Radical acceptance embracing your life with the heart of a Buddha

Combining the principles of psychotherapy with the teachings of Buddhism, this guide explains how to eliminate the personal conflicts and feelings of not being good enough that can cause such problems as addiction, overwork, and perfectionism.

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Main Author: Brach, Tara
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bantam Books, Ã2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Jack Kornfield
  • Prologue: "Something is wrong with me"
  • The trance of unworthiness
  • Awakening from the trance: the path of radical acceptance
  • The sacred pause: resting under the bodhi tree
  • Unconditional friendliness: the spirit of radical acceptance
  • Coming home to our body: the ground of radical acceptance
  • Radical acceptance of desire: awakening to the source of longing
  • Opening our heart in the face of fear
  • Awakening compassion for ourselves: becoming the holder and the held
  • Widening the circles of compassion: the Bodhisattva's path
  • Recognizing our basic goodness: the gateway to a forgiving and loving heart
  • Awakening together: practicing radical acceptance in relationship
  • Realizing our true nature.