Buddhism for Mothers with Lingering Questions: Taking Stock of what Really Matters

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Allen & Unwin, 2007 - 256 pages
For 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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Table des matières

2 Where am I going?
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
Droits d'auteur

10 How can I be my best?
213

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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.
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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.

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