An inspiring and healing guide to immersive meditation in the ancient Buddhist heart practices—the brahmavihāras."A profound integration of clarity, heart, and grounded practice."—Rick Hanson, PhD, psychologist and NYT bestselling author of Buddha's BrainWith Buddha's Heart, senior meditation teacher Stephen Snyder reveals an original and clear path to the powerful brahmavihāras. These practices offer rich, soothing support for the soul and a portal to spiritual awak...

"A rich and beautiful resource for those called to deepen their exploration of Awakening and freedom."—Tara Brach, best-selling author of Trusting the Gold and Radical CompassionSee the potential that is within each of us—the realization and embodiment of our true natureWith Demystifying Awakening, senior meditation teacher Stephen Snyder skillfully marks the subtle path of the Awakening process. With loving care, personal examples, and gentle suggestions, Stephen pl...

"This exceptional book combines penetrating psychological analysis with profound spiritual wisdom"—Rick Hanson, PhD, author of Buddha's Brain and NeurodharmaGuided by one of contemporary Buddhism's most experienced teachers, rigorously explore and deconstruct your concept of self to reach the path of freedom—living your true nature as one with the Absolute.In Li...

A practical guide for a more relaxed and enjoyable legal career—authored by a retired lawyer and senior meditation teacher"This is the best book written about the value of mindfulness and meditation for lawyers, as well as others in high-stakes occupations." —Rick Hanson, Ph.D., author of Resilient and Buddha's BrainClient, firm, and court demands can feel unending. Truly relaxing seems impossible. Is there any hope? Yes! With help, you can practice law with ease.Yo...

Yoko Ogawa's The Housekeeper and the Professor is an enchanting story about what it means to live in the present, and about the curious equations that can create a family.He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem—ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory.She is an astute young Housekeeper—with a ten-year-old son—who is hired to care for the Professor. And every morning, as the Prof...

Fully awaken to your potential Buddhahood through the innovative guidance, exercises, and personal reflections of one of contemporary Buddhism's most experienced teachers.When we deeply experience the Absolute, we are transformed by a profound, life-changing Awakening. But what happens after this realization? How do we embody and sustain it? Buddhist tradition has little to support our ongoing assimilation of these intense experiences—until now.Stephen Muge...

Green living begins at home, and New Green Home Solutions tells you how. Most of the energy-derived pollution we produce comes as a direct result of our homes - how we heat them, how we cool them, how we keep them well-lit and full of things that make our lives so comfortable. The good news is that we have tremendous power to create change. Renewable energy design, better insulation and more efficient appliances could reduce energy demands by 60 to 80 percent. By embracing conservation and...

A unique and fulfilling map to realization and Awakening offered by one of today's finest spiritual teachers.With Trust in Awakening, Zen and Theravada Buddhist teacher Stephen Doetsu Snyder presents a fresh and powerful reworking of the 7th century Zen poem, the Xin Xin Ming. This poem has guided and inspired serious Zen practitioners on the path to Awakening for centuries. Structuring its stanzas in koan-like meditations, Snyder interprets the poem's directions to seeing the Abso...

Finalist for the International Booker Prize and the National Book AwardA haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of The Housekeeper and the Professor.On an unnamed island, objects are disappearing: first hats, then ribbons, birds, roses. . . . Most of the inhabitants are oblivious to these changes, while those few able to recall the lost objects live in fear of the draconian Memory Police, who are...

The Beer Renaissance is in full swing, and home brewing has never been more popular. According to the American Homebrewers Association, there are currently 1.2 million home brewers in the country, and their numbers keep rising. Tired of the stale ale, bland beer and lackadaisical lagers mass-produced by the commercial labels, Americans are discovering the many advantages of brewing their own batch of that beloved beverage: superior aroma, color, body and flavor.For both amateur alc...

In this international bestselling thriller, a former teacher delivers her final lesson to her students—including the two children that murdered her daughter.After calling off her engagement in the wake of a tragic revelation, Yuko Moriguchi had nothing to live for except her only child, four-year-old child, Manami. Now, following an accident on the grounds of the middle school where she teaches, Yuko has given up and tendered her resignation.But first she h...

The first major English translation of one of contemporary Japan's bestselling and most celebrated authorsFrom Akutagawa Award-winning author Yoko Ogawa comes a haunting trio of novellas about love, fertility, obsession, and how even the most innocent gestures may contain a hairline crack of cruel intent.A lonely teenage girl falls in love with her foster brother as she watches him leap from a high diving board into a pool--a peculiar infatuation that sends...