Gratwanderung

Die buddhistische Herangehensweise an Tod und Sterben kann für alle Menschen - nicht nur für Buddhisten - von großem Nutzen sein. Dies hat die bekannte Zen-Meisterin Joan Halifax bereits seit Jahrzehnten in ihrer hingebungsvollen Arbeit mit Sterbenden und ihren Angehörigen und Betreuern bewiesen. Inspiriert von den traditionellen buddhistischen Lehren ist ihre Arbeit eine Quelle der Weisheit und Hoffnung für all jene, die mit dem Tod konfrontiert sind oder die transformative Kraft im Sterbeprozess erforschen möchten. In ihrem warmherzigen und mutigen Buch zeigt sie, dass wir uns zu jeder Zeit mit einer tiefen inneren Kraft verbinden können, und wir auch anderen ¿ gerade in schwierigen und entscheidenden Momenten ¿ helfen können, das Gleiche zu tun.

"Joan Halifax is a clearheaded and fearless traveler and in this book...she offers us a map of how to travel courageously and fruitfully, for our own benefit and the benefit of all beings." -From the foreword by Rebecca Solnit <BR><BR>Standing at the Edge is an evocative examination of how we can respond to suffering, live our fullest lives, and remain open to the full spectrum of our human experience.<BR><BR>Joan Halifax has enriched thousands of lives around the world through her work as a humanitarian, a social activist, an anthropologist, and as a Buddhist teacher. Over many decades, she has also collaborated with neuroscientists, clinicians, and psychologists to understand how contemplative practice can be a vehicle for social transformation. Through her unusual background, she developed an understanding of how our greatest challenges can become the most valuable source of our wisdom-and how we can transform our experience of suffering into the power of compassion for the benefit of others.<BR><BR>Halifax has identified five psychological territories she calls Edge States-altruism, empathy, integrity, respect, and engagement-that epitomize strength of character. Yet each of these states can also be the cause of personal and social suffering. In this way, these five psychological experiences form edges, and it is only when we stand at these edges that we become open to the full range of our human experience and discover who we really are. <BR><BR>Recounting the experiences of caregivers, activists, humanitarians, politicians, parents, and teachers, incorporating the wisdom of Zen traditions and mindfulness practices, and rooted in Halifax's groundbreaking research on compassion, Standing at the Edge is destined to become a contemporary classic. A powerful guide on how to find the freedom we seek for others and ourselves, it is a book that will serve us all.