Wes Nisker

Being Nature

A Down-To-Earth Guide to the Four Foundations of Mindfulness

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presenting new ways to harness the power of mindfulness, Nisker teaches us how to put our understanding of evolution in the service of spiritual awakening.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
• 4th Edition, New Edition of Buddha's Nature
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 151mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9781644115374
• ISBN-10: 1644115379
• Artikelnr.: 63365746

Autorenporträt

Wes “Scoop” Nisker (1942–2023) was an award-winning broadcast journalist and commentator. He was a meditation teacher and led mindfulness retreats internationally. The author of many books, including The Essential Crazy Wisdom, he was founding coeditor of The Inquiring Mind, an international Buddhist journal, and he was also a standup “dharma comic.”

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Jack Kornfield, PhD
PROLOGUE
Who Goes There?
PART ONE
To Study the Self
CHAPTER ONE
A Case of Mistaken Identity
CHAPTER TWO
The Buddha Was a Biologist
PART TWO
The Gift of Mindfulness
CHAPTER THREE
Mindfulness: The Opposable Thumb of Consciousness
CHAPTER FOUR
The First Foundation of Mindfulness: The Body and Breath
CHAPTER FIVE
The Second Foundation of Mindfulness: The First Impression
CHAPTER SIX
The Third Foundation of Mindfulness: States of Mind
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness: Thinking about Thinking
EPILOGUE
Evolving toward Enlightenment Acknowledgments
References
Index
About the Author