Stepping Out of Self-Deception - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stepping Out of Self-Deception write by Rodney Smith. This book was released on 2010-07-13. Stepping Out of Self-Deception available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A prominent Insight Meditation teacher presents the Buddhist concept of “no-self” in an easy-to-understand way that will radically change your perspective on life Anatta is the Buddhist teaching on the nonexistence of a permanent, independent self. It’s a notoriously puzzling and elusive concept, usually leading to such questions as, “If I don’t have a self, who’s reading this sentence?” It’s not that there’s no self there, says Rodney Smith. It’s just that the self that is reading this sentence is a configuration of elements that at one time did not exist and which at some point in the future will disperse. Even in its present existence, it’s more a temporary arrangement of components rather than something solid. Anatta is a truth the Buddha considered to be absolutely essential to his teaching. Smith shows that understanding this truth can change the way you relate to the world, and that the perspective of selflessness is critically important for anyone involved in spiritual practice. Seeing it can be the key to getting past the idea that spirituality has something to do with self-improvement, and to accessing the joy of deep insight into reality.
Leadership and Self-deception
Leadership and Self-deception - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Leadership and Self-deception write by The Arbinger Institute. This book was released on 2002. Leadership and Self-deception available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explains why self-deception is at the heart of many leadership problems, identifying destructive patterns that undermine the successes of potentially excellent professionals while revealing how to improve teamwork, communication, and motivation. Reprint.
Lessons from the Dying
Lessons from the Dying - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lessons from the Dying write by Rodney Smith. This book was released on 1997-09-09. Lessons from the Dying available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In everyday language, "Smith offers us important teachings and reflections for dealing with death and embracing life" (Jack Kornfield, author of "A Path with Heart").
Touching the Infinite
Touching the Infinite - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Touching the Infinite write by Rodney Smith. This book was released on 2017-10-31. Touching the Infinite available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An Insight Meditation teacher explores the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, an essential teaching that transcends all Buddhist traditions and provides a path to true liberation Awakening manifests through the application of mindfulness to four areas: body, feelings, mind, and dharmas. Buddhists of all the traditions share this foundational principle, which is defined in the Satipatthana Sutta and has been expounded upon since the time of the Buddha himself. In Touching the Infinite, Rodney Smith guides readers through the Four Foundations to provide a solid understanding of the teaching. He goes on to challenge us to hold this teaching up against our own experience—and in doing so, to discover the inherent interconnection of all Four Foundations. They are a sequential path that reveal the true nature of things, leading the practitioner to the perception of the formless and then back to daily life infused with that great freedom. The Four Foundations of Mindfulness thus serve as a road map for any genuine spiritual path.
Awakening
Awakening - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Awakening write by Rodney Smith. This book was released on 2014-03-11. Awakening available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An amazingly succinct and accessible answer to the question “What is enlightenment?”—from one of America's most prominent teachers of Insight Meditation Former Buddhist monk and highly regarded Insight Meditation teacher Rodney Smith describes the process of enlightenment in a way anyone can understand—demonstrating in clear language why we operate with the illusion of separation, how we can move out of it to the realization of emptiness and no-self, and how we can live from that state of awakening. He provides brief, powerful exercises that enable us to challenge the reality of our thoughts in order to free ourselves from the illusion they keep us bound to—all the while steering us away from the temptation to regard spiritual practice as a process of self-improvement or a goal to be obtained. “With systematic precision, and with subtle wisdom born of a lifetime of practice, Rodney Smith uses science, psychology, and traditional Buddhism to explain the unexplainable: the how and why of authentic spiritual awakening . . . an original work by a contemporary spiritual master at the height of his powers.” —Norman Fischer, author of Training in Compassion
