiritual journey through daily life experiences with the Dhamma as foundation. Highly recommended!" Jayanta (Shirley Johannesen), Sakyadhita Canada"Bonnie Ryan-Fisher offers practical and transformative insights from more than twenty years experience on the Buddhist path." Ted Meissner, The Secular Buddhist Podcast"Ryan-Fisher has given us a window into her gentle weaving of Buddhist wisdom and kindness into the minutiae of daily life. She is an inspiration and guide for us to discover how to bring this attention and kindness into our own lives." Daryl Lyn Ross, True North Insight

INTRODUCTION Swami Vivekananda was one of the important figures of modern age, especially during the pre-independence period of India (1863-1902). He was not only a Darshanikai , but also was a religious leader and practioner. He propagated novel interpretations of religion and culture within the fold of India and abroad. He proved the importance of religion and Indian culture to the world at large and gave new meaning to religious, cultural and philosophical thoughts that emerged within India. Most importantly he tried to establish a novel link between thoughts and practices, tradition and modernity, science and religion as well between eastern and western civilization. Philosophers of the west like Leo Tolstoy, William Jamesii, and Will Durant etc. were impressed by his thoughts and praised him for the work in the then prevalent Indian scenario. Indian historians like A.L. Basham, D.D. Kosambi, and R.C. Mujumdariii etc too have acknowledged his contributions in giving new perspective to religion and to promote Indian traditions and culture abroad. Like Raja Rammohun Roy and Dayanand Saraswathi Vivekananda tried to establish a theoretical platform for creating socio-cultural and religious movement.iv His thoughts have not only played an important role in awakening Indian masses to see their own glorious past but also provided inspiration to many freedom-fighters. He through the critique of Hindu religion and culture provided creative and critical insights to replace the old,

In this elegant self-portrait, the worlds most outspoken and influential spiritual leader recounts his epic and engaging life story. The Dalai Lamas most accessible and intimate book, My Spiritual Journey is an excellent introduction to the larger-than-life leader of Tibetan Buddhismperfect for anyone curious about Eastern religion, invested in the Free Tibet movement, or simply seeking a richer spiritual life. The Dalai Lamas riveting, deeply insightful meditations on life will resonate strongly with readers of Pema Chodron, Thich Nhat Hanh, or the His Holinesss own The Art of Happiness and Ethics for the New Millennium.

In 1989, Bill Porter, having spent much of his life studying and translating Chinese religious and philosophical texts, began to wonder if the Buddhist hermit tradition still existed in China. At the time, it was believed that the Cultural Revolution had dealt a lethal blow to all religions in China, destroying countless temples and shrines, and forcibly returning thousands of monks and nuns to a lay life. But when Porter travels to the Chungnan mountains -- the historical refuge of ancient hermits -- he discovers that the hermit tradition is very much alive, as dozens of monks and nuns continue to lead solitary lives in quiet contemplation of their faith deep in the mountains. Part travelogue, part history, part sociology, and part religious study, this record of extraordinary journeys to an unknown China sheds light on a phenomenon unparalleled in the West. Porter's discovery is more than a revelation, and uncovers the glimmer of hope for the future of religion in China.

Charlotte Joko Beck offers a warm, engaging, uniquely American approach to using Zen to deal with the problems of daily living?love, relationships, work, fear, ambition, and suffering. Everyday Zen shows us how to live each moment to the fullest. This Plus edition includes an interview with the author.

Offers the most comprehensive collection of Basho's prose available, beautifully translated into English.

For centuries, Tibetan Buddhist contemplatives have directly explored consciousness through carefully honed and rigorous techniques of meditation. B. Alan Wallace explains the methods and experiences of Tibetan practitioners and compares these with investigations of consciousness by Western scientists and philosophers. Balancing the Mind includes a translation of the classic discussion of methods for developing exceptionally high degrees of attentional stability and clarity by fifteenth-century Tibetan contemplative Tsongkhapa.

This book offers an exceptionally clear and accessible presentation of the generation stage practices of deity yoga. Gyatrul Rinpoche explains the state of mind to be established at the beginning of the practice session, the details of the visualization sequences, the three types of offerings, and proper mantra recitation-as well as mudras, tormas, and malas. Practitioners from all lineages of Tibetan Buddhism will find that these teachings enhance their understanding of sadhana practice. Rinpoche's detailed explanations make it possible to practice these meditations as they were intended and as they were practiced in Tibet and ancient China. It was originally published as Generating the Deity.

Two of D¿gen's most esteemed translators provide key chapters from his Zen masterpiece, the Sh¿b¿genz¿, in English with annotations to guide the reader.

Carl Olson is Professor of Religious Studies at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania. His previous books include The Indian Renouncer and Postmodern Poison: A Cross-Cultural Encounter and The Theology and Philosophy of Eliade: A Search for the Centre.

In this landmark guide to the spiritual journey, respected Zen teacher and psychotherapist John Tarrant brings together ancient Eastern traditions and the Western passion for the soul. Using real-life stories, Zen tales, and Greek myths, The Light Inside the Dark shows how our darkest experiences can be the gates to wisdom and joy. Tarrant leads us through the inevitable descents of our journey--from the everyday world of work and family into the treasure cave of the interior life--from which we return with greater love of life's vivid, common gifts. Written with empathy and a poet's skill, The Light Inside the Dark is the freshest and most challenging work on the soul to he published in years.

Calm Abiding and Special Insight presents an intimate and detailed picture of the intricacies of meditation so vividly that the reader is drawn into a Tibetan worldview of spiritual development. Geshe Gedün Lodrö, one of the foremost scholars of Tibet, reveals methods for overcoming afflictive states and disorders to create a mind which is stable, calm, and alertly clear. This book illustrates the mind's potential for profound transformation. The dangers of not recognizing states contrary to successful meditation are great, and the possibilities of implementing the wrong antidote, or of overextending an appropriate one until it becomes counterproductive, are many. Through such detail, Geshe Gedün Lodrö makes vividly clear a Tibetan approach to meditative transformation. This is a completely revised new edition of Walking Through Walls.

Soen Nakagawa Roshi (1907-1984) was an extraordinary Zen master and a key figure in the transmission of Zen Buddhism from Japan to the Western world. A man of many faces, he was a simple Japanese monk, a world traveler, a spiritualized being of the highest order, a poetic genius, a creator of dynamic calligraphy - and a notoriously eccentric teacher who, for example, was known to conduct "tea ceremonies" using instant coffee and styrofoam cups.Endless Vow is the first English-language collection of the literary works of this remarkable teacher.

An explanation of how to overcome obstacles and difficulties on the spiritual path by developing compassion, wisdom and spiritual strength.