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The Eightfold Path: A Way of Development for Those Working in Education, Therapy and the Caring Professions
Joop Van Dam
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Centuries before the birth of Christ, Buddha taught a path of love, compassion and forgiveness originating from his experiences of suffering in the world. The cause of suffering, he believed, lay within the soul, which had become self-centred and egotistic. Buddha inaugurated the Eightfold Path for purification and transformation - eight exercises which could lead to a new relationship with the world, from self-centredness to a warm interest in one's environment and in other people. The exercises, described and explained here in their correct sequence - with each preparing the individual for the next step - are: the right view, ... Read more
Centuries before the birth of Christ, Buddha taught a path of love, compassion and forgiveness originating from his experiences of suffering in the world. The cause of suffering, he believed, lay within the soul, which had become self-centred and egotistic. Buddha inaugurated the Eightfold Path for purification and transformation - eight exercises which could lead to a new relationship with the world, from self-centredness to a warm interest in one's environment and in other people. The exercises, described and explained here in their correct sequence - with each preparing the individual for the next step - are: the right view, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Temple Lodge Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
58g
Number of Pages
54
Place of Publication
East Sussex, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906999889
SKU
V9781906999889
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Ref
99-2
About Joop Van Dam
JOOP VAN DAM was a Medical Doctor for 40 years in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Now retired, he is still active as a lecturer in educational and medical programmes and in the Anthroposophical Society in the Netherlands, of which he was President for seven years. He is the author of several publications, including The Sixfold Path.
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