simple meditation exercises for health, well-being, and enlightenment /
First Statement of Responsibility
Tulku Thondup ; foreword by Daniel Goleman.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xiv, 207 pages :
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illustrations ;
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24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Buddhayana series
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-207).
CONTENTS NOTE
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Foundations of healing -- Healing power of mind -- Getting started -- Developing confidence -- How to deal with problems -- How to deal with physical ailments -- Healing energies -- Healing exercises -- Healing meditations -- Clearing energy blocks -- Healing our emotions -- Healing through sound -- Healing physical disharmony -- Healing with nature's energy -- Daily living as healing -- Buddhist meditations -- Meditations of tranquillity and insight -- Healing meditation of devotion -- Awakening the infinite inner energies of healing -- The healing meditation of compassion.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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loosening the clinging attitudes that Buddhists call "grasping at self." If we apply the mind's healing power, we can heal not only our mental and emotional afflictions, but physical problems also. This book is an invitation to awaken the healing power of mind through inspiring images and sounds, mindful movements, positive perceptions, soothing feelings, trusting confidence, and the realization of openness. The healing principle on which these exercises are based is the.
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The true nature of our minds is enlightened and peaceful, as the depth of the ocean is calm and clear. But when we mentally grasp and emotionally cling to our wants and worries with all our energy, we lose our own enlightened freedom and healing power, only to gain stress and exhaustion, suffering and overexcitement, like the turbulent waves roiling the surface of the ocean. Our minds possess the power to heal pain and stress, and to blossom into peace and joy, by.
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universal nature and omnipresent power envisioned in Mahayana Buddhism. Yet for healing, we don't have to be believers in any particular faith. We can heal body and mind simply by being what we truly are, and by allowing our own natural healing qualities to manifest: a peaceful and open mind, a loving and positive attitude, and warm, joyful energy in a state of balance and harmony.