Download or read book Proverbs written by Dominick S. Hernandez and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book of Proverbs is a book written for people like us—parents, children, friends, and coworkers. It's a collection of biblical sayings and wisdom that are intended to help us with practical matters in our lives. Inside we encounter the wise and the foolish, and instructions for the journey to find the wisdom that comes from God alone. Proverbs: Pathways to Wisdom explores the context, language, and interpretation of the book of Proverbs. Each chapter covers well known verses and examines prevalent themes throughout the book. From the fear of the Lord to the Woman of Valor in Proverbs 31, Hernández explores an array of verses and reveals literary and historical details that supply profound insight into familiar passages. Additional components for a four-week study include a DVD featuring Dominick S. Hernández and a comprehensive Leader Guide.

Download or read book A Path to Wisdom written by Tony Jeton Selimi and published by Ecademy Press. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No matter who you are, step forward and get ready to start living your best life –it is what you came here for. Use your built-in ALARM to awaken you to your true calling, your greatness, your wisdom. Use the method, do the simple exercises in each chapter, take action and learn to truly: acknowledge and own your power; learn to listen to your body's wisdom and experience life through the infinite wisdom of love; accept your authentic self and achieve higher vibrational states of awareness and intelligence; reconnect you to your life's purpose by focusing and having greater clarity on the results you wish to create; motivate, meditate and create a meaningful and mindful life. Love your life, live your dreams. You will come away from this book having a deeper understanding of self, freeing yourself from old limiting beliefs that keep you stuck in a rut, and starting to walk a path that leads you to living a meaningful and inspiring life. Inner peace, calmness and clarity are just some of the results you can expect from reading this book. You become effective, productive and live a healthy and balanced life.

Download or read book The Wisdom of No Escape written by Pema Chödrön and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “down-to-earth, unsentimental, [and] high-humored” Pema Chödrön classic on learning to face our lives just as they are (Los Angeles Times) It's true, as they say, that we can only love others when we first love ourselves—and we can only experience real joy when we stop running from pain. The key to understanding these truisms is simple but not easy: we must learn to open ourselves up to life in all its manifestations. Here, spiritual teacher and When Things Fall Apart author Pema Chödrön presents a uniquely practical approach to doing just that, showing us the true value in having “no escape” from the ups and downs of life. Drawing from her own experiences with marriage, divorce, motherhood, and more, Pema reveals that when we embrace the happiness and heartache, the inspiration and confusion—all the twists and turns that are part of natural life—we can begin to discover a true wellspring of courageous love that’s been within our hearts all along. As she writes in chapter four: “Our neurosis and our wisdom are made out of the same material. If you throw out your neurosis, you also throw out your wisdom.”

Download or read book The Long Path to Wisdom written by Jan-Philipp Sendker and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the internationally bestselling The Art of Hearing Heartbeats comes this charming collection of folktales that offer a window into Burma’s fascinating history and culture. Since 1995 Jan-Philipp Sendker has visited Myanmar (Burma) dozens of times, and while doing research for his novels The Art of Hearing Heartbeats and A Well-Tempered Heart, he encountered numerous folktales and fables. These moving stories speak to the rich mythology of the diverse peoples of Burma, the spirituality of humankind, and the profound social impact of Buddhist thought. Some are so strange he couldn’t classify them or identify a familiar moral, while others reminded him of the fairy tales of his childhood, except that here monkeys, tigers, elephants, and crocodiles inhabited the fantastic lands instead of hedgehogs, donkeys, or geese. Their morals resemble those of the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen, illustrating how all cultures draw on a universal wisdom to create their myths. The Long Path to Wisdom’s evocative stories run the gamut of human emotions, from the familiar to the shocking, and are sure to delight fans of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats as well as those newly discovering the magic of Sendker’s incandescent writing.

Download or read book The Path of Wisdom written by John Hunt and published by Upper Gate. This book was released on 2011-12-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You Can Have a Rewarding Life!"Life does NOT have to be "Messed Up"... Really!Whether you're dealing with the adversity or insecurity of life, or have a desire to better yourself, master wisdom's way and garner contentment and strength in any situation and confidence and calm with all people.In following The Path of Wisdom, you will live with surprising ease when it comes to:1. Wealth: invest your life doing what you love ○ add riches without adding irritations ○ want what you have ○ acquire true and lasting wealth ...2. Friendship: easily see the good in others ○ kind and genuine words bring amazing results ○ always speak well of others ○ practice true listening by doing ...3. Confidence: secure positions of strength with humility ○ resist the influence of destructive tendencies ○ believe that you belong and you will ...4. Words: inspire others with the power of the tongue ○ speak forth the good in your heart ○ get heard by not always speaking your opinion ..."John Hunt draws upon the inherent desire for freedom from chaos and misery in daily living to offer people what they truly want-a more peaceful and contented way of life."-Becky Towne, Associate Dean, Houston Graduate School of Theology, Houston, Texas"Grace and truth jump off these pages, assisting and empowering any person seeking to live a freer, more fulfilling life."-Rich Robinson, Associate Director, US Military Mission, The Navigators, Tucson, ArizonaThe Path of Wisdom offers gentle, supportive, but powerful suggestions on relationships, finances, success, purpose, pleasure, work, and stress, among others... leading to true wealth and lasting peace.

Download or read book Seeking Wisdom written by Julia Cameron and published by St. Martin's Essentials. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julia Cameron returns to the spiritual roots of the Artist’s Way in this 6-week Program Author Julia Cameron changed the way the world thinks about creativity when she first published The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity thirty years ago. Over five million copies later, Cameron now turns her attention to creative prayer, which she believes is a key facet of the creative life. In Seeking Wisdom, a 6 Week Artist’s Way Program, readers, too, will learn to pray. Tracing her own creative journey, Cameron reveals that prayer led her forward at a time of personal crisis. Unexpectedly, prayer became an indispensable support to her artistic life. The tools she created to save herself in her darkest hour became the tools she would share with the world through The Artist's Way. Seeking Wisdom details the origin of these tools, and by Cameron's example, the central role that prayer plays in sustaining a life as an artist. In this volume, Cameron shares a mindful collection of prayer practices that open our creative souls. This path takes us beyond traditional religious rituals, welcoming readers regardless of their beliefs and backgrounds. As you journey through each week of the program you’ll explore prayers of petition, gratitude, creativity, and more. Along the way, the three beloved tools of The Artist’s Way—Morning Pages, Artist Dates, and Walks—are refreshed and reintroduced, to provide a proven, grounded framework for growth and development. Additionally, Cameron introduces a fourth tool, Writing Out Guidance. She believes this powerful practice will greatly aid aspiring artists. Seeking Wisdom issues an invitation to step further into exciting creative practice.

Download or read book Quest for Wisdom written by David Lorimer and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging volume of essays brings a contemporary perspective to the timeless questions concerned with the nature of life and death, meaning and purpose, and how we can live more harmoniously together, issues with which all thinking people are concerned and engaged.

Download or read book Path of Wisdom Path of Peace written by Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho and published by Crossroad Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A perfect bedside reader and inspirational book, this title offers short, accessible, and even humorous answers on a range of intimate topics, including the meaning of life and the nature of true love.

Download or read book Seeking the Heart of Wisdom written by Joseph Goldstein and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2024-07-23 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear and personal presentation of the central teachings and practices of insight meditation from renowned authors Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. The path of insight meditation is a journey of understanding our bodies, our minds, and our lives—of seeing clearly the true nature of experience. Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield, cofounders of the Insight Meditation Society, join forces to present this accessible and easily readable guide to developing the openness and compassion that are at the heart of this spiritual practice. For those already treading the path, as well as those just starting out, this book will be a welcome companion along the way. Useful exercises are presented alongside the teachings to help readers deepen their understanding of the subjects. Among the topics covered are: The hindrances to meditation—ranging from doubt and fear to painful knees—and skillful means of overcoming them How compassion can arise in response to the suffering we see in our own lives and in the world How to integrate a life of responsible action and service with a meditative life based on nonattachment

Download or read book Every Good Path written by Andrew Errington and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-26 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Errington brings the book of Proverbs into discussion with two significant accounts of the nature and foundation of practical reason in Christian ethics: those of Thomas Aquinas and Oliver O'Donovan. Aiming to move towards a framework for understanding Christian moral reasoning, this book develops a significant critique of aspects of Aquinas's thought and provides a major engagement with O'Donovan's moral theology. Errington argues that the way the Book of Proverbs conceives of wisdom presents an important challenge to the Western theological and philosophical tradition. Instead of a perfection of theoretical knowledge, wisdom in Proverbs is a practical knowledge of how to act well, grounded in the reality of the world God has made. Discussing the complexities of practical reason, moral reasoning in Aquinas, world order and deliberation in the work of O'Donovan, and the place of created order in Christian Ethics, this volume is invaluable for scholars and general readers in reconfiguring moral theology.

Download or read book The Pathway to Wisdom written by Ernie Perkins and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If ever human society has needed men and women of wisdom who can give wise leadership, it is today. Yet, in an era when knowledge has never been more revered, true wisdom seems to be a scarce commodity. At a time when more people hold more degrees from more institutions than at any other point in human history, we join with those in the fable who searched through their city for a wise man . . . and found none. The author shares the route to wisdom and encourages his readers to continue on that route.

Download or read book T ai Chi as a Path of Wisdom written by Linda Myoki Lehrhaupt and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2001-10-02 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike most t'ai chi books, which focus strictly on how to do the t'ai chi forms, T'ai Chi as a Path of Wisdom presents a personal, practical view of this intriguing martial art. Lehrhaupt shares illuminating stories from her own life and the lives of her students that show how t'ai chi can be a vehicle for profound self-discovery and spiritual growth. In learning to master each body posture, t'ai chi students often confront self-doubt, frustration, and the desire to compete and compare themselves to others—problems that also arise in daily life. Lehrhaupt shows how these and other obstacles provide valuable opportunities to deepen awareness and recognize the striking continuities between practice and everyday life. Each section of the book includes practical exercises designed to enhance students' understanding of t'ai chi movements, and a helpful appendix answers many frequently asked questions about t'ai chi training such as how to find a teacher and how to balance practice with family life. Full of useful insights and guidance, T'ai Chi as a Path of Wisdom will be a valuable companion for all students of this increasingly popular martial art.

Download or read book The Essence of Wisdom written by Stephen Mitchell and published by Broadway. This book was released on 1999-10-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathers quotations by Novalis, Rainer Maria Rilke, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Franz Kafka, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Buddha, Heraclitus, Lao-tzu, Ramana Maharshi, Confucious, and Baruch Spinoza.

Download or read book Wisdom Is Bliss written by Robert Thurman and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Robert Thurman is a living treasure, one of today's most provocative spiritual thinkers." - Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence Robert Thurman, the preeminent scholar and interpreter of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy for the modern world, leads us on a joyful exploration into the nature of reality through Buddha's threefold curriculum of "super-education." "Buddha had to be an educator, rather than a prophet or religion founder, since he had achieved his goal of exact and complete understanding of reality by using reason, experiments to open his own mind, and vision to do so," Thurman writes. "From his own experience, he could help [others] as a teacher by streamlining the process. He could not just transplant his realization into their minds. They could not get their own realizations just by believing whatever he said. He could only provide them with a prospect of full realization along a path of learning and experiencing they could follow-they would have to travel on their own." This book is your invitation to travel that same road. Deeply felt and bracingly direct, it doesn't teach about the teaching-it is the teaching. Get ready to get real, and have fun along the way, as you chart a path to reliable, lasting happiness.

Download or read book The Heart of the Path written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a review in BuddhaDharma magazine: The Heart of the Path is a lengthy teaching on guru yoga by a contemporary exemplar of the practice, Lama Thubten Zopa. A close disciple of Lama Thubten Yeshe for more than three decades, Lama Zopa has taught by word and example the importance and power of properly following a guru. The book is based on several decades of dharma talks organized by editor Ailsa Cameron into twenty-four chapters, beginning with the question of why one needs a teacher to progress along the path. The remaining chapters discuss in considerable detail how to cultivate and practice devotion, and generate the view of one’s own teacher as the Buddha. It concludes with several short guru yoga visualization practices. Throughout the book Lama Zopa offers personal reflections and stories to illustrate his message that guru yoga truly is the heart of the path to liberation. From a review in Tricycle magazine: For those interested in stepping beyond the realm of ideas into the world of practice, the latest book from Tibetan master Lama Zopa Rinpoche is a helpful guide to one important aspect of the spiritual path. The Heart of the Path explains the importance of guru devotion and Zopa's view of the proper way to develop a student-teacher bond. Lama Zopa has had many teachers, but his unwavering devotion to Lama Thubten Yeshe shines through on every page. Drawing on this experience and the Buddha's teachings, Zopa effectively conveys the value of relationships based on Buddhist ideals. From a review in Mandala magazine: Although guru devotion is a foundational concept within Tibetan Buddhist thought, for many it remains a bewildering and impenetrable topic. Fortunately for contemporary practitioners, Lama Zopa Rinpoche has spoken extensively on guru devotion, giving teachings and advice about what it really means to have devotion to one’s spiritual friend. Drawing from nearly fifty teachings, this treasure is the result of seven years of painstaking editing by Ven. Ailsa Cameron. Not only does it include teachings on the traditional sub-topics that fall under guru devotion found in Tsongkhapa’s lam-rim, but also a useful outline to guide your reading, several supplementary prayers and teachings from other renowned Tibetan masters, and inspiring images of Lama Zopa, Lama Yeshe and other amazing teachers peppered throughout. A perusal of this masterful work by Lama Zopa Rinpoche will assuage any doubts about the utility or possibility of “seeing the guru as Buddha.” This book is made possible by kind supporters of the Archive who, like you, appreciate how we make these teachings available in so many ways, including in our website for instant reading, listening or downloading, and as printed and electronic books. Our website offers immediate access to thousands of pages of teachings and hundreds of audio recordings by some of the greatest lamas of our time. Our photo gallery and our ever-popular books are also freely accessible there. Please help us increase our efforts to spread the Dharma for the happiness and benefit of all beings. You can find out more about becoming a supporter of the Archive and see all we have to offer by visiting our website. Thank you so much, and please enjoy this e-book.

Download or read book The Path of Insight Meditation written by Jack Kornfield and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introductory guide to Insight meditation, offering exercises from two master teachers and a look into how this practice leads to compassion and a deeper understanding of self. Insight meditation is a Buddhist practice that opens the way to profound awakening in our daily lives. This introductory guide offers wisdom about how this path cultivates compassion, strengthens mindfulness, and leads to a deeper understanding of ourselves and others. It also includes exercises from these two master teachers, developed from their meditation retreats taught around the world. Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield are the founders of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, and each has authored many books on meditation.

Download or read book The Royal Path to Wisdom written by Christian D. Larson and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2023-01-27 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Path to Wisdom by Christian D. Larson provides guidance for those seeking wisdom. Through this book, readers are guided along the royal path that leads to enlightenment, gaining understanding and insight that can transform lives. Walk the royal path with The Royal Path to Wisdom. Secure your copy today and step onto the path to enlightenment.