Wide Awake: Buddhism for the New GenerationPenguin, 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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... practice is about going inward deeply into knowing ourselves . I offer Wide Awake in the spirit of self - awareness , self - knowledge , and learning to see the good in ourselves . If your media use is taking you in the opposite direc ...
... practices , so that you can arrive at the answers yourself . Buddhism offers practices such as meditation , to help us re- lax , calm down , and concentrate our minds . From this calm , spacious , and quiet mind , we can discover who ...
... practicing Bud- dhists are both of these . The principles of Buddhism may be put into practice at the most mundane level of everyday life . They are of practical use to anyone of any religion , or no religion , of any background , on ...
... practice and study . I medi- tated on retreats of many months to deepen my intellectual understanding . I began to ... practicing meditation in the forest . In 1993 , I started teaching Buddhism to teenagers , and I have seen how ...
Buddhism for the New Generation Diana Winston. dhists , find the insights and practices of Buddhism so helpful that they ... practice . The third section , “ Surfac- ing Our Inner Goodness , " applies some of the earlier teachings to the ...
Table des matières
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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 |