A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times
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Synposis: A new book from Jack Kornfield to help us skillfully navigate times of difficulty. Includes guided meditations on CD
September 1, 2011 / Hardcover + CD / BD02023D
ISBN: 978-1-60407-448-2 / UPC: 600835-202381
ebook ISBN: 978-1-60407-642-4
US $ 21.95 / Spirituality/Buddhism / Rights: World
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- Press Release for A Lamp in the Darkness
- Jack Kornfield’s website, SpiritRock.org
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About the Book
Where can we find illumination and support when we most need it? “Inside each of us is an inner light that I call ‘The One Who Knows,’” writes Jack Kornfield. “Awakening to this wisdom can help us find our way through pain and suffering with courage, grace, and tenderness.”
For anyone seeking answers during a time of trial or confusion, he now offers A Lamp in the Darkness, a new book-and-CD program filled with spiritual and psychological insights, hope-giving stories, and special guided meditations to skillfully navigate life’s inevitable storms.
With deep understanding and compassionate warmth, Jack Kornfield illuminates a safe—and sane—pathway through difficulty, as we explore practices created for times of crisis but applicable and useful throughout our daily lives:
- Equanimity and Peace—how to hold the sorrows and struggles of our world and our selves in balance while seeing the great peace behind it all
- Forgiveness—for releasing the past and breaking down barriers to all that is closed in the heart
- Setting Your Highest Intention—a guide for awakening to the shining beauty and potential of the human spirit
Hard times come to everyone. With A Lamp in the Darkness,we have a trusted guide and friend with whom we can face the road ahead in presence, love, and openness.
About the Author
Jack Kornfield, Ph.D., is a writer, clinical psychologist, and one of the world’s foremost meditation and spiritual teachers. A practitioner for over 40 years, he is one of the key teachers to introduce mindfulness and Vipassana meditation to the West. Kornfield is a founding member of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. His books include After the Ecstasy, the Laundry, Buddha’s Little Instruction Manual, Teachings of the Buddha, and the national bestseller, A Path with Heart, among others. Visit www.jackkornfield.org.
What People Are Saying About A Lamp in the Darkness
“In unsettling times of change or illness or grief or fear, long lectures and complicated dogma are rarely helpful. When in the midst of painful situations, we need digestible bits of wisdom, nuggets of light, and user-friendly tools to keep us sane and safe. Jack Kornfield delivers just that in his beautiful new book, A Lamp in the Darkness. I will make sure to keep several copies on hand to give to friends in times of need.”
—Elizabeth Lesser, cofounder of Omega Institute and author of Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow
“Jack Kornfield has done it again, illuminating the darkness with his path-opening ways and clearly accessible instructions, not to mention a wealth of teaching stories both entertaining and edifying. This sparkling new offering is particularly appropriate in our dark and difficult times—rich with practical lessons in truth and love, compassion and mindful awareness—and will help guide us home for decades to come.”
—Lama Surya Das, author of Buddha Is As Buddha Does
“With the heart-penetrating simplicity and directness of all the great teachers, Jack Kornfield offers gentle but remarkably powerful practices for healing and inner peace. Deeply moving, well-organized and thorough, A Lamp in the Darkness knocked me over in the most wonderful way.”
—Rick Hanson, PhD, author of Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
“This short beautiful book is a gem: In the midst of difficulty, it will help you remember the wisdom, love, and spirit that are your essence. Keep it close by, and share it with those who are dear.”
—Tara Brach, PhD, author of True Refuge
“Jack Kornfield is a wonderful storyteller and a great teacher.”
—Thich Nhat Hanh, author of Peace Is Every Step
Related Spoken-Word Audio
Jack Kornfield
October 2010 / 3 CDs, 3 hours / AW01637D
ISBN: 978-1-59179-927-6 / US $24.95 / UPC: 600835-163729 / Rights: World
Digital Download: AW01637W / ISBN: 978-1-59179-930-6 / US $13.97
