How to Thrive in Hard Times: A Buddhist Manual

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This is a uniquely practical, accessible and inspiring guide to living according to Buddhist principles, written by a well-known spiritual teacher and long-time Palestine-Israel peace worker. It is needed more than ever in these dark times. This is a uniquely practical, accessible and inspiring guide to living according to Buddhist principles, written by a well-known spiritual teacher and long-time Palestine-Israel peace worker. It is needed more than ever in these dark times. "This book is filled with all the wisdom and compassion Stephen has gleaned from years of teaching, healing and peace work in Israel and Palestine." - Jack Kornfield "deeply nurturing and illuminating" - Jon Kabat-Zinn This book describes the rich and profoundly fulfilled way of living that comes when we act according to Buddhist principles. Mindfulness - or the practice of paying attention to the present moment - is a part of this, but only one part. This book reveals exactly how radical, exciting and life-changing it can be if we transform our daily life according to the exceptional Buddhist wisdom of compassion, joy, detachment and liberation. Written in in simple, straightforward language, the book contains 50 essays covering every aspect of modern life, ranging from the mundane to the spiritual. Topics include- How to be fulfilled at work How to relate to money What mindfulness really means How to find the magic of the moment What being authentic means How to age wisely How to be friends with your own body How to step off the treadmill of the daily grind How to radically shift our thoughts, emotions and difficult memories Ways to grasp spiritual concepts such as enlightenment, non-duality and equanimity. This book goes all the way from the ordinary to the sublime and will imbue your life once more with the sense of wonder that you felt as a child. It will allow you to put down the burdens of anxiety, joylessness, restlessness or a judging mind. And it will do all this by enabling you to shift your experience of the world in a truly profound way.

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Stephen Fulder, PhD, is the founder of the Israel Insight Society (Tovana) and one of Israel's leading spiritual teachers. Drawing on 40 years of deep personal experience of Vipassana/mindfulness meditation and dharma practice, he has, over the last 30 years, guided thousands of people in exploring Buddhist teachings, meditation practice, and daily life liberation, along with hands-on peace-making and ecological action.