True refuge
Subtitle: finding peace and freedom in your own awakened heart
By: Tara Brach
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780553807622; 9780345538628
Subjects: Buddhism; Psychology; Emotions
Description: Presents an accessible guide to tapping inner resources to promote peace and acceptance in the face of difficult life challenges by building on the three traditional Buddhist pathways to freedom.
Table of contents: title: Winds of homecoming; title: Leaving home: the trance of small self; title: Meditation: the path to presence; title: Three gateways to refuge; title: Rain: cultivating a mindful presence; title: Awakening to the life of the body; title: Possessed by the mind: the prison of obsessive thinking; title: Investigating core beliefs; title: Heart medicine for traumatic fear; title: Self-compassion: releasing the second arrow; title: The courage to forgive; title: Holding hands: living compassion; title: Losing what we love: the pain of separation; title: Refuge in awareness; title: A heart that is ready for anything.