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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... started working for University of California at Los Angeles ( UCLA ) running the Mindful Aware- ness Research Center , or MARC , which has brought mindfulness to hundreds of thousands of individuals , and to many sectors of society ...
... started ? I grew up with a hippie mother who was a spiritual seeker . We lived in a conservative New England town , but inside our house we hung pictures of gurus ( spiritual teachers ) on the walls . We ate tofu , talked about ...
... started teaching Buddhism to teenagers , and I have seen how valuable these teachings have been in helping young people through the confusions and joys of growing up . This is my story . You have your own . No matter what your story is ...
... started out as an ordinary young man who was actually quite spoiled . But he was in- tensely curious about the world . More than anything , he wanted to understand why life worked as it did . He was willing even to disobey his parents ...
... started their own temples and practices on the foreign soil and often taught anyone who was interested . Europeans and Americans traveled to Asia , early in the nineteenth century and then later in the twentieth century , especially ...
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 |