{"title":"Jean Smith","description":"Jean Smith is the author of The Beginner's Guide to Zen Buddhism, the coauthor of The Beginner's Guide to Insight Meditation, and the editor of four much-admired collections of Buddhist teachings: Breath Sweeps Mind,  Everyday Mind, Radiant Mind, and 365 Zen. She lives in Keene, New York, and Taos, New Mexico.","products":[{"product_id":"the-beginners-guide-to-walking-the-buddhas-eightfold-path-paperback","title":"The Beginner's Guide to Walking the Buddha's Eightfold Path - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Writing a 'nuts and bolts' guide that is genuinely wise, charmingly conversational, and a pleasure to read requires a particular talent, and Jean Smith has proved once again that she has it.\"--Sylvia Boorstein, author of \u003cb\u003eDon't Just Do Something, Sit There\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe third of Jean Smith's Beginner's Guides focuses on the Buddha's Eightfold Path--the concepts central to practicing the Buddha's teachings in daily life. The eight steps on the path are: right understanding, thought, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration. Smith explains exactly what the Buddha had in mind, using translations of his own words and then elucidating them for us. Throughout the book are wonderful quotes from a broad range of Buddhist teachers, giving a taste of the very best each of them has to offer. \u003cb\u003eThe Beginner's Guide to Walking the Buddha's Eightfold Path\u003c\/b\u003e is a prescription for happiness, not just for overcoming suffering, which is how many people think of Buddhism. Here is a book for Buddhists of every tradition.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51459147399391,"sku":"9780609808962","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/C1vuVmPpiA9780609808962.webp?v=1790362618"},{"product_id":"roary-revisited-a-rural-childhood-paperback","title":"Roary Revisited: A Rural Childhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an account of a rural childhood in North Devon at the end of the Second World War. It is recounted with humour, irony and a little pathos. Though the family was poor by today's standards, they were rich in humour and the pleasures of a truly rural, simplistic way of life. An overcrowded thatched cottage (that nearly caught fire one Guy Fawkes night) didn't deter the Plymouth relatives from periodically descending upon them. You will get to know each family member, they were all so different. This is a delightfully perceptive view of the period, the countryside and the country characters who lived in and around the vicinity of Roary and Molland village. You will not be alone in wanting to go and get a feel of the place, even though there is nothing to be seen of the house now, although the well is visible still. This is a book you will want to read and re-read from time to time, everybody can relate to it in some form or other.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67966642290911,"sku":"9781425933685","price":22.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/0aSGXv4QX69781425933685.webp?v=1791726696"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/jean-smith.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}