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In The Beginner's Guide to Buddhism, author and teacher Jack Kornfield immerses you in this time-honored approach to living fully and compassionately in the present moment. Join him as he illuminates Buddhism's most essential teachings, and how they make it possible to overcome the mental states that challenge us every day.

Il libro mette a confronto i passi del vangelo con i passi del Dhammapada, mettendo in risalto sorprendenti similitudini. L'affinitá piú sorprendente fra Gesú e il Buddha riguarda il concetto di amore: entrambi, infatti, predicano la Regola d'Oro, in base a cui ogni uomo deve trattare il suo prossimo come se stesso. Molte delle piú note affermazioni di Cristo, in ordine al fatto di porgere l'altra guancia, di amare i propri nemici; nonchè l'idea che chi di spada ferisce, di spada perisce, si rispecchiano nelle parole del Buddha.

The Eightfold Path is the most widely known formulation of the Buddha's teaching. It is ancient, reaching back to the Buddha's very first discourse, and it is highly venerated as a unique treasury of wisdom and practical guidance. The teaching of the Eightfold Path challenges us to grasp the implications of that vision, and asks us to transform ourselves in its light. Like the teaching itself, this work covers every aspect of life.

In the same engaging style that has endeared him to listeners 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.

L'Autore descrive in versi liberi la storia di come Buddha, il Principe Siddharta, dopo la grande rinuncia, ottenne l'illuminazione. Il poema, che, pubblicato nel 1879, ebbe un immediato successo soprattutto in Inghilterra e America, e fu tradotto in trenta lingue, compreso in Hindi, è un libero adattamento del Lalitavistara Sutra, che racconta la storia di Gautama Buddha fino al suo primo sermone nel Parco dei Cervi vicino a Varanasi.

From jewelry to meditation pillows to tourist retreats, religious traditions are being commodified as never before. Imitated and rebranded as “new age” or “spiritual,” they are marketed to secular Westerners as an answer to suffering in the modern world. In Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi, Sophia Rose Arjana examines the appropriation and sale of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam in the West today, the role of mysticism and Orientalism in the religious marketplace, and how the commodification of religion impacts people’s lives.

Immerse yourself in the diverse teachings of the world’s greatest spiritual masters through this illuminating and unifying audio course. Your guide is Dr. Kenneth Rose (PhD, Harvard University), an acclaimed expert in comparative religion. Under his tutelage, you'll discover the lives and teachings of 11 holy persons throughout the ages and from around the world.