HOLISTIC INSTRUCTION AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE

meditation •  lucid dreaming • psychotherapy • zen buddhism • tibetan buddhism • taoism

  BUILD A BETTER BUDDHA

Meditation, lucid dreaming, guru yoga and other spiritual practices are explored in James Robbins' new book.  Zen Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Taoism and Toltec (Native American) beliefs are also examined, as are Western psychology, philosophy and science.

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BUILD A BETTER BUDDHA:

The Guide to Remaking Yourself Exactly as You Are

published by Nicolas, Hays, Inc.

$19.95, 336 pages

by James Robbins

www.betterbuddha.com

Tibetan wisdom teaches us that there is nowhere to go, and nothing to be done.  You are already prefect—just be yourself.  But for most of us, trying to be ourselves is like trying to hurry up and relax.  This dangling carrot of self-improvement is the essential paradox of the spiritual path.  Yet there is a pathway out of this seemingly inescapable predicament.  Combining elements of Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, Taoism and Native American beliefs, as well as Western psychology, philosophy and science, this book guides you on this paradoxical journey through a variety of practices and teachings:

• clear and simple instruction for concentration meditation to calm your mind and reduce stress and anxiety

• lucid dreaming practices drawn from Tibetan and Native American traditions

• traditional guru yoga methods for connecting with an inner or outer teacher

• contemplation practices to cultivate a sense of naturalness and spontaneity in your daily life

• psychological concepts for better understanding emotional obstacles and self-defeating patterns of behavior

• plain language presentation of basic Buddhist and Taoist teachings

• and much, much more

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PRAISE FOR BETTER BUDDHA

"This book creates a new benchmark in East-West psychology. . . . Robbins embeds a rich and powerful set of practical, meditative exercises that he has adapted for Western use within an exceedingly comprehensive presentation of Buddhist and Western psychological traditions."

—Peter Fenner, author of The Edge of Certainty, and, with Penny Fenner, Essential Wisdom Teachings

"Describing the path to his own self-discovery and spiritual understanding, and drawing upon an encyclopedic knowledge of the eternal wisdom expressed by ancient and modern prophets and philosophers, James Robbins takes the reader on a journey of enlightenment that is amazingly compelling.  He writes in a friendly style with engaging anecdotes and offers the stressed 21st-century reader a practical guide for the recovery of inner peace and a resolution of that primeval perplexity that is experienced by human beings as the enigma of the self.  Robbins seems to me to speak with his soul."

—Zulfikar Ghose, author of The Triple Mirror of the Self

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