A collection of essays by the American Buddhist nun in which she offers advice on how to find happiness by moving toward painful situations and learning to remain peaceful in the midst of chaos.

Is there a mystical consciousness particularly natural to women? And if so, how is it influencing the spiritual evolution of our world? To answer these questions, Hilary Hart traveled across the globe meeting with contemporary mystics from a variety of traditions including Lakota Sioux, Sufism, Buddhism, West-African shamanism, and Christianity. The revelations of feminine wisdom offered through these encounters are not conceptual teachings, but vivid...

This life-affirming, instructive and thoroughly inspiring book is a must-read for anyone who is—or who might one day be—sick. And it can also be the perfect gift of guidance, encouragement, and uplifting inspiration to family, friends, and loved ones struggling with the many terrifying or disheartening life changes that come so close on the heels of a diagnosis of a chronic condition or even life-threatening illness. The author—who became ill...

Baby Buddhas: A Guide for Teaching Meditation to Children is the first book to show parents and educators how to teach meditation to preschool-age children. Through irresistible photos and easy-to-follow text, Lisa Desmond clearly explains her copyrighted method of teaching meditation to children 18 months to three years old. Baby Buddhas also highlights the benefits of meditation for parents and children and shows how to incorporate meditation into...

Through conversations, stories, and meditations, the Dalai Lama of Tibet discusses how people can become happier and explains the methods he used to rid his life of anxiety, insecurity, anger, and discouragement.

From ancient teachings to the words of celebrated masters and contemporary cooks, a collection of commentaries, blessings, meditations, and recipes as a call to recognize everyday activities as opportunities to awaken.

A text unique to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the Book of the dead is an essential teaching that is read aloud to dying persons as they pass from this life to the next. Documents the history of the Book of the Dead and explores its traditional application in Ladakh, northern India, as well as its use in hospices in Europe and North America. Filmed on location over a four-month period, the film uses footage of the rites and liturgies performed for...

"In the summer of 2020, Cole Arthur Riley was desperate for a spirituality she could trust. Amidst ongoing national racial violence, the isolation of the pandemic, and a surge of anti-Black rhetoric in many Christian spaces, she began dreaming of a harbor for a more human, more liberating expression of faith. She went on to create Black Liturgies, a digital project that connects spiritual practice with Black emotion, memory, and the Black body. In...

In this intimate and funny collection of essays on the sometimes confusing, sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious condition of being a woman over sixty, Susan Moon keeps her sense of humor and she keeps her reader fully engaged. Among the pieces she has included here are an essay on the gratitude she feels for her weakening bones; observations on finding herself both an orphan and a matriarch following the death of her mother; musings on her tendency...

Travel to the Zen temples and monasteries of Japan to learn about the daily lives of the monks and the ways in which they practice Zen meditation.