Standing at the edge : finding freedom where fear and courage meet / Joan Halifax.
"[This book is] an ... examination of how we can respond to suffering, live our fullest lives, and remain open to the full spectrum of our human experience"--Amazon.com.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250101341
- ISBN: 1250101344
- Physical Description: xix, 280 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | A view from the edge -- 1. Altruism. At the high edge of altruism ; Falling over the edge of altruism: pathological altruism ; Altruism and the other edge states ; Practices that support altruism ; Discovery at the edge of altruism -- 2. Empathy. At the high edge of empathy ; Falling over the edge of empathy: empathic distress ; Empathy and the other edge states ; Practices that support empathy ; Discovery at the edge of empathy -- 3. Integrity. At the high edge of integrity ; Falling over the edge of integrity: moral suffering ; Integrity and the other edge states ; Practices that support integrity ; Discovery at the edge of integrity -- 4. Respect. At the high edge of respect ; Falling over the edge of respect: disrespect ; Respect and the other edge states ; Practices that support respect ; Discovery at the edge of respect -- 5. Engagement. At the high edge of engagement ; Falling over the edge of engagement: burnout ; Engagement and the other edge states ; Practices that support engagement ; Discovery at the edge of engagement -- 6. Compassion at the edge. Survival of the kindest ; Three faces of compassion ; The six perfections ; Compassion's enemies ; Mapping compassion ; Compassion practice ; Compassion in the charnel ground. |
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Subject: | Conduct of life. Suffering. Compassion. Altruism. Empathy. Integrity. Respect. Engagement (Philosophy) Buddhism > Zen. > Personal Growth. |
Genre: | Self-help publications. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Lehigh Valley Library System. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Bethlehem Area Public Library System.
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Bethlehem Main Library | 128.4 (Text) | 33062009066573 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |