Buddha at Bedtime

Buddha at Bedtime
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Publisher : Duncan Baird Publishers
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1844838803
ISBN-13 : 9781844838806
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Buddha at Bedtime by : Dharmachari Nagaraja

Building on the age-old art of storytelling, this beautiful book retells 20 ancient Buddhist tales in a way that will aid relaxation and prepare your child for sleep.

The Calm Buddha at Bedtime

The Calm Buddha at Bedtime
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Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Total Pages : 99
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ISBN-10 : 9781786781048
ISBN-13 : 1786781042
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis The Calm Buddha at Bedtime by : Dharmachari Nagaraja

Calm your child’s mind before bedtime with 18 beautifully illustrated Buddhist stories full of enchanting characters and empowering messages on kindness, compassion, and honesty. Also included: introductory overviews for parents, plus gentle mindfulness meditations to help enhance calm and contentment Growing up in the modern world, our children have to cope with an ever-increasing amount of stress, which can feel worrying to both them and us. The ancient wisdom of Buddhism, with its emphasis on peace, mindfulness and compassion, is the ideal basis for helping any child face these challenges with inner confidence and calm. Building on the age-old art of storytelling, this calming, warm-hearted read-aloud will provide kids with a soothing transition to sleep—while empowering them to think about how they can apply Buddhist values to their own lives. The book includes: • 18 ancient Buddhist tales that are fun and accessible for kids ages 4-8 • Original, full-page illustrations to draw readers into the heart of each story • Key lessons on compassion, patience, honesty, authenticity, and more • Gentle mindfulness meditations for any time of day From the friendship-focused “Percy Wins the Prize” to “The Gentle Dragons”’s central message of kindness and compassion, these stories will transport young readers into imaginary worlds of enlightenment, contentment, and discovery!

The Buddha's Apprentice at Bedtime

The Buddha's Apprentice at Bedtime
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Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Total Pages : 138
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ISBN-10 : 9781780286174
ISBN-13 : 1780286171
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis The Buddha's Apprentice at Bedtime by : Dharmachari Nagaraja

18 illustrated bedtime stories drawn from the Buddhist folk tradition, for parents to read aloud to their children—with inspiring lessons to make their little ones happier and wiser In a series of delightful stories, practicing Buddhist and master storyteller Dharmachari Nagaraja conveys basic life lessons that will help children develop their personality, deal with their anxieties, and find peace and confidence as they grow up. Each story explores themes from the Eightfold Path—Buddhism’s practical route to a happy life—and includes topics such as: • Speaking in a kind and truthful manner • Behaving with compassion • Thinking selflessly and avoiding the pitfalls of egotism. Inside, you’ll also find: • Affirmations that complement the positive message of each story • Superb, specially commissioned illustrations • A helpful introduction on the value of Buddhist principles for kids (and their parents!) Although providing gentle guidance on the art of living well, each story is also compelling in its own right as it introduces characters, settings, and events that will enchant the little ones. With charming illustrations and empowering messages, The Buddha’s Apprentice at Bedtime shows how visualization, imaginative thinking, and even first steps in meditation can help to nurture young minds and hearts.

Buddha's Book of Sleep

Buddha's Book of Sleep
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Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Total Pages : 161
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ISBN-10 : 9781781800812
ISBN-13 : 1781800812
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Buddha's Book of Sleep by : Joseph Emet

Sleep deprivation is a growing problem worldwide. We go to our doctors for advice, but they seem to have nothing but pills to counteract this predicament, and these quick fixes fail to get to the root of the problem.Buddha's Book of Sleep is the first book to treat sleep disorders from the perspective of mindfulness meditation. Yet this is a natural choice - mindfulness meditation has proven effective for other psychological problems such as stress, depression and anxiety and these very issues are what become sleep problems when our heads hit the pillow. Divided into two sections, this book attacks sleep disorders with a combination of wisdom and practical meditation exercises. The first section describes the reasons why mindfulness meditation's basis in self-awareness is appropriate for dealing with this problem, detailing the practices of this popular form of meditation. The second section contains seven specific exercises to practice at bedtime or in the wee hours of the morning, depending on when sleeping problems occur. Supplying readers with a new perspective on why they cannot fall asleep (even when they feel exhausted), and arming them with easy-to-use tools from the practices of mindfulness meditation, Buddha's Book of Sleep will help the reader calm their hurried thoughts and rest easy.

Kindness

Kindness
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Publisher : Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Total Pages : 186
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ISBN-10 : 9781558965683
ISBN-13 : 1558965688
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Kindness by : Sarah Conover

Sarah Conover's collection of traditional Buddhist tales leads us to the kind of implicit understanding of ourselves and others that only stories can provide. Following the Buddha through his various transformations, these clarified, often humorous narrative journeys open the ancient masters profound and gentle teachings to persons of all ages, religions, races, and ideological persuasions. Over and over this marvelous book tells us, "let go of your anger, your fear, your greedy desire. Embrace gladness. Follow the path." And the stories themselves, simply as stories, from a wondrous pageant: of elephants, monkeys, monks, and men working through foolishness toward wisdom and delight.

Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories

Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories
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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Total Pages : 228
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780834826014
ISBN-13 : 0834826011
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories by : Mark W. McGinnis

Around the beginning of the common era, Indian Buddhists began to collect fables, or jataka tales, illuminating various human virtues and foibles—from kindness, cooperation, loyalty and self-discipline on the one hand to greed, pride, foolishness, and treachery on the other. Instead of populating these stories with people, they cast the animals of their immediate environment in the leading roles—which may have given the tales a universal appeal that helped them travel around the world, surfacing in the Middle East as Aesop's fables and in various other guises throughout East and Southeast Asia, Africa, Russia, and Europe. Author and painter Mark McGinnis has collected over forty of these hallowed popular tales and retold them in vividly poetic yet accessible language, their original Buddhist messages firmly intact. Each story is accompanied with a beautifully rendered full-color painting, making this an equally attractive book for children and adults, whether Buddhist or not, who love fine stories about their fellow wise (and foolish) creatures.

Baby Buddhas

Baby Buddhas
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Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages : 174
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ISBN-10 : 9780740746895
ISBN-13 : 0740746898
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Baby Buddhas by : Lisa Desmond

Baby Buddhas: A Guide for Teaching Meditation to Children is the first book to show parents and educators how to teach meditation to preschool-age children. Through irresistible photos and easy-to-follow text, Lisa Desmond clearly explains her copyrighted method of teaching meditation to children 18 months to three years old. Baby Buddhas also highlights the benefits of meditation for parents and children and shows how to incorporate meditation into family life.Part One, Creating Your Space, explains how to create a simple meditation space in the home or school and explains the importance of sound, posture, and breathing. In Part Two, Adult Meditations, adults learn three meditations to give them an opportunity to learn and meditate on their own before teaching children. Part Three, Children's Meditations, includes 10 meditations suitable for children, organized from simplest to most complex. The children's meditations include the Sunshine Meditation, in which the child learns to breathe in a sunshine ball of light full of love. The Om Meditation helps children calm themselves and feel love, even when their parents are away. All the children's meditations use repetition and simple words and images that children can easily understand.Parents who have used Lisa's techniques marvel at how their children have become calmer and more focused since they started meditating. With Baby Buddhas parents and educators can give the children in their care a gift that will last a lifetime.

The Barefoot Book of Buddhist Tales

The Barefoot Book of Buddhist Tales
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Publisher : Barefoot Books
Total Pages : 83
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ISBN-10 : 9781782856689
ISBN-13 : 1782856684
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis The Barefoot Book of Buddhist Tales by : Alexandra Kohn

Meet a generous merchant's son, an outlaw-turned-monk and more in 13 thought-provoking stories from India, China, Japan and Tibet. Gentle illustrations and an insightful foreword provide context to help young readers grasp the warmth, wisdom and compassion of Buddhist tradition.

Help, Thanks, Wow

Help, Thanks, Wow
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 114
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ISBN-10 : 9781101607732
ISBN-13 : 1101607734
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Help, Thanks, Wow by : Anne Lamott

A New York Times bestseller from the author of Dusk, Night Dawn, Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything. Author Anne Lamott writes about the three simple prayers essential to coming through tough times, difficult days and the hardships of daily life. Readers of all ages have followed and cherished Anne Lamott’s funny and perceptive writing about her own faith through decades of trial and error. And in her new book, Help, Thanks, Wow, she has coalesced everything she knows about prayer to these fundamentals. It is these three prayers – asking for assistance from a higher power, appreciating what we have that is good, and feeling awe at the world around us – that can get us through the day and can show us the way forward. In Help, Thanks, Wow, Lamott recounts how she came to these insights, explains what they mean to her and how they have helped, and explores how others have embraced these same ideas. Insightful and honest as only Anne Lamott can be, Help, Thanks, Wow is the everyday faith book that new Lamott readers will love and longtime Lamott fans will treasure.

Nightlights

Nightlights
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Publisher : Chronicle Books
Total Pages : 154
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0811839559
ISBN-13 : 9780811839556
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Nightlights by : David Fontana

Includes "issues index."