If the Buddha married
Subtitle: creating enduring relationships on a spiritual path
By: Charlotte Sophia Kasl
Publisher: Penguin Compass
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780140196221
Subjects: Compassion; Buddhism; Religious life; Marriage; Interpersonal relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-247).
Table of contents: title: The Spiritual Path to Love; title: Buddhism for Lovers and Partners; title: Say Hello to Your Beloved: Sufism; title: Learn to Trust Yourself: The Society of Friends; title: Explore the Source of an Enduring Bond; title: Discover the Freedom of Beginner's Mind; title: Tune In to Yourself, Tune In to Your Lover; title: I, You, and Us: A Dance in Three Parts; title: Experience the "Us" Place of Relationship: Becoming More Than We Could Be Alone; title: Experience Living in an "Us" Place; title: Create More "Us" Consciousness; title: Feel the Healing Power of Connection; title: Look in Your Own Mirror; title: Recognize the Masks You Wear; title: Ask Yourself, "Am I Talking About Myself?"; title: Remember to Ask, "Who Owns the Problem?"; title: Live in the Center of Your Own Life; title: Notice the Stories You Tell Yourself; title: The Daily Practice of Living and Loving; title: Treasure Trust: Keep Agreements with Great Care; title: Tune In to Your Deeper Motivation; title: "That's Not What I Said": Notice Your Interpretations; title: Learn to Trust Your Intuition; title: Of Love and Litter: Dealing with Compulsions in Relationships; title: Explore Meditation and Psychotherapy; title: When I Was a Child, I Spoke as a Child: Am I Still Doing It Now?; title: Ask Yourself, "What Age Am I at This Moment?"; title: Find Out Who Married Whom; title: Recognize the Value of "Leaving Home"; title: Explore Levels of Relationships; title: Level One: Afraid to Be Close, Afraid to Be Separate; title: Level Two: Sometimes I See You, Sometimes I Don't; title: Level Three: Knowing Yourself So You Can Know Your Beloved; title: Level Four: Feeling at Peace with Closeness and Separateness; title: Level Five: I and Thou; title: We Are One, We Are Two; title: Communion Is the Purpose of Communication; title: Tune In to the Dance of Sending and Receiving Messages; title: Remember the Basics of Good Communication; title: Give No Advice; title: Well, Most of the Time; title: Ask for No Advice; title: Except Sometimes; title: You Can Defend Yourself Without Being Defensive; title: Learn the Art of Apology; title: Rebuild the Bridge: Forgiveness and Letting Go; title: Make Friends with Conflict; title: The Art of Handling Conflict; title: Meeting Our Differences: Fight the Good Fight; title: Practice Conflict Prevention; title: Recognize Counterfeit Conflicts; title: Remember, We Are Animals with a Neocortex: Recognize Fight, Flight, and Freeze Reactions; title: Recognize the Many Faces of Anger; title: What to Do When You Reach an Impasse; title: Learn Fair-Fight Rules; title: Learn to Self-Soothe; title: More Clarity, More Love: Help a Good Relationship Get Better; title: Making Love with the Beloved; title: Making Love: The Union of Body and Spirit; title: Sexual High or Sexual Connection: What's the Difference?; title: Finding Out Why the Fire Has Faded; title: Deepen Your Sexual Bond; title: Support Each Other Being Completely Honest; title: Stay Lovers During the Parenting Years; title: Understand the True Meaning of Monogamy; title: What to Do with Attraction to Others; title: Make Love with a Beginner's Mind; title: I and Thou: Even Good Relationships Can Get Better; title: Keep Your Relationship Dancing; title: Be Creative Together; title: Remember, Our Task Is to Expand Our Love; title: Not to Change Others; title: Accept Life's Daily Losses; title: Relationships Need Tending, and Tending Takes Time; title: Your Loving Relationship Blesses the World.