「他向世界傳達正念。」——《時代》(Time)雜誌一行禪師對於失去與悲痛最澄澈睿智的教誨,與你一同走過生命中最破碎和失落的時候。▌當巨大的悲痛襲來,我們在正念中穩定身心摯愛的離世,可能是我們生命中最沉重的打擊。此時我們的心就猶如暴風雨中的一棵樹,飽經摧折、遊離不定。禪師用親切近人、充滿正念能量的禪修練習,溫柔地接住我們,讓我們跟隨禪師的指導,練習接納悲痛、釋放悲痛,回復身心平和與安定。▌死亡不是結束,離去的生命將永遠延續下去我們以為,所愛之人逝去了,他們的一切也將隨著身體的分解而消逝。然而生命就如天空的雲,它能化為雨水落在江海大地,也能化為水汽重新凝聚成雲,它無時無刻都在變化,但它永遠不會消失。禪師的澄澈又溫暖的文字,一步步帶領我們越過假象,看到生命的本來面目——我們不生不滅、無來無去,所愛之人就在我們心中,我們也在所愛之人的心中。 讓我們道別以能在不久後再遇我們今天相遇明天將再遇我們正在源頭相遇在每一刻我們在萬物中相遇推薦「一行禪師向我們展現了內心平和與世界和平的連繫。」——達賴喇嘛尊者「一行禪師是位謙卑、虔誠的聖人,也是一名知識淵博的學者。若他對和平的看法能夠實行,將會是普世價值、世界大同乃至人類的一座豐碑。」——馬丁・路德・金恩 Martin Luther King Jr.「一行禪師的著作與行誼,是解除現代社會痛苦與悲傷的良藥。他的作品,讓我覺得自己比以往的任何一刻,都更具人性。」——王鷗行 Ocean Vuong/詩人。本書特色★一行禪師溫暖而動人的療癒文字,讓我們在悲痛中釋放紛擾的思緒。★十九篇梅村精選的自我照顧冥想與禪修練習,在修習中重獲安慰與平靜。
A personal and powerful essay on loss from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. 'Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language'On 10 June 2020, the scholar James Nwoye Adichie died suddenly in Nigeria. In this tender and powerful essay, expanded from the original New Yorker text, his daughter, a self-confessed daddy's girl, remembers her beloved father. Notes on Grief is at once a tribute to a long life of grace and wisdom, the story of a daughter's fierce love for a parent, and a revealing examination of the layers of loss and the nature of grief.
"I'm scared I'll forget you…"From the perspective of a young child, Joanna Rowland artfully describes what it is like to remember and grieve a loved one who has died. The child in the story creates a