
- 240 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
How do we stand firm amid the ups and downs of existence? In today's culture of polarization and constant change, how do we find the confidence to navigate challenges? Is now really the time for meditation, for looking inward? What do we do with mindfulness? Meditation teacher Ethan Nichtern tackles these questions, taking contemporary considerations of power, identity, ethics, and confidence to new heights in this essential guide to self-discovery. Ethan examines the Buddhist concept of the Eight Worldly Winds, the four paired opposites of praise and blame, pleasure and pain, fame and insignificance, and success and failure. Delving into these dichotomies reveals invaluable insights into our relationships with others (including teachers, friends, leaders, the disgraced, and the adored) and ourselves. With transformative meditation exercises, Confidence empowers us to cultivate and access our innate wisdom.
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Table of contents
- Introduction: Hold Your Seat
- Part One: The Eight Worldly Winds
- Chapter One: Running the Gauntlet of Hope and Fear
- Chapter Two: Pleasure and Pain: Licking Honey from a Razor Blade
- Chapter Three: Praise and Blame: Everyone’s a Critic
- Chapter Four: Influence and Insignificance: Avoiding the Second Death
- Chapter Five: Success and Failure: The Misery of Comparative Mind
- Part Two: The Four Powers of Confidence
- Chapter Six: The Power of Compassion
- Chapter Seven: The Power of Lineage
- Chapter Eight: The Power of Awareness
- Chapter Nine: The Power of Windhorse
- Conclusion: The Question of Confidence
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author