Publication
Imprint: North Clarendon, Vermont. : Tuttle Publishing, c2011. Responsibility: Jerry Braza with a foreword by Thich Nhat Hanh. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 192 pages. Features: Includes bibliography.
Call number
Lay Life / Braza
ISBN
9780804841696
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: By sharing ways to practice mindfulness and use it to stay open to self and others, The Seeds of Love offers a path for nurturing the positive seeds within ourselves and transforming seeds of fear, anger, jealousy and doubt into compost for our soil. Drawing on a variety of faiths and traditions, the Seeds of Love fosters the practice of using simple actions to reach the best in ourselves and share it with those around us. -- from back cover.
Table of 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 Transforming 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 Garden
12. 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
FY2012 /
Table of 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 Transforming 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 Garden
12. 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
FY2012 /
Physical description
192 p.; 21 cm
Description
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
Language
Original language
English