How to Wake Up A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Navigating Joy and Sorrow |
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Author:
| Bernhard, Toni |
ISBN: | 978-1-61429-056-8 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
Publisher: | Wisdom Publications
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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Intimately and without jargon,
How to Wake Up: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Navigating Joy and Sorrow describes the path to peace amid all of life’s ups and downs. Using step by step instructions, the author illustrates how to be fully present in the moment without clinging to joy or resisting sorrow--and this opens up access to a kind of wellness that goes beyond circumstance. Actively engaging life as it is in this fashion holds the potential for awakening to a...
More DescriptionIntimately and without jargon, How to Wake Up: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Navigating Joy and Sorrow describes the path to peace amid all of life’s ups and downs. Using step by step instructions, the author illustrates how to be fully present in the moment without clinging to joy or resisting sorrow--and this opens up access to a kind of wellness that goes beyond circumstance. Actively engaging life as it is in this fashion holds the potential for awakening to a peace and well-being that are not dependent on whether a particular experience is joyful or sorrowful. This is a practical book, containing dozens of exercises and practices, all of which are illustrated with easy-to-relate to personal stories from the author’s experience.