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The art of disappearing : buddha's path to lasting joy, Brahm Ajahn, (electronic resource)

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Summary
As human beings, we strive to make life go smoothly for ourselves and others, but that is expecting from the world something it cannot give. Ajahn Brahm, the bestselling author of Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung? and Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond, presents in this new work wisdom for learning to abandon the headwind of false expectations and follow instead the path of understanding in order to find true joy within. By releasing our attachment to past and future, hope and fear, we can settle into the stillness underlying all our thoughts and discover the bliss of the present moment
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource.
Contents
  • Title Page; Praise; Preface; 1 -- The Big Picture; Understanding Suffering Is the Motivation for Practice; Disengagement; "Not My Business"; Solving the Problem; The Messengers of Truth; Moving toward Emptiness; The Automatic Reaction; Stillness; Understanding Is the Key; 2 -- Bringing the Mind into the Present; Mindfulness of the Body and Caring Attention; Using Body Sweeping to Calm Restlessness; The Importance of Joy; The Faculty of Mindfulness; Calming Down the Problems; Getting the Results Changes Everything; Understanding the Buddha; 3 -- Developing Mindfulness; Understanding Mindfulness
  • Establishing MindfulnessGetting Ready to Watch the Breath; Overcoming Defilements; Meditation Kamma; Overcoming the Subtle Defilements; The Nimitta Stage; The Fruits of Mindfulness; 4 -- Medicines for the Mind; Boredom; Restlessness; Be a Passive Observer; Tiredness and Energy; Overcoming Desire and Ill Will; Allowing the "You" to Disappear; Be Patient; 5 -- Wisdom Power; Letting Go by Understanding Suffering; Observe and Learn; Investigate and Understand; Replace Willpower with Wisdom Power; Be Content with the Present Moment; Be Free of the Past; Give One Hundred Percent
  • 6 -- Pacification and the Insights that FollowUnderstanding Cause and Effect; Pacify the Will and Reduce the Sense of Self; Pacify Things and They Disappear; Pacifying Time; Pacifying Thought; Pacifying Sensory Diversity; The Radiant Mind; The Jhanas: The Great Disappearing Act; Pacify All Sa?kharas and End All Suffering; 7 -- Appreciating the Bliss; Feel Your Way into Stillness; Cooling Down the Senses; Recognizing the Bliss of a Still Mind; Letting Go of the Desire for Bliss; The Bliss of Things Disappearing; The Bliss of Renunciation; The Bliss of Cessation; 8 -- Recognizing True Wisdom
  • The Effects of WisdomCause and Effect; Recognizing and Avoiding the Snakes; The Fault-Finding Mind; Right Thought, Right Intention; 9 -- Happiness Comes from Disappearing; Everything Is Conditioned; The Nonself of the Five Senses; Letting Go of Mind-Consciousness; Suffering Is the Problem; Your Sense of Self Is the Root Problem; If You Want True Happiness, Disappear; Calming the Will Completely; The Full Experience of Nonself; 10 -- Make This the Last Time; You're Like a Cow Being Led to the Slaughterhouse; Reflecting on Old Age, Sickness, and Death; Learning How to Die
  • Reflecting on Sensual DesiresReflecting on the Body; Freedom from the Body; The Door to the Deathless Is Open; 11 -- Climbing the Pyramid of Samadhi; Keep It Simple; The Happiness of Virtue and Restraint; Be the Master of Your Desires; The Pyramid of Samadhi and Insight; The Beautiful Middle Way; Abbreviations; Glossary; Index; About the Author; About Wisdom; Copyright Page
Isbn
9780861718610
Link
http://calgary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=0975DCE4-E35B-4F78-BBDE-21B92B3DC4D2
Instance
Label
The art of disappearing : buddha's path to lasting joy
Title
The art of disappearing
Title remainder
buddha's path to lasting joy
Statement of responsibility
Brahm Ajahn
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
As human beings, we strive to make life go smoothly for ourselves and others, but that is expecting from the world something it cannot give. Ajahn Brahm, the bestselling author of Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung? and Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond, presents in this new work wisdom for learning to abandon the headwind of false expectations and follow instead the path of understanding in order to find true joy within. By releasing our attachment to past and future, hope and fear, we can settle into the stillness underlying all our thoughts and discover the bliss of the present moment
Cataloging source
EBLCP
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1951-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Ajahn Brahm
Dewey number
294.3/444
Index
index present
LC call number
BQ5405
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Buddhism
  • Religious life
  • Religious life
  • Religion
Label
The art of disappearing : buddha's path to lasting joy, Brahm Ajahn, (electronic resource)
Link
http://calgary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=0975DCE4-E35B-4F78-BBDE-21B92B3DC4D2
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
  • Title Page; Praise; Preface; 1 -- The Big Picture; Understanding Suffering Is the Motivation for Practice; Disengagement; "Not My Business"; Solving the Problem; The Messengers of Truth; Moving toward Emptiness; The Automatic Reaction; Stillness; Understanding Is the Key; 2 -- Bringing the Mind into the Present; Mindfulness of the Body and Caring Attention; Using Body Sweeping to Calm Restlessness; The Importance of Joy; The Faculty of Mindfulness; Calming Down the Problems; Getting the Results Changes Everything; Understanding the Buddha; 3 -- Developing Mindfulness; Understanding Mindfulness
  • Establishing MindfulnessGetting Ready to Watch the Breath; Overcoming Defilements; Meditation Kamma; Overcoming the Subtle Defilements; The Nimitta Stage; The Fruits of Mindfulness; 4 -- Medicines for the Mind; Boredom; Restlessness; Be a Passive Observer; Tiredness and Energy; Overcoming Desire and Ill Will; Allowing the "You" to Disappear; Be Patient; 5 -- Wisdom Power; Letting Go by Understanding Suffering; Observe and Learn; Investigate and Understand; Replace Willpower with Wisdom Power; Be Content with the Present Moment; Be Free of the Past; Give One Hundred Percent
  • 6 -- Pacification and the Insights that FollowUnderstanding Cause and Effect; Pacify the Will and Reduce the Sense of Self; Pacify Things and They Disappear; Pacifying Time; Pacifying Thought; Pacifying Sensory Diversity; The Radiant Mind; The Jhanas: The Great Disappearing Act; Pacify All Sa?kharas and End All Suffering; 7 -- Appreciating the Bliss; Feel Your Way into Stillness; Cooling Down the Senses; Recognizing the Bliss of a Still Mind; Letting Go of the Desire for Bliss; The Bliss of Things Disappearing; The Bliss of Renunciation; The Bliss of Cessation; 8 -- Recognizing True Wisdom
  • The Effects of WisdomCause and Effect; Recognizing and Avoiding the Snakes; The Fault-Finding Mind; Right Thought, Right Intention; 9 -- Happiness Comes from Disappearing; Everything Is Conditioned; The Nonself of the Five Senses; Letting Go of Mind-Consciousness; Suffering Is the Problem; Your Sense of Self Is the Root Problem; If You Want True Happiness, Disappear; Calming the Will Completely; The Full Experience of Nonself; 10 -- Make This the Last Time; You're Like a Cow Being Led to the Slaughterhouse; Reflecting on Old Age, Sickness, and Death; Learning How to Die
  • Reflecting on Sensual DesiresReflecting on the Body; Freedom from the Body; The Door to the Deathless Is Open; 11 -- Climbing the Pyramid of Samadhi; Keep It Simple; The Happiness of Virtue and Restraint; Be the Master of Your Desires; The Pyramid of Samadhi and Insight; The Beautiful Middle Way; Abbreviations; Glossary; Index; About the Author; About Wisdom; Copyright Page
Control code
ocn758333984
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780861718610
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)758333984
Label
The art of disappearing : buddha's path to lasting joy, Brahm Ajahn, (electronic resource)
Link
http://calgary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=0975DCE4-E35B-4F78-BBDE-21B92B3DC4D2
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
  • Title Page; Praise; Preface; 1 -- The Big Picture; Understanding Suffering Is the Motivation for Practice; Disengagement; "Not My Business"; Solving the Problem; The Messengers of Truth; Moving toward Emptiness; The Automatic Reaction; Stillness; Understanding Is the Key; 2 -- Bringing the Mind into the Present; Mindfulness of the Body and Caring Attention; Using Body Sweeping to Calm Restlessness; The Importance of Joy; The Faculty of Mindfulness; Calming Down the Problems; Getting the Results Changes Everything; Understanding the Buddha; 3 -- Developing Mindfulness; Understanding Mindfulness
  • Establishing MindfulnessGetting Ready to Watch the Breath; Overcoming Defilements; Meditation Kamma; Overcoming the Subtle Defilements; The Nimitta Stage; The Fruits of Mindfulness; 4 -- Medicines for the Mind; Boredom; Restlessness; Be a Passive Observer; Tiredness and Energy; Overcoming Desire and Ill Will; Allowing the "You" to Disappear; Be Patient; 5 -- Wisdom Power; Letting Go by Understanding Suffering; Observe and Learn; Investigate and Understand; Replace Willpower with Wisdom Power; Be Content with the Present Moment; Be Free of the Past; Give One Hundred Percent
  • 6 -- Pacification and the Insights that FollowUnderstanding Cause and Effect; Pacify the Will and Reduce the Sense of Self; Pacify Things and They Disappear; Pacifying Time; Pacifying Thought; Pacifying Sensory Diversity; The Radiant Mind; The Jhanas: The Great Disappearing Act; Pacify All Sa?kharas and End All Suffering; 7 -- Appreciating the Bliss; Feel Your Way into Stillness; Cooling Down the Senses; Recognizing the Bliss of a Still Mind; Letting Go of the Desire for Bliss; The Bliss of Things Disappearing; The Bliss of Renunciation; The Bliss of Cessation; 8 -- Recognizing True Wisdom
  • The Effects of WisdomCause and Effect; Recognizing and Avoiding the Snakes; The Fault-Finding Mind; Right Thought, Right Intention; 9 -- Happiness Comes from Disappearing; Everything Is Conditioned; The Nonself of the Five Senses; Letting Go of Mind-Consciousness; Suffering Is the Problem; Your Sense of Self Is the Root Problem; If You Want True Happiness, Disappear; Calming the Will Completely; The Full Experience of Nonself; 10 -- Make This the Last Time; You're Like a Cow Being Led to the Slaughterhouse; Reflecting on Old Age, Sickness, and Death; Learning How to Die
  • Reflecting on Sensual DesiresReflecting on the Body; Freedom from the Body; The Door to the Deathless Is Open; 11 -- Climbing the Pyramid of Samadhi; Keep It Simple; The Happiness of Virtue and Restraint; Be the Master of Your Desires; The Pyramid of Samadhi and Insight; The Beautiful Middle Way; Abbreviations; Glossary; Index; About the Author; About Wisdom; Copyright Page
Control code
ocn758333984
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780861718610
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)758333984

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