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Description
The true nature of our minds is enlightened and peaceful, as the depth of the ocean is calm and clear. But when we mentally grasp and emotionally cling to our wants and worries with all our energy, we lose our own enlightened freedom and healing power, only to gain stress and exhaustion, suffering and over-excitement, like turbulent waves rolling on the surface of the ocean.
Our minds possess the power to heal pain and stress, and to blossom into peace and joy, by loosening the clinging attitudes that Buddhists call "grasping at self." If we apply the mind's healing power, we can heal not only our mental and emotional afflictions, but physical problems also.
This book is an invitation to awaken the healing power of mind through inspiring images and sounds, mindful movements, positive perceptions, soothing feelings, trusting confidence, and the realization of openness. The healing principle on which these exercises are based is the universal nature and omnipresent power envisioned in Mahayana Buddhism. Yet for healing, we don't have to be believers in any particular faith. We can heal body and mind simply by being what we truly are, and by allowing our own natural healing qualities to manifest: a peaceful and open mind, a loving and positive attitude, and warm, joyful energy in a state of balance and harmony.
| Foreign Editions |
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Chinese (Old): Xi-zang eyi xin shu. (Taiwan: Living Psychology, 1998) |
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Chinese (Modern): Xin Ling Shen Yi. (China: Xinjian, PRC: 1999) |
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Czech: Leciva Sila Mysli. (Nakladatelstvi Altemative, Preaha, 2000) |
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Danish: Sindets helbredende kraft: Enkle ovelser til sundhed, velvaere og indsigt. (Copenhagen: Borgens Forlag, 1998) |
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Dutch: De Helende Kracht van de Geest. (Becht-Haarlem: Bloemendaal, 1999) |
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Finnish: Mielen Parantava Voima. (Basam Books, 1998) |
French: L'Infini Pouvoir de Guerison de L'Esprit.
(Le Courrier du Livre, Guy Tredaniel, 1997) |
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German: hardcover edition - Die heilende Kraft des Geistes. Translated by von Peter Kobbe. (Munchen: DELPHI bei Droemer Knaur, 1997)
Paperback edition.
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Hebrew: Ko-cha Hamirpa-a Shel Hatoda-a. (Tel Aviv: Prague Alphabet House) |
| Indonesian: (Binarupa Aksara) [in progress-not yet available] |
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Italian: L'Arte di Curarsi Con La Mente. (Sperling & Kupfer Editori, 2001) |
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Japanese: Kokoro No Chi Yu Ryku. (Jiyu-sha, 2000) |
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Polish: Uzdrawiajaca Moc Umystu. (Poland: Mudra, 1998) |
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Portuguese: O poder curative da mente. (Sao Paulo: Editora Pensamento, 1996) |
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Spanish: hardcover edition - El Poder Curativo De La Mente. (Barcelona - Madrid, Ediciones B. S. A. 1997).
Paperback edition. |
| Thai: (Ruan Boon) [in progress-not yet available] |
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UK: The Healing Power of Mind. (Arkana, Penguin Books, 1997) |
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Reviews
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Excerpt of Review |
| Publisher's Weekly |
| Thondup's book is a rare and invaluable guide to an ancient Tibetan treasure. |
| Body Mind Spirit, August/September 1996, p. 62 |
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| Earth Star, August/September 1996 |
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| New Age Journal, September/October 1996 |
"Tulku Thondup offers us more than a theoretical framework for approaching health: he gives us practical methods, proven over the centuries in Tibetan practice. And in doing so he outlines a means toward healing not just the body, mind, and spirit, but the heart as well. -- Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence.
"Tulku Thondup seems to have done for Tibetan Buddhism what Shunru Suzuki Roshi did for Zen. Like Suzuki's Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, Thondup's book is deceptively simple—the work of a great teacher who has penetrated this material so deeply he can present it with a clarity that spiritual seekers of any level can grasp." -- Joan Duncan Oliver, Editor of New Age Journal.
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| San Francisco Chronicle, February 2, 1997 (Bay Area best seller list) |
Ranked 15th for that week on the Non-Fiction Best Sellers. |
| Booklist Magazine, September 15, 1996 |
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| Boston Globe, “Literary Life,” Living Arts section, September 11, 1996 |
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| Shambhala Sun, November 1996 |
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| Now Magazine, Toronto, Fashion section, November 21-27, 1996 |
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| Ser Humano, Ano 2/No. 12/0397-14/375 Ptas., Madrid, Spain, republished translation from New Age Journal, September/October 1996 review |
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| Yoga Journal, Richard Kohn, March/April, 1997 |
"In Healing Power, Tulku Thondup takes the best of Tibetan practice and adapts it to the culture and problems of the modern West." |
| Houston Chronicles, Lifestyle and Entertainment, Richard Vara, September 23, 1997 |
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| Self, Mindful Move of the Month: Vocal Move – brief on “Ah”, p. 34, Barbara Graham, January 1998 |
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| Journal of Consciousness Studies, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1999 |
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| Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying |
"For many years I have dreamed of a book like this, and Tulku Thondup—a master of Tibetan Buddhism, a gifted scholar, and a renowned translator—the ideal person to have authored it." |
| Joan Borysenko, author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind |
"The gentle, wise text and practical exercises, based on the ancient spiritual wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism, are a glorious gift of peace that can transform your entire experience of living." |
| Dean Ornish, M.D., President and Director of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute and author of Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease |
“Reading this wonderful book is a healing experience in itself.” |
| Herbert Benson, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and author of The Relaxation Response and Timeless Healing |
"Tulku Thondup guides us through practical approaches for the relief of worry, stress and pain. Based on ancient Buddhist teachings, they are readily applicable to our modernworld, and I highly recommend them."
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