For centuries, human perfection has been a powerful goal, but only in the twentieth century were national states able to achieve the capacity to impose radical change on entire societies in the name of rooting out imperfections. The contributions to this volume constitute an ambitious attempt to study a number of significant efforts by twentieth-century states to reshape--either through social policy or brute force--their societies and their populations according to ideologies based on various theories of human perfectibility. The cases examined include Germany during the World War I, the...
For centuries, human perfection has been a powerful goal, but only in the twentieth century were national states able to achieve the capacity to impos...
Jizo Bodhisattva is an important saint of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, and is most prominent in Japanese Zen Buddhism. This book helps readers understand how this Buddhist saint of travellers, children and the dead can help people confront suffering.
Jizo Bodhisattva is an important saint of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, and is most prominent in Japanese Zen Buddhism. This book helps readers und...
A growing body of research is showing that mindfulness can reduce stress, improve physical health, and improve one's overall quality of life. Jan Chozen Bays, MD--physician and Zen teacher--has developed a series of simple practices to help us cultivate mindfulness as we go about our ordinary, daily lives. Exercises include: taking three deep breaths before answering the phone, noticing and adjusting your posture throughout the day, eating mindfully, and leaving no trace of yourself after using the kitchen or bathroom. Each exercise is presented with tips on how to remind yourself and a short...
A growing body of research is showing that mindfulness can reduce stress, improve physical health, and improve one's overall quality of life. Jan Choz...
- "Auf brillante, praktische und elegante Weise beantwortet Bays die am häufigsten von Meditationsschülern gestellte Frage: Wie bringe ich diese Praxis in mein Alltagsleben ein? Hier haben wir eine Schatzkiste voller aufschlussreicher, weiser, schöner und mitfühlender Methoden, dies zu erreichen." - Jack Kornfield, Autor von "A Path with Heart"- Tag für Tag wacher, glücklicher und entspannter
- "Auf brillante, praktische und elegante Weise beantwortet Bays die am häufigsten von Meditationsschülern gestellte Frage: Wie bringe ich diese Pra...
Mindfulness practices anyone can do anytime. If you've heard about the many benefits of mindfulness practice but think you don't have time for it in your busy life, prepare to be proven delightfully wrong. Mindfulness is available every moment, including right now, as Zen teacher Jan Chozen Bays shows with these twenty-five mindfulness exercises that can be done anywhere. Use them to cultivate the gratitude and insight that come from paying attention with body, heart, and mind to life's many small moments.
Mindfulness practices anyone can do anytime. If you've heard about the many benefits of mindfulness practice but think you don't have time ...
Winner of the 2016 IPPY Gold Medal Award for Self Help How making a vow--consciously setting an intention--can be a powerful tool for achieving all sort of goals, from the author of the best-selling Mindful Eating. Making a vow is a powerful mindfulness practice--and all you have to do to tap into that power is set your intention consciously. A vow can be as "small" as the aspiration to smile at someone at least once every day, or as "big" as marriage; as personal as deciding to be mindful when picking up the phone or as universal as vowing to save all sentient...
Winner of the 2016 IPPY Gold Medal Award for Self Help How making a vow--consciously setting an intention--can be a powerful tool for ac...
