Overview
"Nightly Wisdom mines a rich vein of Buddhist teachings on such topics as lucid dreaming, Tibetan ""dream yoga"" - the art of extending meditation into the boundless world of dreams - and relaxing into restful sleep. In addition to inspiration and encouragement, you'll find here simple practices for transforming your sleep into something that's beneficial in entirely new ways, as well as practices for greeting each morning with fresh eyes and an open heart. Featuring poetry and prose from sources modern and ancient (including the Buddha himself), Nightly Wisdom is a bedside keepsake, perfect for anyone who has wants to wake up to the entirety of life or bring fresh wisdom into that third of our lives we spend in bed. Includes inspiring nighttime reflections from: Shakyamuni Buddha The Dalai Lama Padmasambhava Eihei Dogen Ajahn Brahm Susan Murphy Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche Ezra Bayda Gyatrul Rinpoche Lama Yeshe Geshe Lhundub Sopa Serinity Young Kalu Rinpoche Robert Langan Barry Magid Venerable Yin-Shun Manhae Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche B. Alan Wallace ... and many more!"
Full Product Details
Author: Josh Bartok ,
Gustavo Szpilman Cutz
Publisher: Wisdom Publications,U.S.
Imprint: Wisdom Publications,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 16.50cm
Weight: 0.286kg
ISBN: 9780861715497
ISBN 10: 0861715497
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 November 2007
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
A collection of 200 pithy sayings and reflections on various aspects of Buddhist teachings. In addition to inspiration and encouragement, Bartok has compiled simple practices for transforming your sleep into something that's beneficial in new ways. --Eastern Horizon We spend about a third of our lives in sleep. This little nightstand companion taps into lucid dreaming and dream yoga (taking meditation into the dream state). Ancient and contemporary teachers offer paths to mindful and restful sleep and inspiration for the day to come. The book includes writing, poetry and quotations from the historical Buddha Shakyamuni and Padmasambhava, plus contemporary teachers such as B. Alan Wallace, Barry Magid, Ezra Bayda and Ajahn Brahm. --Arkansas Democrat Gazette
A collection of 200 pithy sayings and reflections on various aspects of Buddhist teachings. In addition to inspiration and encouragement, Bartok has compiled simple practices for transforming your sleep into something that's beneficial in new ways.-- Eastern Horizon We spend about a third of our lives in sleep. This little nightstand companion taps into lucid dreaming and dream yoga (taking meditation into the dream state). Ancient and contemporary teachers offer paths to mindful and restful sleep and inspiration for the day to come. The book includes writing, poetry and quotations from the historical Buddha Shakyamuni and Padmasambhava, plus contemporary teachers such as B. Alan Wallace, Barry Magid, Ezra Bayda and Ajahn Brahm.-- Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Author Information
Josh Bartok is the author of the popular Daily Wisdom series, which includes Daily Wisdom, More Daily Wisdom, Nightly Wisdom, and Daily Doses of Wisdom; and is the co-author (with Ezra Bayda) of Saying Yes to Life (Even the Hard Parts). He's also the author of two children's books written in playful rhyme and based on Buddhist scriptures, I See You, Buddha and I See You, Mara. Gustavo Szpilman Cutz, a native of Rio de Janeiro, served for two years as an editorial assistant at Wisdom Publications. He currently coordinates study programs at the Shantideva Meditation Center in New York.
