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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... spiritual matters . Though Wide Awake is a terrific Buddhist guide for young people , I confess that I learned quite a bit from it myself ! " Norman Fischer , author of Taking Our Places : The Buddhist Path of Truly Growing Up DIANA ...
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... spiritual , " although many 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 ...
... spiritual teachers had influenced me enough to consider that the answers to my problems might be found in Asia . So in 1989 , I flew to India . Four months later I was living in the Buddhist hill town of Dharamsala and working for a ...
... spiritual seeker of sorts , appeared in his line of vision . He seemed . . . what was it ? So ... . peaceful , at home in the world . " Channa , who is he ? " " That , my lord , is a mendicant . He has renounced the world to seek 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 |