Finding peace and freedom in your own awakened heart, 2016. Finding peace and freedom in your own awakened heart bantam, january 22, 20. Her colleagues include jack kornfield, sharon salzberg, joseph goldstein and others in the vipassana or insight. In this book, brach offers a practical guide to finding our inner sanctuary of peace and wisdom in the midst of. Stress being the scourge of 21st century life livid in the fast lane of the super highway we need the wisdom and indeed the refuge outlined here.
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A modern guide to the teachings of buddhism buddhism. When our family began going to cape cod in the summer, the low piney woods, high dunes, and wide sweep of white sand felt like a true home. She is a guiding teacher and founder of the insight meditation community of washington, d. Reading tara brachs new book, true refuge, is like sitting by a fireplace, listening and talking with a best friend. Tara brach, author of the awardwinning radical acceptance,calls this awareness our true refuge, because it is available to every one of us, at any moment, no exceptions. Tara brach, phd, is an internationally known teacher of mindfulness, meditation.
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