Prominent meditation scholar and teacher Shinzen Young shows you how to achieve and apply the benefits of meditation to your daily life. Increase your self-discipline and powers of concentration, cultivate new spiritual insights, and gain a natural, loving compassion for yourself and the world aroun[...]
This manual of Tibetan meditation simply and thoroughly presents the profound Dzogchen and Mahamudra systems of practice.Karma Chagme sets forth the stages of meditation practice, including the cultivation of meditative quiescence and insight, the experiential identification of awareness, and the hi[...]
The Buddha's path to human transformation declares women and men equally capable of spiritual realization, yet throughout history most exemplars of this tradition have been men. Now, as Buddhism is transmitted to the West, women are playing a major role in its adaptation and development.The conversa[...]
The respected spiritual leader and author of Autobiography of a Yogi explains and defines the concepts of karma, death, the afterlife, and reincarnation, in a primer that reveals to a Western audience how to change one's karma by overcoming key obstacles while learning from past lives. Original.[...]
When you have bipolar disorder, it can sometimes seem like mood swings are keeping you from being the person you want to be. You may alternate between feelings of depression and overexcitement even though what you really want is to find a healthy balance between the two. This easy-to-use workbook pr[...]
How does a real-life Zen master - not the preternaturally calm, cartoonish Zen masters depicted by mainstream culture - help others through hard times when he's dealing with pain of his own? How does he meditate when the world is crumbling around him? Is meditation a valid response or just another f[...]
Written for intermediate to advanced healers, RELIANCE ON THE LIGHT explains how to identify negative interference and create psychic protection in daily life through meditation and visualization. Diane Stein is concerned that a darkness has engulfed the world in the form of violence against humanit[...]
A comprehensive, visionary guide to the karmic cycle and its role within our life-both the life we're living and the lives to come.
There is life after death, and Barbara Martin has seen it. Now for the first time comes her inspired, firsthand account of the intricate world of spiritual rebirth[...]
A jargon-free explanation of two central teachings of the Buddha: karma and rebirth.
By now, we've all heard someone say, "It must have been his karma" or "She had bad karma." But what is karma, really? Does karmic theory say that we are helpless victims of our past? Is all karma bad, or can th[...]
Offers guidance for establishing and improving successful sexual relationships through helpful advice on avoiding problematic affairs, dealing with obsessions, coping with loss, and managing attraction. Original.[...]
Pema Chodron is renowned for making the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism accessible, practical, and relevant for Westerners from all walks of life. But to bring us an understanding of the fundamental concept of karma, Ani Pema called on one of her own guides. On Karma, she is joined by Dzigar Kongtrul Rin[...]