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Radical Self-Acceptance: A Buddhist Guide to Freeing Yourself from Shame [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Tara Brach (Author)
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Book Description

October 1, 2000
Radical Self-Acceptance Tara Brach How would your life change if you genuinely accepted yourself? On Radical Self-Acceptance, Dr. Tara Brach (a psychologist and instructor at the Insight Meditation Society’s Washington, D.C., Center) shows how feelings of unworthiness are often the source of problems we experience in our relationships, careers, creative endeavors, and in our spiritual unfolding. With insights from both Eastern contemplative traditions and Western psychotherapy, Dr. Brach guides you through a full program of meditations and skills you need to become more compassionate toward the "unforgivable" parts of your self. Now you can experience the freedom that comes with kindness and a true appreciation of yourself and others, with Radical Self-Acceptance.


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In the same tradition as such bestselling authors as Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg, Insight Meditation teacher Tara Brach has cultivated one of the largest and most active Buddhist meditation communities in the Eastern United States. With Radical Self-Acceptance, this gifted guide brings her enthusiasm and depth of experience to a wide new arena of listeners for the first time.

"Imagine what it would be like to be without anxiety about your imperfections", begins Brach. Employing her skills in two worlds, this clinical psychologist and meditation instructor takes on what she considers to be the most difficult -- and pervasive -- challenge to Westerners today: the suffering caused by our feelings of unworthiness and deficiency. Here, Brach teaches the specific practices we need to become more mindful and compassionate toward the "unforgivable" parts within ourselves -- and how to free ourselves from "the prison of shame and self-aversion". Practical and supportive, Radical Self-Acceptance marks the debut of one of the most capable new voices today on the marriage between Eastern meditation and Western psychology.

About the Author

Tara Brach is the founder and senior teacher of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C. She is a practicing clinical psychologist, a lay Buddhist priest, and the author of In the Shadow of the Buddha. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

  • Audio Cassette
  • Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated; Unabridged edition (October 1, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1564557758
  • ISBN-13: 978-1564557759
  • Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,564,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tara Brach, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist as well as a Buddhist lay priest and popular teacher of mindfulness (vipassana) meditation. She is the founder of the Insight Meditation Community in Washington, D.C., and has conducted workshops at Spirit Rock Center, Omega Institute, the New York Open Center, and other retreat centers nationwide. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her teenaged son.

 

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70 of 74 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A gentle caring path of self-acceptance of oneself & others, December 5, 2000
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This review is from: Radical Self-Acceptance: A Buddhist Guide to Freeing Yourself from Shame (Audio Cassette)
This is a lovely set of two tapes including guided meditations, which guide the listener into a space of deep relaxation and self-acceptance. The relief of past and even current pain is palpable and the feeling, at least for me, is one of gratitude and peace. I particularly liked side 2 of the first tape. In any case, after listening to all sides, I felt that if one could just practice this simple process of self-acceptance, one would likely not only draw deeply close to one's own core, but one would have a sound basis for open, loving relationships as well. Listen and enjoy. Thank you Tara!
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45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Down home Buddhism, December 28, 2004
This review is from: Radical Self-Acceptance: A Buddhist Guide to Freeing Yourself from Shame (Audio Cassette)
It's always a joy to hear Tara Brach's voice, and it comes through sweet and clear in her book. Buddhism and its literature can seem harsh sometimes, like running over jagged ice, as Philip Kapleau once put it. But the I.M.S. way, which Tara represents, is more like floating down a crystal clear stream. You'll only get bruised if you don't stay attentive, and even that's not a problem.

Tara has always (for the past 17 years, anyway) espoused a gentler Buddhism than I imagined possible. In "Radical Self-Acceptance" she brings together all the threads of her deep commitment to that path. Doing this, she models the acceptance she advocates by showing us who she is, and how her own struggles have been "grist for the mill". Modeling Self-Acceptance as a radical, or root, process, Tara points us toward the realization that the Self we accept isn't our paltry ego but the life we share with all beings. Thanks, Tara, for the love you have brought to this project, and to all of us.
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36 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Prozac!, November 1, 2003
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This book gets at the roots of my issues. It has opened my eyes to my problems and how I can overcome them. I have a tendency to live in the future rather than the moment. I'm really excited about putting this lifestyle into practice.
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