Random House New Releases - Body, Mind & Spirit - Meditation - Between May 22, 2012 and June 21, 2013.

Essence of Mind by Jens-Erik Risom

2013-06-04T00:30:00-05:00

Essence of Mind An Approach to Dzogchen
Written by Jes Bertelsen
Translated by Marianne Bentzen
Foreword by Martijn van Beek and Jens-Erik Risom

This handbook to spirituality gathers together Danish meditation teacher Jes Bertelsen's advice on training the mind through wordless prayer and meditation to realize the essence of consciousness. Bertelsen has been teaching philosophy and meditation since the early 1970s; in 1989, he met the Tibetan lama Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, who authorized Jes Bertelsen to teach Dzogchen, and to do so using his own judgment as to the most appropriate way to assimilate these teachings into Western culture. Bertelsen's teachings are based on an experiential investigation of the nature of consciousness, using comparative analysis of Eastern and Western spiritual teachings and consciousness practices on a foundation of modern psychological, philosophical, and scientific approaches.

Essence of Mind outlines the author's experience and approach to Dzogchen, the natural primordial state of human consciousness that is timeless, pure, and untouched by suffering. The book is divided into three parts. The first part describes different methods for pointing out the essence of consciousness and the techniques related to them. The second part seeks to outline the key principles of a training system suited to Western students that can lead to realization. The final section outlines the significance of continuous exercises, and describes the way spiritual practice slowly permeates daily life, dreams, sleep, and eventually death. Through the mind-training process, the practitioner approaches an almost ecstatic state of completion, a luminous, blissful wakefulness in which the consciousness is also fully relaxed, not clinging to bliss or desiring ecstasy, but transparent and open.

Bertelsen emphasizes that while more advanced forms of spiritual training can only take place in a face-to-face, deeply engaged mutual process between teacher and student, books are useful as sources of inspiration, in particular to help review one's insights and refresh one's practice. Essence of Mind systematizes the experiences that occur along the spiritual path and helps students to refine, correct, and clarify their efforts; it is the author's hope that many students in the West will be able to benefit from his comparative approach to Dzogchen.

Essence of Mind by Jens-Erik Risom

2013-06-04T00:30:00-05:00

Essence of Mind An Approach to Dzogchen
Written by Jes Bertelsen
Translated by Marianne Bentzen
Foreword by Martijn van Beek and Jens-Erik Risom

Mantras Mexicanos by Prem Dayal

2013-06-04T00:30:00-05:00

Mantras Mexicanos Tres Claves Para La Liberaci�n Del Espiritu
Written by Prem Dayal

The Great Work of Your Life by Stephen Cope

2012-09-25T00:30:00-05:00

The Great Work of Your Life A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling
Written by Stephen Cope

From the director of the Institute for Extraordinary Living at the famed Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health comes an incisive and inspiring meditation on living the life you were born to live.

In this fast-paced age, the often overwhelming realities of daily life may leave you feeling uncertain about how to realize your life’s true purpose—what spiritual teachers call dharma. But yoga master Stephen Cope says that in order to have a fulfilling life you must, in fact, discover the deep purpose hidden at the very core of your self. In The Great Work of Your Life, Cope describes the process of unlocking the unique possibility harbored within every human soul. The secret, he asserts, can be found in the pages of a two-thousand-year-old spiritual classic called the Bhagavad Gita—an ancient allegory about the path to dharma, told through a timeless dialogue between the fabled archer, Arjuna, and his divine mentor, Krishna.

Cope takes readers on a step-by-step tour of this revered tale, and in order to make it relevant to contemporary readers, he highlights well-known Western lives that embody its central principles—including such luminaries as Jane Goodall, whose life trajectory shows us the power of honoring The Gift; Walt Whitman, who listened for the call of the times; Susan B. Anthony, whose example demonstrates the power of focused energy; John Keats, who was able to let his desire give birth to aspiration; and Harriet Tubman, whose life was nothing if not a lesson in learning to walk by faith. This essential guide also includes everyday stories about following the path to dharma, which illustrate the astonishingly contemporary relevance and practicality of this classic yogic story.

If you’re feeling lost in your own life’s journey, The Great Work of Your Life may provide you with answers to the questions you most urgently need addressed—and may help you to find and to embrace your true calling.

From the Hardcover edition.

The Great Work of Your Life by Stephen Cope

2012-09-25T00:30:00-05:00

The Great Work of Your Life A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling
Written by Stephen Cope

Cuando todo se derrumba (When Things Fall Apart) by Pema Chodron

2012-09-11T00:30:00-05:00

Cuando todo se derrumba (When Things Fall Apart) Palabras sabias para momentos dificiles
Written by Pema Chodron

Tenemos a nuestro alcance una oportunidad fundamental de felicidad que por lo general desperdiciamos, irónicamente, por estar atrapados en nuestros intentos por escapar del dolor y el sufrimiento. Pema Chödrön da un consejo compasivo y radical extraído de la sabiduría budista para cuando todo se derrumba en nuestras vidas, consejo que va a contrapelo de nuestras costumbres y expectativas habituales. Sólo hay una manera de encarar el sufrimiento que proporcione beneficio duradero, nos enseña Pema: ir hacia las situaciones dolorosas con cordialidad y curiosidad, relajándonos en la insubstancialidad fundamental de toda nuestra situación. Es ahí, en medio del caos, que podemos descubrir la verdad y el amor que son indestructibles.

El libro incluye:
•    Modos de usar las emociones dolorosas para cultivar la sabiduría, la compasión y la valentía
•    Métodos de comunicación que llevan a una verdadera apertura hacia los demás y a una verdadera cercanía
•    Prácticas para revertir patrones negativos habituales
•    Técnicas para trabajar con situaciones caóticas
•    Herramientas para cultivar una acción social enérgica y compasiva

There is a fundamental opportunity for happiness right within our reach, yet we usually miss it—ironically while we are caught up in attempts to escape pain and suffering. Drawn from traditional Buddhist wisdom, Pema Chödrön’s radical and compassionate advice for what to do when things fall apart in our lives goes against the grain of our usual habits and expectations. There is only one approach to suffering that is of lasting benefit, Pema teaches, and that approach involves moving toward painful situations with friendliness and curiosity, relaxing into the essential groundlessness of our entire situation. It is there, in the midst of chaos, that we can discover the truth and love that are indestructible.

Included in the book are:
•    Ways to use painful emotions to cultivate wisdom, compassion, and courage
•    Methods of communicating that lead to openness and true intimacy with others
•    Practices for reversing negative habitual patterns
•    Techniques for working with chaotic situations
•    Tools for cultivating compassionate, energetic social action

Buddha Takes No Prisoners by Jack Kornfield

2012-05-29T00:30:00-05:00

Buddha Takes No Prisoners A Meditator's Survival Guide
Written by Patrick Ophuls
Foreword by Jack Kornfield

eBook, 192 pages | North Atlantic Books | Body, Mind & Spirit - Meditation; Religion - Buddhism | $13.95 | May 29, 2012 | 978-1-58394-591-9 (1-58394-591-1)

This insightful, easy-to-read handbook offers a non-traditional perspective on meditation. Written primarily for American insight meditation students, it delivers the Buddha's essential teachings clearly, straightforwardly, and without spiritual jargon, and helps make sense of practices often laden with traditional terminology. Practical explanations of the meditation process, its benefits and applicability to daily life, and warmly humorous advice and encouragement give new practitioners the help necessary to continue practicing meditation on a regular basis.

Writing & Healing by Gabriele Rico

2012-05-29T00:30:00-05:00

Writing & Healing A Mindful Guide for Cancer Survivors (Including Audio CD)
Written by Pamela Post-Ferrante
Foreword by Gabriele Rico

Trade Paperback, 208 pages | Hatherleigh Press | Body, Mind & Spirit - Meditation; Body, Mind & Spirit - Mental & Spiritual Healing; Health & Fitness - Diseases - Cancer | $35.00 | May 29, 2012 | 978-1-57826-422-3 (1-57826-422-7)

This book is for cancer survivors: those in treatment and those who have completed treatment and are wondering what to do next. Both would benefit from a support group that is grounded in healing themes, mindful meditations, and community.

Writing and Healing: A Mindful Guide for Cancer Survivors (with accompanying CD) serves as a guide for support groups in using expressive writing as a therapeutic experience. The sessions in the book help to release stress and encourage positive feelings, offering a way to support treatment and move forward after treatment. The book is also full of stories, drawings, and vignettes, inspiring survivors to explore their own healing path.

Within the book is a step-by-step guide enabling others (such as nurses, social workers, psychologists, or ministers) to lead these groups. This includes ways to gather the creative materials and instructions on how to lead the opening, closing and exercises of the twelve sessions. Alternatively, cancer survivors may prefer to gather on their own and take turns leading the group. For those who want to use the book on their own, Writing and Healing also includes a CD of the meditations and suggestions for how to follow the exercises on one’s own.

The twelve sessions in this book are full of cleansing and hope, and the sort of writing, sharing, and listening which occurs is a strengthening act.

Random House New Releases - Body, Mind & Spirit - Meditation - Between May 22, 2012 and June 21, 2013.

Essence of Mind by Jens-Erik Risom

Essence of Mind An Approach to DzogchenWritten by Jes Bertelsen Translated by Marianne Bentzen Foreword by Martijn van Beek and Jens-Erik Risom

Essence of Mind by Jens-Erik Risom

Essence of Mind An Approach to DzogchenWritten by Jes Bertelsen Translated by Marianne Bentzen Foreword by Martijn van Beek and Jens-Erik Risom

Mantras Mexicanos by Prem Dayal

Mantras Mexicanos Tres Claves Para La Liberaci�n Del EspirituWritten by Prem Dayal

The Great Work of Your Life by Stephen Cope

The Great Work of Your Life A Guide for the Journey to Your True CallingWritten by Stephen Cope

The Great Work of Your Life by Stephen Cope

The Great Work of Your Life A Guide for the Journey to Your True CallingWritten by Stephen Cope

Cuando todo se derrumba (When Things Fall Apart) by Pema Chodron

Cuando todo se derrumba (When Things Fall Apart) Palabras sabias para momentos dificilesWritten by Pema Chodron

Buddha Takes No Prisoners by Jack Kornfield

Buddha Takes No Prisoners A Meditator's Survival GuideWritten by Patrick Ophuls Foreword by Jack Kornfield

Writing & Healing by Gabriele Rico

Writing & Healing A Mindful Guide for Cancer Survivors (Including Audio CD)Written by Pamela Post-Ferrante Foreword by Gabriele Rico

Essence of Mind An Approach to Dzogchen
Written by Jes Bertelsen
Translated by Marianne Bentzen
Foreword by Martijn van Beek and Jens-Erik Risom

Essence of Mind An Approach to Dzogchen
Written by Jes Bertelsen
Translated by Marianne Bentzen
Foreword by Martijn van Beek and Jens-Erik Risom

Mantras Mexicanos Tres Claves Para La Liberaci�n Del Espiritu
Written by Prem Dayal

The Great Work of Your Life A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling
Written by Stephen Cope

The Great Work of Your Life A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling
Written by Stephen Cope

Cuando todo se derrumba (When Things Fall Apart) Palabras sabias para momentos dificiles
Written by Pema Chodron

Buddha Takes No Prisoners A Meditator's Survival Guide
Written by Patrick Ophuls
Foreword by Jack Kornfield

Writing & Healing A Mindful Guide for Cancer Survivors (Including Audio CD)
Written by Pamela Post-Ferrante
Foreword by Gabriele Rico