Product Description: We live in a melting pot world where competing worldviews and paradigms contribute to, but are also the victim of collapsing social and political infrastructures. Add to this undeniable climate change and the result is global turbulence manifesting as environmental degradation, wars, terrorism, growing fundamentalisms, pandemics, and increasing levels of despair and anxiety...read more

Product Description: In 1984, Robert Sachs' daughter, Shamara Phillipa, died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Although tragic for Robert's entire family, Shamara's death happened in a most unusual circumstance. A Tibetan Buddhist lama was staying at Robert's home and performed the Tibetan Buddhist practice known as phowa (pronounced POH WHAH) or transference of consciousness at the time of death...read more

Written with lucidity and compassionate understanding, Perfect Endings shows how the death experience is an expansion into a wider dimension of our core being. As we move through our dying process, all the strength and wisdom we have gained in a lifetime is called forth. This is a time of quickening in which the final stages of living work themselves out as we step into our death and what lies beyond. No matter how it appears, it is, in fact, our finest hour--our perfect ending. Robert Sachs explains how he uses the Tibetan practice of phowa, or conscious dying, to aid this process in his own counseling practice. Written as a series of stories that allow us to be privy to the inner workings of the dying process of individuals with whom Sachs worked as a professional hospice counselor, each case illustrates a particular aspect of the transformative process that led each person to his or her own interior landscape. Journeying in tandem with these souls, Sachs presents different solutions to the task of letting go of life and provides valuable guidance for caregivers, family members, and those who are facing death themselves.

Discusses the Buddhist meaning of true love and how to attain it in the modern world.• Interweaves Tantric Buddhist teachings with modern concerns such as monogamy and contraception. • Gives a holistic view of a healthy relationship, from physical pleasure to emotional connections and spiritual transformation. • Discusses love in the broader Buddhist concepts of karma and reincarnation. Beginning his book with the ringing question "what are you waiting for?" Robert Sachs goes on to interweave traditional Buddhist thought with the concerns of the modern couple. Using clear, playful language, Sachs describes the different aspects of healthy relationships within a Buddhist context. However, rather than just setting an ideal, he clarifies how Buddhist practices not only can be integrated into a modern lifestyle but also can be powerful tools for the many changes that occur in any loving relationship. Sachs also considers the role of each individual in a relationship, showing that a couple may develop or possess qualities of being an indivisible unit, but that where the real work lies is when two people are committed to grow and change with one another. He offers techniques for finding oneself both in and out of a relationship and ideas on how to deal with anger and other emotions that arise in the course of life, emotions that occur most intensely over the course of an intimate relationship. The Passionate Buddha acts as a guide for all of those "fumbling toward ecstasy" in today's confusing world of relationships.

The four levels of Tibetan Ayurveda are outlined here, with details on how to improve nutrition and longevity. Original.

Product Description: Terrorist attacks, wars, economic failures, and natural disasters: Buddhist masters say that we are in a “Dark Age.” But they remind us, too, that we have met and overcome catastrophes before. Robert Sachs shows how Tibetan Buddhist wisdom can have a real influence on both our personal lives and on contemporary politics...read more

Citing the beliefs of many Buddhist masters who view the September 11 attacks, war in Iraq, tsunami disaster, and other events as indicators of a new dark age, a spiritual reference explains how to apply traditional Buddhist teachings to issues related to contemporary politics and modern stresses. Original.

Product Description: Nine Star Ki is an ancient, practical view of the world based on an astrological understanding of the way yin and yang interact to produce all the changes in life. Its companion philosophy, Feng Shui, applies Ki principles to your personal home and work environments...read more

Focusing on the traditional wisdom and health practices of Tibet, this book takes a practical approach to the crucial relationship between our health and the way we live. It distils these teachings into a comprehensive guide to preventive health care and health maintenance for people of all ages, cultures, and constitutional types. Clearly explaining the principles and methods handed down by Tibetan teachers and doctors, the author gives guidelines for lay persons in applying them to different aspects of daily life. Readers are encouraged to determine their own needs by taking the "self-profile" test, which enables them to discover their own physical/personality type according to the Tibetan system. Sachs keys each dietary and lifestyle recommendation to the different personal types identified in Tibetan practice. Preventive health care - the fastest growing dimension in contemporary Western medicine - increasingly looks to the individual to take responsibility for promoting health through a healthy lifestyle. Sachs' systematic approach and helpful charts and drawings make this manual easy to use. He leaves us little excuse to put off taking the simple steps that will start us on the path toward full health and well-being. (view table of contents)

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