Wide Awake: Buddhism for the New Generation

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Penguin, 5 août 2003 - 304 pages
Many of today's teenagers are tired of the pressure to compete and consume-and are looking for a different way to live their lives. This book offers an alternative: the 2,500-year old practice of Buddhism.

Written in a style that will have immediate appeal to young "seekers" and those wanting to understand the ancient teachings, this book addresses such relevant topics as peer pressure, emotional difficulties, stress, fostering peace, and even protecting the environment. For everyone looking for self-help, self-esteem, and self-awareness, this book offers advice on:

•Discovering truth in a world of hype

•Finding peace amid the ups and downs of life

•Accepting ourselves

•Working with difficult emotions

•How to meditate

•Dealing with temptations and making the right decisions about sex and drugs

•Advice on volunteering, working for peace, and protecting the environment

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Pages sélectionnées

Table des matières

riding the roller coaster
1
who was the buddha?
11
the kalama sutta
21
what is being awake?
30
mosquitoes equanimity and the eight worldly conditions
57
meditation instruction
71
hindrances to meditation
91
working with
108
from selfjudgment
123
it must be karma
161
walking down the path with others
229
commitment
269
glossary
275
suggested readings
281
Droits d'auteur

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Wide Awake: A Buddhist Guide for Teens
Diana Winston
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Wide Awake: A Buddhist Guide for Teens
Diana Winston
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Wide Awake: A Buddhist Guide for Teens
Diana Winston
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Expressions et termes fréquents

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À propos de l'auteur (2003)

Diana Winston is the director of mindfulness education at UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) where she teaches mindfulness classes, trainings, and events for the public, as well as medical and mental health professionals, youth, and educators. She is also a member of the teachers council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Northern California and has been teaching Buddhist retreats since 2000.  She is the founder of the Buddhist Alliance for Social Engagement (BASE) with the Buddhist Peace Fellowship and is an advocate for socially engaged Buddhism, teaching the interface of Buddhism and social change nationally and internationally. She is the author of Wide Awake, her book for teens, as well as the coauthor with Susan Smalley of Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness. Her CD is Mindful Meditations, available on iTunes.

Informations bibliographiques

TitreWide Awake: Buddhism for the New Generation
AuteurDiana Winston
ÉditeurPenguin, 2003
ISBN1440625549, 9781440625541
Longueur304 pages
  
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