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The Journey and the Guide: A Practical Course in Enlightenment Paperback – November 3, 2015

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Building on the success of Life with Full Attention, Maitreyabandhu offers a profoundly useful work on how to practice Buddhism in everyday life. Using examples from the life of the Buddha, Maitreyabandhu provides an easily understood outline of the spiritual life of Buddhists in the Triratna Community.

The journey starts with our mind, particularly when we begin to look into the truth of things—the truth of the friend in hospital, the coffin we carry to the graveside. What we find in our guide, the Buddha, is a man with a "fit," healthy mind. To get fit, we need to work on becoming a happy healthy human being.

Maitreyabandhu takes us on this journey with practical week-by-week exercises, focusing on cultivating mindful awareness and being happy.

Maitreyabandhu is an experienced teacher and a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order. Ordained in 1990, he has published articles on Buddhism and meditation in the United Kingdom and abroad. He is the director of Breathing Space, the London Buddhist Centre's health and well-being program. He is also a published poet, winning the Poetry Business Book and Pamphlet Competition in 2011. Maitreyabandhu often presents Buddhism in the media. His previous books are Thicker Than Blood: Friendship on the Buddhist Path (2003) and Life With Full Attention: A Practical Course in Mindfulness (2009), published by Windhorse Publications.

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  6. ISBN-10
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• Building on the success of Life with Full Attention, Maitreyabandhu offers a challenging but profoundly useful work on how to practice Buddhism in everyday life.

• Train your mind to be healthy and calm through learning from the life of the Buddha.

• Drawing on examples from the life of the Buddha, Maitreyabandhu gives an easily understood outline of the system of spiritual life as undertaken by Buddhists in the Triratna Community.

• Maitreyabandhu shows how the journey starts with our own mind, particularly when we begin to look into the truth of things — the truth of the old man on the escalator, the friend in hospital, the coffin we carry to the graveside.

• What we find in our guide, the Buddha, is a man with a "fit" mind: a healthy, happy, non-neurotic, honest-to-goodness mind. To get fit, we need to work on becoming a happy healthy human being. We need to integrate our thinking faculty with our emotions. We need to wake up to thought and tune in to direct experience. And we need to work against the ever-rising tide of trivia, dissipation, and over-stimulation of the modern world.

• Maitreyabandhu takes us on this journey with practical week-by-week exercises, focusing on cultivating mindful awareness, being happy, integrating and simplifying our lives, and knowing ourselves.

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• Building on the success of Life with Full Attention, Maitreyabandhu offers a challenging but profoundly useful work on how to practice Buddhism in everyday life.

• Train your mind to be healthy and calm through learning from the life of the Buddha.

• Drawing on examples from the life of the Buddha, Maitreyabandhu gives an easily understood outline of the system of spiritual life as undertaken by Buddhists in the Triratna Community.

• Maitreyabandhu shows how the journey starts with our own mind, particularly when we begin to look into the truth of things ― the truth of the old man on the escalator, the friend in hospital, the coffin we carry to the graveside.

• What we find in our guide, the Buddha, is a man with a "fit" mind: a healthy, happy, non-neurotic, honest-to-goodness mind. To get fit, we need to work on becoming a happy healthy human being. We need to integrate our thinking faculty with our emotions. We need to wake up to thought and tune in to direct experience. And we need to work against the ever-rising tide of trivia, dissipation, and over-stimulation of the modern world.

• Maitreyabandhu takes us on this journey with practical week-by-week exercises, focusing on cultivating mindful awareness, being happy, integrating and simplifying our lives, and knowing ourselves.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Windhorse Publications (November 3, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 248 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1909314099
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1909314092
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches
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Maitreyabandhu is an experienced teacher and a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order. Ordained in 1990, he has published articles on Buddhism and meditation in the UK and abroad.

He is a published poet, winning the Poetry Business Book and Pamphlet Competition in 2011.

Maitreyabandhu has worked in such diverse fields as the visual arts, opera and alternative health. Maitreyabandhu has often presented Buddhism in the media, including television and radio.

He is currently the director of Breathing Space, the London Buddhist Centre's health and wellbeing programme. He lives and works at London Buddhist Centre in the East End of London.

Maitreyabandhu is author of 'Thicker Than Blood: Friendship on the Buddhist Path' (2003) and 'Life With Full Attention: A Practical Course in Mindfulness' (2009) both published by Windhorse Publications.

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Tejopala Rawls
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, down to earth and inspiring
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This book takes the teachings of the Buddha and makes them both within reach of practice while inspiring the reader to a sense of poetry that is just out of reach. It blends practical wit with pure magic. A must.
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C. Jacobs
5.0 out of 5 stars Practical and profound
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2018
Buddhism is a very practically oriented discipline and this book does a wonderful job of helping us integrate the core teachings of mindfulness into our day lives. Often challenging, never dull and instantly rewarding. Recommended - see it through to the end.
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Adele
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book VFM
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 14, 2023
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This book arrived at a great time for me. Meditation guide book with humour and not the normal Earnest codswallop…..

Tune in and plug out without feeling lectured to.
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Amarcadia
5.0 out of 5 stars Una guía práctica sencilla y bellamente escrita
Reviewed in Mexico on March 20, 2021
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Este libro de Maitreyabandhu es una guía práctica para seguir caminando en el sendero budista. Claro y bellamente escrito, el texto nos va llevando a través de ejemplos y ejercicios hacia una práctica más profunda y coherente. Ciertamente, es una forma amigable de mostrar la integralidad del método budista y que Sangharakshita ha enfatizado a lo largo de sus enseñanzas. Creo que una de las cualidades del libro es que puede ser leído por practicantes principiantes y es útil para quienes han practicado durante años. Es una guía que debería consultarse a lo largo de nuestra vida y, como todo libro de práctica budista, gran parte de los resultados tendrán que ver con los niveles de auto honestidad que desarrollemos, algo que el libro subraya de manera compasiva. Maitreyabandhu tiene la cualidad de escribir de manera amable y poética. Estoy agradecida por la generosidad y la honestidad con la que siempre nos invita a reflexionar. Sin duda, los ejercicios propuestos son uno de los atractivos del libro. Un libro práctico con un plan de trabajo que requiere disciplina y entusiasmo.
¿Estás listo para ir más allá?
Sobra decir que soy budista.
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Jörg Riethmüller
5.0 out of 5 stars Schritt für Schritt-Anleitung zur buddhistischen Praxis
Reviewed in Germany on January 18, 2018
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Der Autor führt über neun Kapitel bzw. neun Wochen in die eine effektive buddhistische Praxis ein. Wer sich ernsthaft mit ethischem Verhalten, verschiedenen Formen von Meditation und dem Verständnis des Buddhismus beschäftigen möchte, erhält Vorschläge zu Übungen und wird zu einem kreativen und individuellen Umgang mit praktischen, alltagstauglichen Methoden angeleitet.
Maitreyabandhu stellt wichtige Ereignisse aus dem Leben des historischen Buddha den Kapiteln voran, daraus werden Erkenntnisse abgeleitet und buddhistisches Grundwissen erklärt, was im Praxisteil der Abschnitte in konkrete Übungsvorschläge mündet. Abgerundet wird jedes Kapitel mit einem lyrischen Text, der interpretiert wird und Anregungen zum Kontemplieren gibt. Stichwortartig zusammenfassende Auflistungen geben für jeweils zwei Kapitel einen kurzen Überblick des Themas. Umfangreiches Fachwissen wird in humorvoller und klarer Sprache vermittelt, ist leicht verständlich und niemals abgehoben. Allerdings muss man sich etwas in die englische buddhistische Fachterminologie einfinden.
Maitreyabandhu ist Mitglied des buddhistischen Ordens Triratna, einer traditionsübergreifenden, internationalen Gemeinschaft von Buddhisten, deren Verständnis der Lehre des Buddhas, und ihrer praktischen Umsetzung im heutigen Kontext, den ganzen Text durchzieht und explizit im Anhang erläutert wird. Dort gibt es auch eine knappe Anleitung der beiden grundlegenden Meditationstechniken Achtsamkeit auf den Atem (Mindfulness of Breathing) und Kultivierung liebender Güte (Metta Bhavana).
Das Buch ist besonders für Einsteiger geeignet, kann aber auch erfahrenen Praktizierenden von Nutzen sein, um neue oder alternative Ansätze für die buddhistische Praxis zu finden.
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5.0 out of 5 stars great buy
Reviewed in Canada on March 2, 2016
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Very inspiring, great buy
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Karen Evans
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Australia on December 1, 2015
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Wonderful insights to making a real difference in everyday life
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