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Don't Believe Everything You Think<br />
Living with Wisdom and Compassion<br />
Thubten Chodron<br />
<strong>SHAMBHALA</strong><br />
Summary<br />
It can be hard for those of us living in the twenty-first century to see how fourteenth-century Buddhist<br />
teachings still apply. When you're trying to figure out which cell phone plan to buy or brooding about something<br />
someone wrote about you on Facebook, lines like "While the enemy of your own anger is unsubdued, though you<br />
conquer external foes, they will only increase" can seem a little obscure.<br />
Snow Lion<br />
9781559393966<br />
Pub Date: 1/8/13<br />
On Sale Date: 1/8/13<br />
$16.95/$19.95 Can.<br />
Paperback / softback /<br />
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256 pages<br />
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Religion / Buddhism<br />
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Thubten Chodron's illuminating explication of Togmay Zangpo's revered text, The Thirty-seven Practices of<br />
Bodhisattvas, doesn't just explain its profound meaning; in dozens of passages she lets her students and<br />
colleagues share first-person stories of the ways that its teachings have changed their lives. Some bear witness<br />
to dramatic transformations-making friends with an enemy prisoner-of-war, finding peace after the murder of a<br />
loved one-while others tell of smaller lessons, like waiting for something to happen or coping with a minor injury.<br />
Author Bio<br />
Thubten Chodron, an American-born Tibetan Buddhist nun, travels worldwide, teaching and leading meditation<br />
retreats. Known for her clear and practical explanations of the Buddha's teachings, she is the author of<br />
Buddhism for Beginners; Working with Anger; How to Free Your Mind; Open Heart, Clear Mind; and Taming the<br />
Mind. She lives in Seattle, Washington.<br />
Author Residence: Newport, Washington (near Spokane)<br />
Training in Compassion<br />
Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong<br />
Norman Fischer<br />
Summary<br />
Lojong is the Tibetan Buddhist practice that involves working with short phrases (called "slogans") as a way of<br />
generating bodhichitta, the heart and mind of enlightened compassion. Though the practice is more than a<br />
millennium old, it has become popular in the West only in the last twenty years or so-and it has become very<br />
popular indeed, because it's a practice that one can fit very well into an ordinary life, and because it<br />
works.Through the influence of Pema Chödrön, who was one of the first American Buddhist teachers to teach it<br />
extensively, the practice has moved out of its Buddhist context to affect the lives of non-Buddhists too.<br />
Shambhala<br />
9781611800401<br />
Pub Date: 1/8/13<br />
On Sale Date: 1/8/13<br />
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It's in this spirit that Norman Fischer offers his commentary on the lojong slogans. He applies Zen wisdom to<br />
them, showing how well they fit in that related tradition, but he also sets the slogans in the context of resonant<br />
practices throughout the spiritual traditions. He shows lojong to be a wonderful method for everyone, including<br />
those who aren't otherwise interested in Buddhism, who don't have the time or inclination to meditate, or who'd<br />
just...<br />
Author Bio<br />
Norman Fischer is Senior Dharma Teacher at San Francisco Zen Center, where he was abbot from 1995 to 2000,<br />
and he is currently the director of the Everyday Zen Foundation, which is dedicated to bringing the Zen<br />
perspective to the world outside Zen, including to Christian and Jewish religious settings. He is a highly regarded<br />
poet and translator, and his numerous books include Opening to You: Zen-Inspired Translations of the Psalms,<br />
Taking Our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up, and Sailing Home: Using Homer's Odyssey to<br />
Navigate Life's Perils and Pitfalls.<br />
Author Residence: San Francisco and Muir Beach, CA<br />
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