Personal development

Freedom from suffering is not only possible, but the means for achieving it are immediately within our grasp--literally as close to us as our own breath.

Ajahn Chah (1919–1992) was admired for the way he demystified the Buddhist teachings, presenting them in a remarkably simple and down-to-earth style for people of any background. He was a major influence and spiritual mentor for a generation of American Buddhist teachers, including Jon Kabat-Zinn, Sharon Salzberg, and Jack Kornfield.

Coloring the circular designs known as mandalas is a relaxing, meditative activity enjoyed by adults and children alike. The mandalas in this book are specially designed to provide a creative encounter with the Divine as a feminine presence.

The keys to self-knowledge and deep contentment are right here before us in this very moment--if we can simply learn to live with open awareness. In The Unfolding Now, A. H.

Psychotherapist David Richo explains how writing and reading poetry can be a rich path of self-exploration and emotional healing for anyone, no matter one's poetic abilities.

Most relationship problems are essentially lack of trust — both in ourselves and in our partner.

Good communication is essential to any healthy relationship, whether it’s between spouses, family members, friends, or co-workers, and mindfulness—the practice of nonjudgmental ...

Grief and love are at the centre of the human and divine drama. How we find our way through the mazes of these losses and gains determines our character, meaning, purpose and our legacy. When clergyman, psychotherapist and spiritual director, Hal Edwards, lost Betsy, his wife of fifty years, he was perhaps as well placed to chart his passage through that maze as anyone.

The Diamond Sutra, a mainstay of the Mahayana tradition, has fascinated Buddhists for centuries because of its insights into dualism and illusion: the "diamond" can cut through any obstacle on the road to enlightenment.