Buddhism for Mothers with Lingering Questions: Taking Stock of what Really MattersAllen & 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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... perspective, to 'not-knowing' and to letting go of what we cling to. A Buddhist practice encourages us to live in a state of receptivity: What are my experiences teaching me? Can I see that my children, in so many ways, are raising me ...
... perspective, to 'not-knowing' and to letting go of what we cling to. A Buddhist practice encourages us to live in a state of receptivity: What are my experiences teaching me? Can I see that my children, in so many ways, are raising me ...
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... perspective, when we can see that we have choices about how we see our moments. In his book The Art of Happiness the Dalai Lama says: It seems that often when problems arise, our outlook becomes narrow. All of our attention may be ...
... perspective, when we can see that we have choices about how we see our moments. In his book The Art of Happiness the Dalai Lama says: It seems that often when problems arise, our outlook becomes narrow. All of our attention may be ...
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... perspective can definitely help—realizing for instance that there are many people who have gone through similar experiences, and even worse experiences. When Zac was put into his new class to start the school year, I felt disappointed ...
... perspective can definitely help—realizing for instance that there are many people who have gone through similar experiences, and even worse experiences. When Zac was put into his new class to start the school year, I felt disappointed ...
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... perspective to deal with a problem of loneliness : Before I had children I was always highly social and rarely did anything on my own . As the first among my friends to have children , I knew very few women available for company during ...
... perspective to deal with a problem of loneliness : Before I had children I was always highly social and rarely did anything on my own . As the first among my friends to have children , I knew very few women available for company during ...
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... perspective . Margot , a mother of two , speaks of how her children sometimes help her to rise above the turmoil she experiences at work : Occasionally I have a dreadful day at work — I come home and can't seem to shake off the stress ...
... perspective . Margot , a mother of two , speaks of how her children sometimes help her to rise above the turmoil she experiences at work : Occasionally I have a dreadful day at work — I come home and can't seem to shake off the stress ...
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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Expressions et termes fréquents
accept adults Alain de Botton Alex anger angry answer arises attachment avoid become behaviour body breath bring Buddha Nature Buddha taught Buddhist mother Buddhist practice Buddhist teachings calm challenge Charlotte Joko Beck child choose clinging compassion concentration cultivate daily death driving dukkha emotions enjoy eventually everything experience feel find ourselves friends generosity give guilt habit Haiku happiness housework humour impermanence inner Insight Meditation Society Jack Kornfield judgements karma let go lives look Marek Marshall Rosenberg mind motherhood negative never Nonviolent Communication notice objects pain parents path patient paying attention peace perceive person perspective problem question realise remember remind sense Sharon Salzberg spend spiritual Subhana suffering Sydney Morning Herald taekwondo teacher Theravada Thich Nhat Thich Nhat Hanh things thoughts Tibetan true nature truth understanding unpleasant walk women words Zazen
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.