Mindfulness for a Happy Life
eBook - ePub

Mindfulness for a Happy Life

New Teachings of an Old Tradition for Today's World

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Mindfulness for a Happy Life

New Teachings of an Old Tradition for Today's World

About this book

Mindfulness for a Happy Life is a beautiful guide to what insight meditation really is. Robert's personable, funny, sweet, sad, and ultimately human and humane teachings are told in simple terms so that anybody, from the skeptic to the monk, can access the heart and truth of mindfulness practice.If you have never meditated and can't understand why anyone would spend time on a cushion doing nothing, this is the book for you. You will find down-to-earth instructions that give you a direct experience of mindfulness as well as ways to measure the impact of your mindfulness practice. This book will inspire you to love life and to face everything that comes your way with grace, compassion, and wisdom.If you have meditated all your life, but not found awakening, this book is for you. This book will demystify and clarify the teachings of Buddhism so that you can better understand your own process. You will find instructions and stories that will change your practice. Instructions, exercises, and stories are used to give you an experience that can shift your perspective and transform your practice so that you access happiness through insight.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Introduction
  6. chapter 1: Introduction to Mindfulness and the Path to Happiness
  7. Chapter 2: Becoming More Human
  8. chapter 3: Life of Buddha
  9. chapter 4: The Five Hindrances
  10. Chapter 5: The Eightfold Path, or the Path to Happiness
  11. chapter 6: The Five Precepts
  12. Chapter 7: Challenging Mental States
  13. Thirty-Three Thousand Feet