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Rex Steven Sikes provides a powerful practical manual with a fresh take on personal growth, business success, and transformation that’s infused with love, wisdom, innovative ideas, principles and practices that help you to begin creating and living the life you want. Rex deconstructs the myths about the universal laws making them easy to understand and successfully apply! It’s one thing to wish and want something, another to apply these laws effectively. In Life On Your Terms, you'll learn why some people have nothing, while others have the true inner secret to love, personal success, ...

Discover the Inspiring Life of the Buddha in this brief and engaging biographyThis concise and accessible book offers a perfect introduction to one of history’s most influential spiritual leaders, Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. Written for beginners, The Buddha’s Life and Legacy takes you on a journey through the Buddha’s extraordinary life—from his sheltered upbringing as a prince to his profound awakening under the Bodhi tree and his enduring legacy as a teacher of wisdom and compassion. What You’ll Learn The key events in the Buddha’s life, including his birth, the Four ...

Enter the literary world of Frank Talaber, Canada's Foremost Off-Beat Author. A natural storyteller, whose compelling thoughts are freed from the depths of the heart and the subconscious before being poured onto the page.

The Heart Sutra, originally a very short set of verses, was given in privacy as a message to one of Buddha's close disciples, Sariputra, specifically addressed to him. Over time the Heart Sutra became one of Buddhism's core teachings. In these 10 talks, Osho presents the powerful message of these ancient words and brings them to a modern audience - one with different minds and needs than the original audiences of Buddha more than 2,500 years ago.

If you want to improve your understanding of Buddhism, you have landed at the right place. Listen to this audiobook to find out how Buddhism can be of help to you.

Today the Buddha is honoured throughout the world as one of the great religious figures in the history of humankind. In this authoritative biography, John Strong presents the story of Siddhartha Gautama the way Buddhists have told it - from accounts of his previous lives, and the story of his birth and upbringing, through to his enlightenment, deathbed deeds, and ongoing presence in the relics that he left behind.

This volume offers a complete translation of the Saṃyutta Nikāya, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, the third of the four great collections in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pāli Canon. The Saṃyutta Nikāya consists of 56 chapters, each governed by a unifying theme that binds together the Buddha's suttas or discourses.

Growing up in the modern world, our children have to cope with ever-increasing amounts of stress, which can hinder their development. The ancient wisdom of Buddhism, with its emphasis on peace, love and compassion, is the ideal basis for helping any child to face these challenges with inner confidence and calm.

The excitement you feel after hearing good news or achieving a goal is fleeting, but true happiness - that is, the warm feeling of deep contentment and joy - is lasting, and it can be yours in every moment. The Buddha's Way of Happiness is a guide to putting aside your anxieties about the future, regrets about the past, and constant longing to change your life for the better, and awakening to the joy of living.

In his 7th book, Stewart delivers an exegesis on Buddhism, using The Dhammapada (“Path to Eternal Truth”) which are the verbatim words or declarations of Gautama Siddhartha Buddha, himself. Any doctrine other than this and the books of his rules (codes of conduct), have been defiled and should be shunned for this reason. Hence, if you are new to Buddhism, you will receive the original, verbatim declarations of Gautama Buddha which are the foundation of his undefiled Theravada Buddhism which means “School of the Elders.” I wish you the best in your quest to attain Enlightenment – ...

The hero of Hanif Kureishi's debut novel is a dreamy teenager, desperate to escape suburban South London and experience the forbidden fruits which the 1970s seem to offer. When the unlikely opportunity of a life in the theatre announces itself, Karim starts to win the sort of attention he has been craving, albeit with some rude and raucous results.

Do you see the meditativeness of the trees surrounding you? Such stillness! Just as you are listening to me, they are listening to me, not even a leaf moving. The birds are singing.

While many accounts of the Buddha’s life mix legend and history, this compelling new biography discriminates between fact and fiction to reveal Gautama, the remarkable human being behind the myth, and sheds new light on his teachings. Plunging us into the noises, smells and jostling streets of Gautama’s world, Vishvapani Blomfield brings the Buddha to life as a passionate and determined individual - a strikingly modern figure who rejected contemporary beliefs.

It is common in both Buddhism and Freudian psychoanalysis to treat desire as if it is the root of all suffering and problems, but psychiatrist Mark Epstein believes this to be a grave misunderstanding. In his controversial defense of desire, he makes clear that it is the key to deepening intimacy with ourselves, each other, and our world. Proposing that spiritual attainment does not have to be detached from intimacy or eroticism, Open to Desire begins with an exploration of the state of dissatisfaction that causes us to cling to irrational habits.

Some sources say that the Buddha was born on or around April 8, 563 B.C. How many years have you been around without discovering his wisdom? According to tradition, the words of The Dhammapada come directly from the mouth of Buddha. This translation in particular is among the most poetic and spiritually insightful.

The Twelve Steps as a Path to Enlightenment - How the Buddha Works the Steps explains how the spiritual principals embodied in the Twelve Steps parallel the Buddhist teachings for reaching ultimate enlightenment. This book is perfect for Buddhists, atheists, and members of Twelve Step programs that are ready to take their personal growth to the next level. Written by spiritual teacher and life coach, Dorena Rode, this guidebook clearly presents a step by step proven method for increasing joy, making life more meaningful and destroying self-limiting beliefs. The spiritual seeker, whether in ...

Steps to Finding Inner Peace and Happiness: How to Find Peace and Happiness Within Yourself and Live Life Freely is an essential guide to actively attaining contentment. Through a regimen of positivity, accountability, and forgiveness, you'll soon be improving your environment inward as much as outward. And by redefining joy in an approach that's true to you, nothing will stand in the way of living a long and fulfilling life.

Embark on a journey into the heart of Buddhist wisdom, distilled from the most essential teachings in the Tripitaka. Buddhist Foundations: Monastic Code, Teachings, and Mind Training for Beginners brings you closer to the ancient principles that have guided seekers to inner peace and enlightenment for centuries. With this 3-in-1 collection, gain a clear and insightful understanding of the Vinaya Pitaka, Sutta Pitaka, and Abhidhamma Pitaka—the cornerstone texts of Buddhism. Each page opens a new door to ancient wisdom, inviting you to explore the teachings that inspire greater self-...

Do you want to learn the fundamentals of Buddhism? Do you want to learn it in a practical manner that actually improves your day-to-day life? Do you want to learn it in an easy-to-understand manner? Buddhism now is more popular than it has been in decades; the Buddha’s incredible teachings are starting to get the recognition they deserve. What has happened recently is a wave of books that only go over the theory of Buddhism and don’t cover the most important aspect - how Buddhism can transform your daily life and revolutionize you as a person.

In his travels around the country and the world, Zen master and international best-selling author Thich Nhat Hanh witnessed a growing unhappiness among the many people he encountered. He saw the hectic pace of our day-to-day lives taking a toll on our health and well-being. In response, the renowned teacher sat down to write Peace Is Every Breath, a book that makes the core teachings of Buddha accessible for everyone.