Buddha Takes No Prisoners
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Author |
: Patrick Ophuls |
Publisher |
: North Atlantic Books |
Total Pages |
: 193 |
Release |
: 2012-05-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781583945919 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1583945911 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Buddha Takes No Prisoners by : Patrick Ophuls
This insightful, easy-to-read handbook offers a non-traditional perspective on meditation. Written primarily for American insight meditation students, it delivers the Buddha's essential teachings clearly, straightforwardly, and without spiritual jargon, and helps make sense of practices often laden with traditional terminology. Practical explanations of the meditation process, its benefits and applicability to daily life, and warmly humorous advice and encouragement give new practitioners the help necessary to continue practicing meditation on a regular basis.
Author |
: Scott Whitney |
Publisher |
: Lulu.com |
Total Pages |
: 166 |
Release |
: 2017-02-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780971814301 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0971814309 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sitting Inside: Buddhist Practice in America's Prisons by : Scott Whitney
The book has two audiences: prison inmates who want to start practicing Buddhism and volunteers from American sanghas who want to work with prison dharma groups. The book discusses the basics of meditation, compassion and precept practice within the correctional facility context. Whitney discusses some of the history of Buddhist involvement in American prisons as well as the history of constitutional interpretations of religious freedom as applied to inmates. The book is meant to be as practical as possible and it emphasizes Buddhism in action - through the precepts, peacemaking and sangha building inside and out.
Author |
: David Sheff |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 2020-08-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780008395452 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0008395454 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Buddhist on Death Row by : David Sheff
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, an extraordinary story of redemption in the darkest of places.
Author |
: Miguel Farias |
Publisher |
: Watkins Media Limited |
Total Pages |
: 298 |
Release |
: 2019-02-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781786782861 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1786782863 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Buddha Pill by : Miguel Farias
Millions of people meditate daily but can meditative practices really make us ‘better’ people? In The Buddha Pill, pioneering psychologists Dr Miguel Farias and Catherine Wikholm put meditation and mindfulness under the microscope. Separating fact from fiction, they reveal what scientific research – including their groundbreaking study on yoga and meditation with prisoners – tells us about the benefits and limitations of these techniques for improving our lives. As well as illuminating the potential, the authors argue that these practices may have unexpected consequences, and that peace and happiness may not always be the end result. Offering a compelling examination of research on transcendental meditation to recent brain-imaging studies on the effects of mindfulness and yoga, and with fascinating contributions from spiritual teachers and therapists, Farias and Wikholm weave together a unique story about the science and the delusions of personal change.
Author |
: Jenny Phillips |
Publisher |
: Pariyatti Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 2012-03-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781928706410 |
ISBN-13 |
: 192870641X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Letters from the Dhamma Brothers by : Jenny Phillips
The thoughts, struggles, dreams, and triumphs of inmates who took part in a voluntary meditation program at Alabama's Donaldson Prison in 2002.
Author |
: Calvin Malone |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 250 |
Release |
: 2008-10-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780861719549 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0861719549 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Razor-Wire Dharma by : Calvin Malone
Razor-Wire Dharma is an eloquent, enlightening, and utterly inspiring personal story how one man found Buddhism—and real, transformative meaning for his life—despite being in one of the world's harshest environments.
Author |
: Stephen T. Asma |
Publisher |
: Hampton Roads Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 194 |
Release |
: 2011-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781612830414 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1612830412 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Why I Am a Buddhist by : Stephen T. Asma
Profound and amusing, this book provides a viable approach to answering the perennial questions: Who am I? Why am I here? How can I live a meaningful life? For Asma, the answers are to be found in Buddhism. There have been a lot of books that have made the case for Buddhism. What makes this book fresh and exciting is Asma’s iconoclasm, irreverence, and hardheaded approach to the subject. He is distressed that much of what passes for Buddhism is really little more than “New Age mush.” He asserts that it is time to “take the California out of Buddhism.” He presents a spiritual practice that does not require a belief in creeds or dogma. It is a practice that is psychologically sound, intellectually credible, and esthetically appealing. It is a practice that does not require a diet of brown rice, burning incense, and putting both your mind and your culture in deep storage. In seven chapters, Asma builds the case for a spiritual practice that is authentic, and inclusive. This is Buddhism for everyone, especially for people who are uncomfortable with religion but yearn for a spiritual practice.
Author |
: Cuong Lu |
Publisher |
: OR Books |
Total Pages |
: 112 |
Release |
: 2019-04-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781682191866 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1682191869 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Buddha in Jail by : Cuong Lu
This is a book of 52 vignettes—stories and teachings about Cuong Lu’s six years as a prison chaplain. Lu shares insights into the prisoner’s mindset, something with implications for us all, whether or not we are in a conventional jail. As a prison chaplain, Cuong discovered that when the men inside allowed themselves to feel their pain—including remorse from committing crimes—knowing and feeling the truth became a source of strength for them. And when the inmates felt listened to, understood, and not judged, it transformed their sense of who they are, and as a result changed their attitudes and their behavior. This book is not just about the prisoners. It’s about all of us. We’re each caught in distorted and limiting ideas of ourselves. We don’t believe freedom and happiness are attainable. But when we come to believe in ourselves, we discover the freedom and happiness already within. Cuong Lu, Buddhist teacher, scholar, and writer, was born in Nha Trang, Vietnam, in 1968. He majored in East Asian studies at the University of Leiden, and in 1993 was ordained a monk at Plum Village in France under the guidance of Thich Nhat Hanh. In 2000, he was recognized as a teacher in the Lieu Quan line of the Linji School of Zen Buddhism. In 2015, he received a master’s degree in Buddhist Spiritual Care at Vrije University in Amsterdam. Lu is the founder of Mind Only School, in Gouda, the Netherlands, where he teaches Buddhist philosophy and psychology, specializing in Yogachara Buddhism combined with the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) School of Nagarjuna.
Author |
: Evan Thompson |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 239 |
Release |
: 2020-01-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300226553 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300226551 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Why I Am Not a Buddhist by : Evan Thompson
"A provocative essay challenging the idea of Buddhist exceptionalism, from one of the world's most widely respected philosophers and writers on Buddhism and science. Buddhism has become a uniquely favored religion in our modern age. A burgeoning number of books extol the scientifically proven benefits of meditation and mindfulness for everything ranging from business to romance. There are conferences, courses, and celebrities promoting the notion that Buddhism is spirituality for the rational; compatible with cutting-edge science; indeed, "a science of the mind." In this provocative book, Evan Thompson argues that this representation of Buddhism is false. In lucid and entertaining prose, Thompson dives deep into both Western and Buddhist philosophy to explain how the goals of science and religion are fundamentally different. Efforts to seek their unification are wrongheaded and promote mistaken ideas of both. He suggests cosmopolitanism instead, a worldview with deep roots in both Eastern and Western traditions. Smart, sympathetic, and intellectually ambitious, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in Buddhism's place in our world today."--Provided by publisher.
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Total Pages |
: 542 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105132645453 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |