Finding Peace in Troubled Times

by Mitchell, Donald W.; Wiseman, James A.

• ISBN13: 9781590561720
• ISBN10: 1590561724
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-30
• Publisher: Lantern Books

Summary

In 2002, Buddhist and Christian monastics gathered at Gethsemani Abbey, Kentucky, to discuss the nature of suffering-from alienation and unworthiness, greed and consumerism, personal and structural violence, and sickness and aging. The result of this extraordinary gathering is Finding Peace in Troubled Times, a guidebook for those seeking islands of comfort amid the great ocean of sorrow.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
The Buddhist Understanding of Suffering	p. 1
His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: The Transformation of Suffering	p. 15
His Holiness Pope John Paul II: The Meaning of Suffering	p. 27
The Wisdom of the Cross	p. 35
Abandonment and Love	p. 51
Love, Compassion, and Communion	p. 63
Emotional Healing: From a Sense of Unworthiness to Self-Acceptance	p. 83
Freedom from Attachments: From Consumerism to Compassion	p. 119
Overcoming Violence: From Anger to Communion	p. 141
Accepting Sickness and Aging: From Resistance to Letting Go	p. 183
Facing Death: The Final Journey from Fear to Peace	p. 209
Building a Culture of Dialogue and Peace	p. 231
Epilogue	p. 241
List of Contributors	p. 245
Index	p. 263
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