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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Becoming a parent often leads to spiritual seeking. As with a Buddhist practice, parenting demands that we keep paying attention to the requirements of the moment. Both paths require self-awareness if we are to see clearly.
Becoming a parent often leads to spiritual seeking. As with a Buddhist practice, parenting demands that we keep paying attention to the requirements of the moment. Both paths require self-awareness if we are to see clearly.
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... with noticing these judgements without buying into them, without becoming emotionally caught up in them. This means noticing, and letting go of, our usual opinions, longings and prejudices in favour of clearly seeing what is.
... with noticing these judgements without buying into them, without becoming emotionally caught up in them. This means noticing, and letting go of, our usual opinions, longings and prejudices in favour of clearly seeing what is.
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With this definition of wisdom, parenthood clearly made writer John Wilmot wiser, for he said: 'Before I got married, I had six theories about bringing up children. Now I have where am I? 9.
With this definition of wisdom, parenthood clearly made writer John Wilmot wiser, for he said: 'Before I got married, I had six theories about bringing up children. Now I have where am I? 9.
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And now I can see clearly: Imagine yourself as a child, flying out your bedroom window with a fun-loving guy who has a fairy for a pet. They fly to a faraway land . . . There were fairies living in the treetops.
And now I can see clearly: Imagine yourself as a child, flying out your bedroom window with a fun-loving guy who has a fairy for a pet. They fly to a faraway land . . . There were fairies living in the treetops.
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We are far more empowered to see life clearly, and resolve our issues, when we have a flexible 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 ...
We are far more empowered to see life clearly, and resolve our issues, when we have a flexible 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 ...
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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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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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