The Seeds of Love: Growing Mindful Relationships

by Jerry Braza Ph.D., Thich Nhat Hanh (Foreword by)

Overview

Using the garden as a metaphor, The Seeds of Love is a charming guide to creating your own mindfulness.

The development of the practice of mindfulness and its tools can help to maintain a state of awareness and openness to oneself and others. In The Seeds of Love, readers interested in Zen Buddhism will learn how to nurture metaphorical seeds such as compassion, joy, and generosity, and how to use personal challenges such as jealousy, anger, and self-doubt as a tool for growth.

The 20 chapters include:

Seeing: It All Begins with the Gardener

Being: Watering the Seed of Mindfulness

Watering Seeds of Love and Transforming Seeds of Suffering

Deep-Listening

Creating a Legacy as a Master Gardener: Tending Your Inner Garden

Using precepts from many faiths and traditions, The Seeds of Love offers simple, basic actions to help readers reach the best within themselves and share it with those around them. It will be an invaluable guide to anyone seeking deeper and more conscious relationships.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780804848374
Publisher:	Tuttle Publishing
Publication date:	03/07/2017
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Jerry Braza, Ph.D. is a mentor and Dharma teacher in the lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh and Professor Emeritus of Health Education at Western Oregon University. He conducts meditation retreats and mindfulness-based training programs for a variety of spiritual and secular groups. He is the co-founder of the humanitarian organization Forgotten People Foundation, supporting service learning projects for disadvantaged groups living in Vietnam. His book Moment by Moment: The Art and Practice of Mindfulness was published by Tuttle Publishing in 1997. His three-word philosophy frames his life: mindfulness, love and service.

Editorial Reviews

"Both down-to-earth and profound, this book explains how to be mindful of the garden of your life—and then out of kindness to yourself and others, pull weeds and plant flowers. Deceptively simple, it is actually a comprehensive guide to the seeds of true happiness and loving relationships. A lovely, wise, encouraging, first-rate book." —Rick Hanson, Ph.D., author of Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

"Inspired by the rich and deep teachings of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, this book is filled with beautiful quotes, reflections and meditations." —Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance

"Jerry Braza has written a wise and gentle book on mindful relationships that shows how this natural development occurs. He avoids simplistic answers and offers deeply felt observations based on his own journey into the wonder of the present moment." —William Martin, author of The Tao of Forgiveness and The Caregiver's Tao Te Ching

"This is good reading for both new and seasoned students because it explains so well how to nourish the good in us." —William Menza, Dharma Teacher in the Plum Village Tradition

"The sun is out, there is a warm breeze on your face, and you are in the company of an elegant teacher. Savor each step as well as each page. This is a wonderful book." —Peggy Rowe Ward, Ed.D., and Larry Ward, Dharma teachers and authors of Love's Garden

"Jerry Braza uses the analogy of a garden, as well as wisdom from many different beliefs and cultures, to teach us how to cultivate goodness in our own minds. By doing so we create optimal conditions for developing 'mindful relationships' with those we love." —Power of Moms blog

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