Take Back Your Mind
Buddhist Advice for Anxious Times
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If you are reading this, then you’re likely plagued with anxiety. The good news is that you don’t have to be. You can live a life without so much anxiety and stress. You can train the mind to feel contentment, peace and joy - even in the midst of difficult circumstances.
Best-selling author and long-time Buddhist meditation teacher Lodro Rinzler shows us how to work with the mind so that we don’t hold ourselves in a state of stress and learn to relax into and appreciate our world once more.
"What you hold is a guidebook with practical and easy-to-implement steps for how to take back your mind. Lodro Rinzler has delivered a book with real dialogue and straight talk about stress and anxiety. Take Back Your Mind is a relatable guide to help us recognize the innate goodness that rests inside each one of us and develop trust in the true experience of our lives. You'll find yourself coming back to these pages over and over again!" (Sharon Salzberg, author of Loving Kindness and Real Change)
"I encourage you to connect with these conversations that give clear instructions in meditation practice suitable for all levels. These accessible meditations beautifully balance Buddhist philosophy with modern values and will be helpful to anyone interested in discovering and integrating mindfulness and serenity into your life. In this critical juncture in the world we need to help ourselves while helping one another, and through meditation cultivate the energy and inner strength of peace and compassion to benefit one another. This book will give you a fresh view of your meditation experience and how to bridge it into your daily life." (Dza Kilung Rinpoche, author of The Relaxed Mind)
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- By Lisa90019 on 08-11-21
By: Susan Piver
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If the Buddha Got Stuck
- A Handbook for Change on a Spiritual Path
- By: Charlotte Kasl
- Narrated by: Renée Raudman
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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Charlotte Kasl's perennial favorites If the Buddha Dated and If the Buddha Married have inspired readers with their empowering blend of spiritual and psychological insights. Her third "If the Buddha" book, If the Buddha Got Stuck, is a wise yet lighthearted book that will speak to anyone who's ever experienced being stuck in life and wanted to break free.
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i like the author's blend of spirituality
- By dayle on 01-09-12
By: Charlotte Kasl
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Joy on Demand
- The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within
- By: Chade-Meng Tan
- Narrated by: Telly Leung
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
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In Joy on Demand, Chade-Meng Tan shows that you don't need to meditate for hours, days, months, or years to achieve lasting joy - you can actually get consistent access to it in as little as 15 seconds. Explaining joy and meditation as complementary things that naturally reinforce each other, Meng explains how these two skills form a virtuous cycle and, once put into motion, become a solid practice that can be sustained in daily life.
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Distilled actionable mindfulness
- By R. Russell on 09-26-16
By: Chade-Meng Tan
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Meditations on Intention and Being
- Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga, Mindfulness, and Compassion
- By: Rolf Gates
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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Presented in the form of 365 inspirational daily reflections, Gates helps listeners - from experienced yogis to novices seeking a little tranquility - to fundamentally reconsider their relationships with their minds, their bodies, and the universe around them through self-reflection.
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Loved This Book
- By Brittney on 11-24-16
By: Rolf Gates
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Real Happiness at Work
- Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace
- By: Sharon Salzberg
- Narrated by: Sharon Salzberg
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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How would you like to be calmer, less distracted, more productive, and more content at your job? You might think it would take more hours in the day, a better boss, more support, less interference, a shorter commute - and the list goes on. Most of the things we think would help are either not in our control or simply not realistic. But there is one thing we can do to achieve the qualities we seek, and it can be done invisibly and often: meditation.
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inspirational and totally useful
- By C. L. Campion on 10-21-15
By: Sharon Salzberg
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How Not to Be a Hot Mess
- A Survival Guide for Modern Life
- By: Nico Hase, Devon Hase
- Narrated by: Nico Hase, Devon Hase
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
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The dumpster fire of life rages on, but you got this. Practice six rules to keep you grounded, weather the storm, and actually be a decent person. It may seem like the world is going to hell in a hand basket right now. Whether it's big stuff like politics and climate change, or just the daily spin of paying your bills, getting to work on time, and fending off social media trolls, we can all admit, modern life ain't easy.
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Perfect Book for All That is Going On In the World
- By Eric Poole on 04-14-20
By: Nico Hase, and others
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Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses
- A Practical Workbook for Integrating Themes, Ideas, and Inspiration into Your Class
- By: Sage Rountree, Alexandra Desiato
- Narrated by: Sage Rountree, Angie Kane
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
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Experienced yoga instructors Sage Rountree and Alexandra DeSiato give yoga teachers the tools to find their voice and tap in to innate wisdom. The authors offer ready-made, detailed themes to use in classes and provide flexible templates for building a toolkit of themes for future use. Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses offers guidance for both new and experienced teachers starting with a section on voice, authenticity, emulation, phrasing, practice, repetition, and finding inspiration.
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For the Peak Performance and spiritual yogis
- By ZenMonkey on 12-28-21
By: Sage Rountree, and others
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Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change
- By: Pema Chödrön
- Narrated by: Lisa Coleman
- Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
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We live in difficult times. Life so often seems like a turbulent river threatening to drown us and destroy our world. Why, then, shouldn’t we cling to the certainty of the comfortable - to our deep-seated habits and familiar ways? Because, Pema Chödrön teaches, that kind of fear-based clinging keeps us from the infinitely more powerful experience of being fully alive.
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A Book for the Times
- By Elizabeth H. Callison on 07-02-20
By: Pema Chödrön
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Buddhism for Mothers
- By: Sarah Napthali
- Narrated by: Rebecca Macauley
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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Buddhism for Mothers explores the potential to be with your children in the all-important present moment; to gain the most joy out of being with them. How can this be done calmly and with a minimum of anger, worry and negative thinking? How can mothers negotiate the changed conditions of their relationships with partners, family and even with friends? Using Buddhist practices, Sarah Napthali offers ways of coping with the day-to-day challenges of motherhood.
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Focusing on negative didn't help me...
- By Sarah on 04-04-11
By: Sarah Napthali
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A Fearless Heart
- How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives
- By: Thupten Jinpa Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Sanjiv Jhaveri
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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The Buddhist practice of mindfulness caught on in the west when we began to understand the everyday, personal benefits it brought us. Now, in this extraordinary audiobook, the highly acclaimed thought leader and longtime English translator of His Holiness the Dalai Lama shows us that compassion can bring us even more.
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Better to read ... unfortunate grating narration
- By lesley ann on 04-12-17
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Mindfulness in Action
- Making Friends with Yourself through Meditation and Everyday Awareness
- By: Chögyam Trungpa
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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The rewards of mindfulness practice are well proven: reduced stress, improved concentration, and an overall sense of well-being. But those benefits are just the beginning. Mindfulness in action - mindfulness applied throughout life - can help us work more effectively with life's challenges, expanding our appreciation and potential for creative engagement.
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Brilliant Narration, Sound Advice
- By Susie on 09-29-15
By: Chögyam Trungpa
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The World Could Be Otherwise
- Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path
- By: Norman Fischer
- Narrated by: Norman Fischer
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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In frightening times, we wish the world could be otherwise. With a touch of imagination, it can be. Imagination helps us see what’s hidden, and it shape-shifts reality’s roiling twisting waves. In this inspiring reframe of a classic Buddhist teaching, Zen teacher Norman Fischer writes that the paramitas, or “six perfections” - generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyful effort, meditation, and understanding - can help us reconfigure the world we live in.
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Master piece
- By Andrew Lenards on 02-08-20
By: Norman Fischer
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Stay Woke
- A Meditation Guide for the Rest of Us
- By: Justin Michael Williams
- Narrated by: Justin Michael Williams
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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We are modern people in a high-tech world. We have first world problems and long to-do lists. And if you grew up in struggle - overcoming homophobia, sexism, trauma, shame, depression, poverty, toxic masculinity, racism, or social injustice - you need a different type of meditation...one that doesn't pretend the struggle doesn't exist. Now, Justin introduces Freedom Meditation - an approach that addresses disillusionment, social justice, and shame; strengthens intuition; cuts through self-doubt; and empowers you to make better decisions.
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Gem
- By LM on 04-21-20
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Believe what you've heard about meditation: it'll focus your mind, open your heart, and sometimes surprise you with insight. And it's not complicated to learn. In fact, everything you need to get started is contained in this audiobook. Lodro Rinzler begins by challenging you to ask yourself why you want to meditate in the first place. (Good news: there's no wrong answer!)
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Light and inspiring
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Felt shallow and not quite on-topic
- By barefoot rabbit on 09-03-20
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Based on Lodro Rinzler’s popular advice columns, Walk like a Buddha offers wisdom that can be applied to just the sort of dilemmas that tend to arise for anyone making even a modest attempt to walk like a Buddha - that is, to live with honesty, wisdom, and compassion in the face of whatever life surprises you with.
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Great info, not the smoothest narration
- By Amy Bupp on 12-13-20
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This isn’t your grandmother’s book on meditation. It’s about integrating that “spiritual practice” thing into a life that includes beer, sex, and a boss who doesn’t understand you. It’s about making a difference in yourself and making a difference in your world - whether you’ve got everything figured out yet or not.
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great
- By Andre Bueno on 07-25-15
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Buddhism has a lot to say about suffering - and there are likely few times we suffer more intensely than when we break up with a romantic partner. It feels like you may never recover sometimes. But Lodro Rinzler has wonderfully good news for those suffering heartbreak: The 2,500-year-old teachings of the Buddha are the ultimate antidote for emotional pain. And you don't need to be a Buddhist for them to apply to you.
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I agree...
- By Amazon Customer on 03-20-20
By: Lodro Rinzler
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The Art of Happiness
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The Dalai Lama will tell you that happiness is the purpose of life, and that "the very motion of our life is toward happiness." How to get there has always been the question. With the help of a psychiatrist, he now gets the message across in a context we can easily understand.
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Great ideas...poorly read.
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Light and inspiring
- By GC Fourie on 04-22-15
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How to Love Yourself (and Sometimes Other People) is a smart, hip guide for spiritual seekers who want to experience more love and stability in all forms of relationships. Told from the unique vantage points of authors Meggan Watterson and Lodro Rinzler, this book explores staying anchored in the foundation of self-love as you navigate the natural (and often stormy) cycle of a relationship. Their dual perspectives as teachers and scholars of Christian mysticism and Buddhism make for a rich and fascinating dialogue that covers everything from sex to breakups.
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Felt shallow and not quite on-topic
- By barefoot rabbit on 09-03-20
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Great info, not the smoothest narration
- By Amy Bupp on 12-13-20
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great
- By Andre Bueno on 07-25-15
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-27-22
I would recommend this book.
Great book. Very relatable and helpful. I already sent this book to a friend who I thought would benefit from it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-21-21
Incredible!
Loved it!!! I wish I could listen to Lodro everyday! He really helps, makes you think and gives insightful tips. Wonderful book!!!
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- Scott Zogg
- 07-01-22
Good but only partly related to anxiety.
It's enjoyable but minimally focused on anxiety. At least as much about interpersonal relations.
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- Tercam
- 03-27-24
Total turn off
I did not purchase a book on Buddhism to hear about the authors political views. I absolutely regret purchasing this book.
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