Buddhism for Mothers with Lingering Questions: Taking Stock of what Really MattersFor all mothers who loved the simplicity, clarity and warmth of the bestselling Buddhism for Mothers, comes the book which answers the next lot of questions. Now the mother of a toddler and a primary school-aged child, Sarah Napthali writes of the next stage of the parenting journey. |
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Since both boys were temperamental babies and strong-willed toddlers, I have moved from wishing the years would go faster to panicking over how quickly they now slip by. I worry that next time I look at Zac and Alex their childhood will ...
Since both boys were temperamental babies and strong-willed toddlers, I have moved from wishing the years would go faster to panicking over how quickly they now slip by. I worry that next time I look at Zac and Alex their childhood will ...
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Sometimes we look in our mirrors, look at our messy living rooms or at the clock that reads three in the morning, and ask, 'Where am I?' A Buddhist would provide a short, simple answer: Here, now.
Sometimes we look in our mirrors, look at our messy living rooms or at the clock that reads three in the morning, and ask, 'Where am I?' A Buddhist would provide a short, simple answer: Here, now.
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These small people challenge us to take a look at familiar objects and situations as though we had never seen them before. One Zen practice that cultivates a Beginner's Mind, or a 'spirit of enquiry', is to repeat to ourselves ...
These small people challenge us to take a look at familiar objects and situations as though we had never seen them before. One Zen practice that cultivates a Beginner's Mind, or a 'spirit of enquiry', is to repeat to ourselves ...
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For our problems to feel controllable, the Dalai Lama argues in The Art of Happiness, we need to be able to look at them from a distance, from a different angle and in a way that reveals any positive aspects to our problem.
For our problems to feel controllable, the Dalai Lama argues in The Art of Happiness, we need to be able to look at them from a distance, from a different angle and in a way that reveals any positive aspects to our problem.
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... but no, I have to prepare the dinner, help prepare a hat for the school parade, and answer questions about the early settlers. Halfway through preparing dinner I look out the window to 16 with lingering questions . . .
... but no, I have to prepare the dinner, help prepare a hat for the school parade, and answer questions about the early settlers. Halfway through preparing dinner I look out the window to 16 with lingering questions . . .
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Table des matières
| 27 | |
3 Who am I? | 45 |
4 Who are my children? | 69 |
5 Is this all? | 93 |
6 What does this moment require? | 119 |
7 What can I do about all the housework? | 143 |
8 Can I change my ways? | 165 |
9 How do I handle my negativity? | 189 |
Conclusion | 237 |
the teaching on emptiness | 240 |
stopovers on the way to peace | 244 |
Acknowledgements | 248 |
Bibliography | 250 |
Index | 253 |
Back cover | 257 |
10 How can I be my best? | 213 |
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Fréquemment cités
Page 76 - You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
Page 94 - The Problem That Has No Name Betty Friedan The problem lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of American women. It was a strange stirring, a sense of dissatisfaction, a yearning that women suffered in the middle of the twentieth century in the United States. Each suburban wife struggled with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night,...
Page 105 - We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.
Page 76 - You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
Page 3 - Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet come. Looking deeply at life as it is in the very here and now, the practitioner dwells in stability and freedom. We must be diligent today.
Page 151 - If while washing dishes, we think only of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus hurrying to get the dishes out of the way as if they were a nuisance, then we are not "washing the dishes to wash the dishes." What's more, we are not alive during the time we are washing the dishes. In fact we are completely incapable of realizing the miracle of life while standing at the sink. If we can't wash the dishes, the chances are we won't be able to drink our tea either. While drinking the cup of tea, we will...
Page 65 - Even as a mother protects with her life, her child, her only child, So with a boundless heart, should one cherish all living beings...
Page 9 - It is overfull. No more will go in!" "Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?
Page 9 - Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.
Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | Buddhism for Mothers with Lingering Questions: Taking Stock of what Really Matters |
| Auteur | Sarah Napthali |
| Éditeur | Allen & Unwin, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1741159822, 9781741159820 |
| Longueur | 256 pages |
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