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A Buddhist Life in America: Simplicity in the Complex (Wit Lectures)

2 reviews
Joan Halifax

Paulist Press, 1998

A Buddhist Life in America
This book is a celebration of a womens journey through life on a great path, not an easy path but one of great discovery about herself and life. A must to read if you are looking for inspiration in relation to the human spirit.

Being with Dying
Joan Halifax

Sounds True, Incorporated, 1997

Joan Halifax founded the Project on Being with Dying to help healthcare professionals and their patients learn to "see death and know life in terms of compassion and awakening." Distilled from this influential program, the Being with Dying audio learning course combines Eastern and Western psychology, philosophy, and contemplative practices from many spiritual traditions. This innovative, hands-on approach teaches medical professionals, social ...

The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom

2 reviews
Joan Halifax

Grove Press, 2004

One of the best books I have ever read
(and I have read a lot of books!) I am on my second reading, and will soon reread a third time, slowly, taking notes and making my own commentary. Halifax's ability to combine a deep understanding of Buddhism, shamanism, deep ecology, the history of civilization, indigenous cultures is unparalleled - and her understanding is not academic, it has been gained through forty-plus years of experience. ...

Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death

3 reviews
Joan Halifax

Shambhala, 2008

Straight from and to the heart
Healthy, clear, concise guidance, including reflective meditation to care for those who are dying. At the same time in developing compassion and fearlessness to face the dying, it concurrently provides a guide for healthy living. Who knows what is most important in life? Those who deny it and live on in ignorant bliss, or those for whom it is already knocking on their door.

Shaman : The Wounded Healer

1 review
Joan Halifax

Thames & Hudson, 1988

Classic study
This excellent book has become a real classic text on shamanism. A must for serious students of the subject.

Being with Dying
Joan Halifax

Sounds True, 1997

On his deathbed, Plato was asked to summarize his life's work. He replied: "Practice dying." In the 2,000 years since Plato offered this wise admonition, we have developed many practices associated with living. But what of the practices associated with dying? Being with Dying is a response to this question: an approach to death that is kind, open, and dignified, and that allows us to explore the meaning of death in the experience of our own ...

The Fruitful Darkness: Reconnecting With the Body of the Earth

1 review
Joan Halifax

HarperCollins Publishers, 1994

Amazing
It is amazing that this book has never been reviewed (2006). I bought the hardback in 1993 and I still consider it one of my most favorite books ever. It is thoughtful and very well written. It gave me a very good introduction to deep ecology and shamanism. I consider it a must read for those interested in the subject.

Buddhist Acts of Compassion

6 reviews
Pamela Bloom

Conari Press, 2000

Wonderful book
I have been on the Buddhist path for more than a year now, with many breaks in my journey! For some reason this book struck a nerve, clicked for me. Really just a collection of stories or examples of Bhuddhist compassion, many of them have rung true for me, really opened an understanding for me in ways some other books have not. Were those other books required to lay the groundwork for my ...

For a Future to Be Possible: Commentaries on the Five Mindfulness Trainings

2 reviews
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jack Kornfield, ...

Parallax Press, 1998

Excellent guide to implement precepts into daily life
Thich Nhat Hanh has updated the traditional Buddhist precepts in this book. His version goes beyond "do not kill," for example, to be mindful of that we might be killing inadvertently. He makes us aware of the broadness of the precepts and thus encourages us to be more mindful. If we are not mindful, we break the precepts. Therefore, he calls them Mindfulness Trainings. Thay's approach frames ...

Shamanic Voices: A Survey of Visionary Narratives (Arkana)

5 reviews
Joan Halifax

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991

A must read for the serious student of shamanism
Joan Halifax has done an great job of taking important clips of information from various interviews done with various shaman from around the world. Such famous shaman as Black Elk (from Black Elk Speaks) are contained in here. She shows the similarity between all shamanic traditions as well as the differences with specific rights. Her selections of what she included were very smart, and ...

The Human Encounter with Death

1 review
Stanislav Grof, Joan Halifax

E. P. Dutton, 1977

Healing for the Dying Through Psychedelic Therapy
In THE HUMAN ENCOUNTER WITH DEATH, Stanislav Grof, M.D. and Joan Halifax tell how psychedelic therapy can be used to help people with terminal illness. One way the dying are helped by psychedelic therapy is in accepting their impending death. After a psychedelic-induced transcendent spiritual experience, a person can see their death not just as an ending, but also as a great adventure into the ...

Die Begegnung mit dem Tod.
Stanislav Grof, Joan Halifax, ...

Klett-Cotta /J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfo, 2000

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