Combining memoir, anecdote, travel journal, prose poem, diary and essay Maitreyabandhu's A Czanne Haibun records a month spent alone in the Sierra Aitana mountains. Haibun a term first coined by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bash in a letter to a disciple in 1690 alternates prose with haiku or haiku-like poems. These are unforgettable meditations on the life and work of the post-impressionist painter Paul Czanne (1839 1906).
Sequel to his acclaimed debut The Crumb Road, Buddhist priest Maitreyabandhu's new collection is about the stories we tell: a vivid and at times disturbing account of the world we live in and the history that shapes us.
Maitreyabandhu here offers a challenging but profoundly useful work on how to practise Buddhism in everyday life. Drawing on examples from the life of the Buddha, as well as weaving in astute references to poetry and art, Maitreyabandhu gives an easily understood outline of the system of spiritual life as undertaken by Triratna Buddhists.
An eight-week mindfulness course that helps readers enhance their experiences through focused attention. It covers various aspects of mindfulness, including body awareness, emotions, thoughts, and the environment, and suggests simple practices like meditation and poetry reading.
This is a book about friendship - about the Buddhist ideals of spiritual friendship and about the author's personal experience. Maitreyabandhu describes his childhood and adolescence, his quest for life's meaning and his wholehearted engagement with Buddhism. schovat popis