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Toni Packerová

    Fragen in der Stille
    The Wonder of Presence: And the Way of Meditative Inquiry
    The Light of Discovery
    • The Light of Discovery

      • 144pages
      • 6 heures de lecture
      4,5(22)Évaluer

      To read this book is to encounter the essence of our lives and our everyday concerns. Toni Packer shines her gentle light on fear, compassion, impermanence, attraction, prejudice, enlightenment, and much more as she invites us into our own light of discovery. As she says, "In truth we are not separate from each other, or from the world, from the whole earth, the sun or moon or billions of stars, not separate from the entire universe. Listening silently in silent wonderment, without knowing anything, there is just one mysteriously palpitating aliveness."

      The Light of Discovery
    • In this compelling collection of talks, interviews, and letters, Toni Packer provides a comprehensive overview of the path of meditative inquiry—a nondenominational approach to spiritual growth that emphasizes the direct experience of the present moment. "The immense challenge for each one of us," Packer writes, "is can we live our lives, at least for moments at a time, in the wonder of presence that is the creative source of everything?" She shows how we can transform fear, anger, guilt, and attachment to our self-image through simple, direct awareness. Having recently lost her husband of fifty years, Packer also speaks with candor and tenderness about the convulsions of a grieving heart and the peace that undivided awareness can bring.Toni Packer began studying Zen in 1967 with Roshi Philip Kapleau (author of The Three Pillars of Zen ) at the Rochester Zen Center and was eventually named his successor. Seeing the potentially destructive effects of relying too much on tradition, however, she did not accept the position. Packer is strongly influenced by the teachings of Krishnamurti and has turned away from the traditional forms and hierarchies that are prevalent in many Buddhist schools. Her approach is appealing to many Westerners who find institutionalized practices such as chanting, bowing, and burning incense to be alien and unnecessary.

      The Wonder of Presence: And the Way of Meditative Inquiry
    • In diesem außergewöhnlichen Buch präsentiert Toni ihre einzigartige Methode des meditativen Fragens und Forschens - eine nicht an Konfessionen gebundene Annäherung an spirituelles Wachstum durch direkte Wahrnehmung des jetzigen Moments. Sie ermutigt uns, unsere Gedanken loszulassen und einfach in der 'Stille des Nicht-Wissens' zu sitzen, um uns dann der essentiellen Frage zuzuwenden, wer wir wirklich seien.Toni Packer bietet frische Einsichten, um die Erfahrungen dieses Lebens - seien sie nun rau und hart, chaotisch, schmerzhaft oder auch voller Lachen - dazu zu benutzen, einen Weg des Mitgefühls zu eröffnen. Ihre überaus eloquente und sorgfältige Art des Sprechens und Schreibens, zeigt, wie wir unser Selbstbild, unsere Angst, unsere Wut und unsere Schuld durch einfache und direkte Wahrnehmung dessen, was ist, transformieren können. Wir entdecken, dass Leben, Energie und Einsicht durch Fragen, Sehen und Zuhören entsteht und dass all dies nichts mit einer formalen Haltung oder Tradition zu tun hat, wie alt oder eindrucksvoll sie auch sein mag. Wenn ein Mensch wirklich sieht, sind Himmel und Erde offen. Das Geheimnis, die Essenz allen Lebens offenbart sich von Moment zu Moment selbst.

      Fragen in der Stille