A Buddhist Grief Observed

Author : Guy Newland
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614293015
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Buddhist Grief Observed written by Guy Newland and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid the world-shattering pain of loss, what helps? In the tradition of C.S. Lewis's A Grief Observed, Guy Newland offers this brave record of falling to pieces and then learning to make sense of his pain and grief within his spiritual tradition. Drawing inspiration from all corners of the Buddhist world--from Zen stories and the Dalai Lama, to Pema Chödrön and ancient Pali texts--this book reverberates with honesty, kindness, and deep humanity. Newland shows us the power of responding fully and authentically to the death of a loved one.

Author : Guy Newland
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614293228
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Buddhist Grief Observed written by Guy Newland and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid the world-shattering pain of loss, what helps? “After the death of his beloved partner from cancer, Newland finds himself asking how effective his long years of Buddhist practice have been in helping him come to terms with overwhelming grief. This finely written book offers a lucid meditation on what it means to practice the Dharma when everything falls apart.” —Stephen Batchelor, author of Buddhism without Beliefs and After Buddhism In the tradition of C. S. Lewis’s A Grief Observed, Guy Newland offers this brave record of falling to pieces and then learning to make sense of his pain and grief within his spiritual tradition. Drawing inspiration from all corners of the Buddhist world—from Dogen and the Dalai Lama, to Pema Chödrön and ancient Pali texts—this book reverberates with honesty, kindness, and deep humanity. Newland shows us the power of responding fully and authentically to the death of a loved one. “A sad, beautiful, and necessary book—and a map waiting for many who will need it.” —James Ishmael Ford, author of If You’re Lucky Your Heart Will Break “Guy Newland faces squarely the pain of death and the pain of grief and offers a work of uncommon power, insight, and honesty—and extraordinary compassion.” —Jay L. Garfield, author of Engaging Buddhism

Author : Sogyal Rinpoche
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448116953
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying written by Sogyal Rinpoche and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 25th Anniversary Edition Over 3 Million Copies Sold 'I couldn't give this book a higher recommendation' BILLY CONNOLLY Written by the Buddhist meditation master and popular international speaker Sogyal Rinpoche, this highly acclaimed book clarifies the majestic vision of life and death that underlies the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. It includes not only a lucid, inspiring and complete introduction to the practice of meditation, but also advice on how to care for the dying with love and compassion, and how to bring them help of a spiritual kind. But there is much more besides in this classic work, which was written to inspire all who read it to begin the journey to enlightenment and so become 'servants of peace'.

Author : C. S. Lewis
Publisher : Warbler Classics
ISBN 13 : 9781959891543
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Grief Observed (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) written by C. S. Lewis and published by Warbler Classics. This book was released on 2023-05-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the death of his wife, C. S. Lewis penned the emotionally charged and deeply introspective A Grief Observed, a searching meditation on bereavement and loss. This Warbler Classics edition includes a biographical timeline.

Author : Dr Melissa Yuan-Innes M. D.
Publisher : Olo Books
ISBN 13 : 9781927341735
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buddhish: Exploring Buddhism in a Time of Grief: One Doctor's Story written by Dr Melissa Yuan-Innes M. D. and published by Olo Books. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you can't eat, pray, or love. Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes married her high school sweetheart, launched her career as an emergency doctor, rescued a Golden Retriever, and best of all, expected a baby in July. Then she delivered a stillborn baby girl. What do you do when your heart shatters, and you've always relied on science instead of religion? What if your friends have no words for you, and you feel absolutely alone in the darkness? Join Melissa on a fresh journey inward, where even a teaspoon of Buddhism-becoming "Buddhish"-helps her, and all of us, wade through grief and slowly rekindle joy. "A moving look at stillbirth, miscarriage, [and] grief....An accessible introduction to some aspects of Buddhist thought which informed me, a complete novice. By turns wry, sarcastic, self-aware, and heart-breaking, it invites comparison with C.S. Lewis' A Grief Observed....Warmly recommended."-Gregory L. Smith, M.D. "I am a better person and a better Buddhist (whatever that label means) for having read this book."-Barry W. Morris, Author of The Practical Buddhist

Author : Kathleen Marie Higgins
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226831051
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aesthetics in Grief and Mourning written by Kathleen Marie Higgins and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2024-03-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A philosophical exploration of aesthetic experience during bereavement. In Aesthetics of Grief and Mourning, philosopher Kathleen Marie Higgins reflects on the ways that aesthetics aids people experiencing loss. Some practices related to bereavement, such as funerals, are scripted, but many others are recursive, improvisational, mundane—telling stories, listening to music, and reflecting on art or literature. Higgins shows how these grounding, aesthetic practices can ease the disorienting effects of loss, shedding new light on the importance of aesthetics for personal and communal flourishing.

Author : Sallie Tisdale
Publisher : Gallery Books
ISBN 13 : 1501182188
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them) written by Sallie Tisdale and published by Gallery Books. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CRITICS’ TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR “In its loving, fierce specificity, this book on how to die is also a blessedly saccharine-free guide for how to live” (The New York Times). Former NEA fellow and Pushcart Prize-winning writer Sallie Tisdale offers a lyrical, thought-provoking, yet practical perspective on death and dying in Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them). Informed by her many years working as a nurse, with more than a decade in palliative care, Tisdale provides a frank, direct, and compassionate meditation on the inevitable. From the sublime (the faint sound of Mozart as you take your last breath) to the ridiculous (lessons on how to close the sagging jaw of a corpse), Tisdale leads us through the peaks and troughs of death with a calm, wise, and humorous hand. Advice for Future Corpses is more than a how-to manual or a spiritual bible: it is a graceful compilation of honest and intimate anecdotes based on the deaths Tisdale has witnessed in her work and life, as well as stories from cultures, traditions, and literature around the world. Tisdale explores all the heartbreaking, beautiful, terrifying, confusing, absurd, and even joyful experiences that accompany the work of dying, including: A Good Death: What does it mean to die “a good death”? Can there be more than one kind of good death? What can I do to make my death, or the deaths of my loved ones, good? Communication: What to say and not to say, what to ask, and when, from the dying, loved ones, doctors, and more. Last Months, Weeks, Days, and Hours: What you might expect, physically and emotionally, including the limitations, freedoms, pain, and joy of this unique time. Bodies: What happens to a body after death? What options are available to me after my death, and how do I choose—and make sure my wishes are followed? Grief: “Grief is the story that must be told over and over...Grief is the breath after the last one.” Beautifully written and compulsively readable, Advice for Future Corpses offers the resources and reassurance that we all need for planning the ends of our lives, and is essential reading for future corpses everywhere. “Sallie Tisdale’s elegantly understated new book pretends to be a user’s guide when in fact it’s a profound meditation” (David Shields, bestselling author of Reality Hunger).

Author : Allan Køster
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000528316
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural, Existential and Phenomenological Dimensions of Grief Experience written by Allan Køster and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative volume examines the phenomenological, existential and cultural dimensions of grief experiences. It draws on perspectives from philosophy, psychology and sociocultural studies to focus on the experiential dimension of grief, moving beyond understanding from a purely mental health and psychiatry perspective. The book considers individual, shared and collective experiences of loss. Chapters explore the intersections between the profound existential experiences of bereavement and how this is mediated by sociocultural norms and practices. It points to new directions for the future conceptualization and study of grief, particularly in the experiential dimension. Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary perspectives, this important book will appeal to academics, researchers and students in the fields of death and bereavement studies, wellbeing and mental health, philosophy and phenomenological studies.

Author : George A. Bonanno
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Other Side of Sadness written by George A. Bonanno and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading expert in emotions research establishes a bold new paradigm for understanding grief.

Author : C. S. Lewis
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A GRIEF OBSERVED: A Book that Questions the Nature of Grief (Based on a Personal Journal) written by C. S. Lewis and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-08 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "A GRIEF OBSERVED: A Book that Questions the Nature of Grief (Based on a Personal Journal)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. A Grief Observed is a collection of Lewis's reflections on the experience of bereavement following the death of his wife, Joy Davidman, in 1960. The book was first published under the pseudonym N.W. Clerk as Lewis wished to avoid identification as the author. Though republished in 1963 after his death under his own name, the text still refers to his wife as "H" (her first name, which she rarely used, was Helen). The book is compiled from the four notebooks which Lewis used to vent and explore his grief. He illustrates the everyday trials of his life without Joy and explores fundamental questions of faith and theodicy. Lewis's step-son (Joy's son) Douglas Gresham points out in his 1994 introduction that the indefinite article 'a' in the title makes it clear that Lewis's grief is not the quintessential grief experience at the loss of a loved one, but one individual's perspective among countless others. The book helped inspire a 1985 television movie Shadowlands, as well as a 1993 film of the same name. Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, lay theologian and Christian apologist. He is best known for his fictional work, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain.