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Dit is hèt boek voor iedereen die wel eens overwogen heeft om te gaan mediteren, maar niet wist waar te beginnen. De bekende Amerikaanse meditatieleraar en bestseller-auteur Jack Kornfield laat zien hoe je met een eenvoudige dagelijkse oefening kunt beginnen - en dat ook vol kunt houden. Hij beschrijft de aloude boeddhistische meditatietechniek genaamd 'vipassana', een beproefde methode om de geest rustig te maken. Hierbij proberen we onze geest in het hier-en-nu te brengen door middel van het richten van de aandacht op de ademhaling en op onze gedachten. Het boek bevat de essentiële richtlijnen en oefeningen zoals die ook op een intensieve meditatiecursus voor beginners onderwezen worden. Bij elke oefening wordt stap voor stap beschreven hoe die uitgevoerd kan worden. Het effect van deze oefeningen is overduidelijk; we ontdekken de betekenis van 'ontwaken', waardoor de basis wordt gelegd voor een leven met meer diepgang.

A guide to the transformative power of Buddhist psychology—for meditators and mental health professionals, Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. You have within you unlimited capacities for extraordinary love, for joy, for communion with life, and for unshakable freedom—and here is how to awaken them. In The Wise Heart, celebrated author and psychologist Jack Kornfield offers the most accessible, comprehensive, and illuminating guide to Buddhist psychology ever published in the West. Here is a vision of radiant human dignity, a journey to the highest expression of human possibility—and a practical path for realizing it in our own lives.

Jack shows how we get stuck and how we can free ourselves, wherever we are and whatever our circumstances. Renowned for his mindfulness practices and meditations, Jack provides these keys for opening gateways to immediate shifts in perspective and clarity of vision, allowing us to see how to change course, take action, or—when we shouldn’t act—just relax and trust.

An invitation to explore a transformative journey awaits, offering insights and experiences that challenge conventional thinking. This book encourages readers to embrace new perspectives, fostering personal growth and self-discovery. Through engaging narratives and thought-provoking concepts, it invites a deeper understanding of oneself and the world, making it a compelling read for those seeking inspiration and change in their lives.

When the Buddha set in motion the wheel of Dharma, he knew that the teaching he gave was inexhaustible—that every future generation would find its own skillful ways to convey it to the hearts and minds of those ready to hear. The Buddha Is Still Teaching is testimony to the fulfillment of that promise today. The selections it contains, from today’s most highly regarded contemporary Buddhist teachers, bring the Dharma eloquently to life for us in our own time, place, and culture. They demonstrate that two and a half millennia have done nothing to diminish the freshness of the Buddhist teachings, or their universal applicability to our lives. Contributors include: Ajahn Chah, Charlotte Joko Beck, Sylvia Boorstein, Tara Brach, Pema Chödrön, the Dalai Lama, Ram Dass, Mark Epstein, Norman Fischer, Natalie Goldberg, Joseph Goldstein, Dilgo Khyentse, Jack Kornfield, Noah Levine, Stephen Levine, Sakyong Mipham, Sharon Salzberg, Suzuki Roshi, Robert Thurman, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Tulku Thondup. To learn more about the author, visit his website at www.jackkornfield.org .

This treasury of essential Buddhist writings draws from the most popular Indian, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese sources. Among the selections are some of the earliest recorded sayings of the Buddha on the practice of freedom, passages from later Indian scriptures on the perfection of wisdom, verses from Tibetan masters on the enlightened mind, and songs in praise of meditation by Zen teachers. The book also includes traditional instruction on how to practice sitting meditation, cultivate calm awareness, and live with compassion. Jack Kornfield, one of the most respected American Buddhist teachers, has compiled these teachings to impart the essence and inspiration of Buddhism to readers of all spiritual traditions.

Where can we find illumination and support when we most need it? Inside each of us is an inner light that I call The One Who Knows, writes Jack Kornfield. Awakening to this wisdom can help us find our way through pain and suffering with courage, grace, and tenderness. For anyone seeking answers during a time of trial or confusion, he now offers A Lamp in the Darkness, a new book-and-CD program filled with spiritual and psychological insights, hope-giving stories, and special guided meditations to skillfully navigate life s inevitable storms. With deep understanding and compassionate warmth, Jack Kornfield illuminates a safe and sane pathway through difficulty, as we explore practices created for times of crisis but applicable and useful throughout our daily lives: • Equanimity and Peace how to hold the sorrows and struggles of our world and ourselves in balance while seeing the great peace behind it all• Forgiveness for releasing the past and breaking down barriers to all that is closed in the heart• Setting Your Highest Intention a guide for awakening to the shining beauty and potential of the human spiritHard times come to everyone. With A Lamp in the Darkness, we have a trusted guide and friend with whom we can face the road ahead in presence, love, and openness.

Jack Kornfield had gathered together the Buddha's best and most beautiful words and those of his countless disciples to create an enlightening, accessible and practical companion for those in search of the Buddha's path of happiness.

Share love with yourself, your people, and the world (alongside fun sloths) in this big-hearted bedtime meditation for children. As the day comes to a close, Goodnight Love helps children (ages 2–5) connect to the warmth of their hearts through the power of lovingkindness. We foster self-compassion by sending care to ourselves. We share kindness by wishing good things for our families and friends. And we cultivate unconditional love by radiating the wish for happiness and peace on Earth. Goodnight Love brings the heart-based practice of lovingkindness (metta) into the ritual of bedtime, with adorable sloth characters that kids will delight in practicing beside. The beautiful, richly colored art portrays a caregiver sloth guiding a young sloth through this relaxing evening meditation, helping children slip into slumber with a heart filled with kindness.