Eight Steps to Happiness

Eight Steps to Happiness
Author: Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Publisher: Tharpa Publications US
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2012-04
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1616060085

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This inspiring book explains how to meditate on eight beautiful verses that comprise one of Buddhism's best-loved teachings, Eight Verses of Training the Mind. Composed by the great Tibetan Bodhisattva Geshe Langri Tangpa, this short poem shows how we can transform all life's difficulties into valuable spiritual insights. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso now shares this ancient wisdom with all those seeking meaning and lasting happiness in their modern lives.

The New Eight Steps to Happiness

The New Eight Steps to Happiness
Author: Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Publisher: Tharpa Publications US
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2016-08-16
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1616060506

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A detailed and practical explanation of one of Buddhism's best-loved teachings, Eight Verses of Training the Mind, by the great Bodhisattva, Langri Tangpa. Clear methods are simply presented for transforming all life's difficulties into valuable spiritual insights, for improving our relationships, and for bringing greater patience, empathy and compassion into our daily life. These methods have inspired generations of Buddhist practitioners for almost a thousand years, and brought lasting peace, inspiration and serenity to countless people. Now, with this book, Venerable Geshe Kelsang shares the immeasurably rich insight of this ancient wisdom to help us find greater happiness and meaning in our busy, modern lives. With this revised presentation, The New Eight Steps to Happiness, Venerable Geshe-la re-introduces us to the essential practices of Training the Mind. He not only challenges our entire understanding of the world, but also challenges us to transform ourself into the greatest being we can possibly become!

Eight Steps to Happiness

Eight Steps to Happiness
Author: Kelsang Gyatso
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Buddhist meditations
ISBN: 9780981727776

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This inspiring book reveals essential methods for developing universal love and compassion, the source of true happiness for both self and others. It gives a detailed and practical commentary to eight beautiful verses that comprise one of Buddhism's best-loved and most enduring teachings, "Eight Verses of Training the Mind." Composed by the great Tibetan Bodhisattva, Langri Tangpa, this short poem shows how we can transform all life's difficulties into valuable spiritual insights. For centuries, these liberating meditation practices have brought lasting peace, inspiration and serenity to countless people in the East. Now, in this book, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso shares the immeasurably rich insight of this ancient wisdom with all those seeking lasting happiness and greater meaning in their modern lives.

Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness

Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness
Author: Henepola Gunaratana
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2011-08-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0861719204

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In the same engaging style that has endeared him to readers of Mindfulness In Plain English, Bhante Gunaratana delves deeply into each step of the Buddha's most profound teaching on bringing an end to suffering: the noble eightfold path. With generous and specific advice, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness offers skillful ways to handle anger, to find right livelihood, and to cultivate loving-friendliness in relationships with parents, children, and partners, as well as tools to overcome all the mental hindrances that prevent happiness. Whether you are an experienced meditator or someone who's only just beginning, this gentle and down-to-earth guide will help you bring the heart of the Buddha's teachings into every aspect of your life. A Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Awards finalist (Spirituality/Inspirational).

A Monk's Guide to Happiness

A Monk's Guide to Happiness
Author: Gelong Thubten
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2020-08-11
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1250266831

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A Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness for the Modern Day In our never-ending search for happiness we often find ourselves looking to external things for fulfillment, thinking that happiness can be unlocked by buying a bigger house, getting the next promotion, or building a perfect family. In this profound and inspiring book, Gelong Thubten shares a practical and sustainable approach to happiness. Thubten, a Buddhist monk and meditation expert who has worked with everyone from school kids to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and Benedict Cumberbatch, explains how meditation and mindfulness can create a direct path to happiness. A Monk’s Guide to Happiness explores the nature of happiness and helps bust the myth that our lives and minds are too busy for meditation. The book can show you how to: - Learn practical methods to help you choose happiness - Develop greater compassion for yourself and others - Learn to meditate in micro-moments during a busy day - Discover that you are naturally ‘hard-wired’ for happiness Reading A Monk’s Guide to Happiness could revolutionize your relationship with your thoughts and emotions, and help you create a life of true happiness and contentment.

Loving-Kindness in Plain English

Loving-Kindness in Plain English
Author: Henepola Gunaratana
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2017-03-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1614292647

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The bestselling author of Mindfulness in Plain English invites us to explore the joyful benefits of living with loving-kindness. With his signature clarity and warmth, Bhante Gunaratana shares with us how we can cultivate loving-kindness to live a life of joyful harmony with others. Through personal anecdotes, step-by-step meditations, conversational renderings of the Buddha’s words in the suttas, and transformative insights into how we live in and relate to the world, we learn that peace here and now is possible—within ourselves and in all our relationships. Bhante G speaks directly to how we can cultivate loving-kindness to find emotional clarity, overcome anger, and become more peaceful—both on and off the meditation cushion. Loving-Kindness in Plain English was chosen for the Spirituality & Practice Book Award as one of the 50 Best Spiritual Books of 2017 by the website Spirituality & Practice.

Eight Step Recovery (new edition)

Eight Step Recovery (new edition)
Author: Valerie Mason-John
Publisher: Windhorse Publications
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2018-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1911407430

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This new edition includes a Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn, how to run an Eight Step Recovery meeting, and how to teach a Mindfulness Based Addiction Recovery programme, including teacher's notes and handouts.All of us can struggle with the tendency towards addiction, but for some it can destroy their lives. In our recovery from addiction, the Buddha's teachings offer an understanding of how the mind works, tools for helping a mind vulnerable to addiction and ways to overcome addictive behaviour, cultivating a calm mind without resentments.

Introduction to Buddhism

Introduction to Buddhism
Author: Kelsang Gyatso
Publisher: Tharpa Publications US
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2008
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0978906772

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The essential principles of Buddhism and the Buddhist way of life are accessible to beginners, and this clear presentation will also inspire those who have been practicing for years.

How to Solve Our Human Problems

How to Solve Our Human Problems
Author: Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Publisher: Tharpa Publications US
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2007-02
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0978906713

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Guiding readers in learning how to respond to difficult situations with a positive, peaceful mind, this resource educates on how to turn challenges into opportunities for mental and spiritual growth and development.

Awakening The Buddha Within

Awakening The Buddha Within
Author: Lama Surya Das
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2011-02-28
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1446463192

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In this comprehensive book, Lama Surya Das provides a bridge between East and West, past, present and future, making sacred and profound Tibetan teachings clear and easily accessible for anyone who wants to lead a more enlightened and sane life. Utilizing the unique Buddhist guidelines embodied in the Noble Eight Fold Path and the traditional Three Enlightenment Trainings of Virtue, Meditation and Wisdom, he elucidates the tried and true path of spiritual transformation - including key principles such as karma, rebirth and mind-training, as well as the highest, most secret teaching of Tibet, Dzogchen. In this wonderful marriage of the practical and the profound, Lama Surya Das reveals how sacred wisdom can be integrated into our busy lives. He offers a unique approach to the comprehensive wisdom of ancient Tibetan teachings on conscious living and dying and shows that the power of the Buddha is resting within us all. Drawing on Buddhist spirituality and wisdom, this is a view of the world written for Western seekers.