The seeds of love : growing mindful relationships / by Jerry Braza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braza, Jerry, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Attention.

Love.

Interpersonal relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

North Clarendon, Vt. : Tuttle Pub., c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using the garden as metaphor, The Seeds of Love offers a process for creating mindfulness. Through the development of the practice of mindfulness, and using its tools to maintain a state of awareness and openness to self and others. Readers will learn how to nurture such seeds as compassion, joy and generosity and to use personal challenges such as jealousy, anger and self doubt as a means of growth. Using precepts from many faiths and traditions, The Seeds of Love fosters the practice of using simple, basic actions to reach the best within ourselves and sh

Contents:

CONTENTS; FOREWORD Thich Nhat Hanh; Introduction; PART 1 Nourishing the Gardener: Everyday Practices for Growing Mindful Relationships; 1. Seeing: It all Begins with the Gardener; 2. Renewing: Taing Care of the Gardener; 3. Being: Watering the Seeds of Mindfulness; PART 2 The Soil: Exploring Our Consciousness; 4. Pathways to the Present Moment; 5. Exploring the Garden of our Consciousness; 6. Watering Seeds of Love and Tranforming Seeds of Suffering; 7. Mantra Practice; PART 3 Seeds Every Garden Needs; 8. Loving-Kindness; 9. Compassion; 10. Joy; 11. Equanimity

PART 4 The Seeds That Nourish Every Garden12. Deep Listening; 13. Loving Speech; 14. Gratitude; 15. Generosity; PART 5 Compost; 16. Fear; 17. Anger; 18. Jealousy; 19. Doubt; CONCLUSION; 20. Creating a Legacy as a Master Gardener: Tending Your Inner Garden; Bibliography; In Gratitude. . .

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-4629-0020-8

OCLC:

792687363