Lodro Rinzler – författare

This isn’t your grandmother’s book on meditation. It’s about integrating that "spiritual practice" thing into a life that includes beer, sex, and a boss who doesn’t understand you. It’s about making a difference in yourself and making a difference in your world—whether you’ve got everything figured out yet or not. Lodro Rinzler is a bright and funny young teacher with a knack for showing how the Buddhist teachings can have a positive impact on every little nook and cranny of your life—whether you’re interested in being a Buddhist or not.

How can I be the person I want to be when I’m stuck in a job I hate? How is it possible to stay present in an era of nearly constant distractions? Can I pick someone up at a bar or club and still call myself spiritual? This nitty-gritty guide to life for the spiritual-but-not-necessarily-religious uses Buddhist teachings to answer those burning questions and a host of others related to going out, relationships, work, and social action. Based on Lodro Rinzler’s popular advice columns, Walk Like a Buddha offers wisdom that can be applied to just the sort of dilemmas that tend to arise for anyone making even a modest attempt to walk like a Buddha—that is, to live with honesty, wisdom, and compassion in the face of whatever life surprises you with.

Does is ever seem that a lot of the people you work with are, well, jerks? This book is about how not to let work turn you into one of them. Apply the simple Buddhist teachings and practices Lodro Rinzler provides here to whatever you do for a living, and you’ll not only avoid jerk-hood, but you’ll be setting out on the path toward making your livelihood an expression of your inherent wisdom, honesty, and compassion. You’ll discover practical ways to bring mindfulness into administrative support, cabinet making, financial management, nursing, truck driving, or latté brewing. In the process, you’ll discover genuine empathy for the folks you once found so difficult. You’ll also learn leadership skills that apply compassion to management in a way that increases happiness along with efficiency.This is career advice of the profoundest kind, geared toward today’s twenty- and thirty-something workers and job seekers whose employment outlook is radically different from that of a generation ago. As Lodro shows, even if the path of work shifts beneath your feet, it’s possible to make your livelihood a source of satisfaction and deep meaning.

Believe what you’ve heard about meditation: it’ll focus your mind, open your heart, and sometimes surprise you with insight. And it’s not complicated to learn. In fact, everything you need to get started is contained in the pages of this little book. Lodro Rinzler begins by challenging you to ask yourself why you want to meditate in the first place (good news—there’s no wrong answer!). With your intention thus in place, he teaches you all the basics, along with advice for making your meditation practice a priority no matter how busy you are. He then shows you how to bring the wisdom and compassion you discover in meditation into all other areas of your life.

Buddhism has a lot to say about suffering—and there are likely few times we suffer more intensely than when we break up with a romantic partner. It feels like you may never recover sometimes. But Lodro Rinzler has wonderfully good news for those suffering heartbreak: the 2,500-year-old teachings of the Buddha are the ultimate antidote for emotional pain. And you don’t need to be a Buddhist for them to apply to you. In this short and compact first-aid kit for a broken heart, he walks you through the cause and cure of suffering, with much practical advice for self-care as you work to survive a breakup. The wisdom he presents applies to any kind of emotional suffering.

Are you trying to find love – and beginning to suspect you’re not looking in the right place? This wise, hip guide gives you a new map for the journey to happiness in relationships of all kinds, starting in your own heart.Told from the alternating vantage points of authors Meggan Watterson and Lodro Rinzler, How to Love Yourself (and Sometimes Other People) reminds us that love isn’t something we have to earn. All of us are deeply and intrinsically worthy of love – not only the love we hope to receive from others, but the love we give to ourselves – and this book offers the insight and practical tools we need to stay firmly grounded in self-love as we ride out the natural (and often stormy) cycles of relationships.Meggan and Lodro’s unique perspectives as teachers and scholars of Christian mysticism and Buddhism respectively make for a rich and lively dialogue that draws on wisdom sources like the Gospel of Mary Magdalene and the Four Noble Truths, along with funny, revealing stories from their own love lives and their deep friendship with each other. You’ll find guidance for embracing single life, dating with an open heart, and thriving in lasting love; meditations and practices for calm abiding, "disciplined hope," and connecting to the source of love within you; and tips on everything from sex, self-worth, and nourishing friendships to navigating breakups and learning to truly love yourself. Ultimately, you’ll be able to see your ideal partner in a new light – not as someone who "completes" you, but as someone who mirrors back to you your own wholeness.

How to meditate—a concise, pocket-size guide that tells you everything you need to know, from the best-selling author of The Buddha Walks into a Bar...      This is the ultimate go-to guide for learning how to meditate. It contains all the instructions you'll need to get started in a remarkably short space, but it also shows you how to make meditation practice a permanent part of your life, infusing it with wisdom and compassion as you go about your day. And it's instruction in the voice of the meditation teacher the young spiritual-but-not-religious crowd have come to trust: Lodro Rinzler, a young Buddhist teacher who speaks to the twenty- and thirty-something crowd in a way that has made his first book, The Buddha Walks into a Bar..., a best seller. Lodro begins by challening you to understand why you want to meditate in the first place, then, after the basic instructions, he shows how to prioritize your practice among your other daily activities and make it the center of all of them. He then shows you how to bring the wisdom and insight gained from meditation into all aspects of life.

How to Love Yourself (and Sometimes Other People) is a smart, hip guide for spiritual seekers who want to experience more love and stability in all forms of relationships. Told from the unique vantage points of authors Meggan Watterson and Lodro Rinzler, this book explores staying anchored in the foundation of self-love as you navigate the natural (and often stormy) cycle of a relationship. Their dual perspectives as teachers and scholars of Christian mysticism and Buddhism make for a rich and fascinating dialogue that covers everything from sex, self-worth, deep friendships and falling in (and out of) love, to break-ups - and how to maintain an open heart through it all.At its core, this book is about learning to love yourself no matter what. Meggan and Lodro suggest that you are worthy of love - both self-love and the love of others. They aren't experts on how to get that person to fall in love with you, nor are they experts on how to have 'the perfect relationship'. They are spiritual teachers who know that relationships have a life of their own, and can speak to the human element of what it means to experience them fully. In the process, they share deeply personal, revealing, honest anecdotes and spiritual practices to assist you with the inevitable ebb and flow of love in all its manifestations.

Todos estamos expuestos a un alto grado de estrés. Muchas personas se sienten mortificadas por la ansiedad. La buena noticia es que no tenemos por qué estarlo. Puede vivirse una vida sin tanta ansiedad, desasosiego y estrés. Podemos entrenar a la mente para sentir plena satisfacción, paz y alegría, incluso en medio de circunstancias difíciles.Lodro Rinzler, autor de varios éxitos de ventas e instructor de meditación budista desde hace mucho tiempo, nos muestra cómo trabajar con la mente para desestresarnos, aprender a relajarnos, apreciar el mundo una vez más y recuperar el potencial de tu mente.

Todo lo que necesitas saber para comenzar a practicar la meditación aparece en este librito; una divertida y aguda guía de bolsillo para ayudarte abrir tu corazón y a concentrar la mente.Lodro Rinzler empieza desafiándote a que te preguntes, en primer lugar, por qué quieres meditar. (Lo bueno es que… ¡no hay respuestas equivocadas!) Así, pues, una vez que tengas clara tu intención, Siéntate como un Buda te enseñará todo lo básico; ofreciéndote consejos acerca de cómo convertir tu práctica de meditación en una prioridad, por muy ocupado que estés. Luego te mostrará cómo trasladar la sabiduría y compasión que descubres en la meditación a las demás áreas de tu vida.

He aquí una presentación inteligente, divertida y sensata de la enseñanza liberadora del budismo. Una guía que invita a reflexionar sobre nosotros mismos sin tomarse el camino espiritual como una losa ni colocar al budismo en pedestal. El autor no pretende que el lector inicie un drástico camino de transformación personal, encuentre la iluminación o cambie radicalmente de estilo de vida, sino simplemente que viva con un poco más de compasión, con más sosiego y disfrute más.El autor explora los tres vehículos del budismo tradicional y la enseñanza de Shambhala y ofrece consejos prácticos y sencillos que nos ayudarán a sincronizar con nuestra propia brújula moral y la dignidad de nuestro corazón.

¿Cómo puedo ser la persona que quiero ser cuando estoy atrapado en un trabajo que odio? ¿Cómo es posible estar presenteen una era de constantes distracciones? ¿Puedo ligar con alguien en un bar y seguir considerándome espiritual?Esta amenísima guía para la vida de aquellos que se consideran espirituales sin ser necesariamente religiosos utiliza las enseñanzas del budismo para responder a esas preguntas candentes y a un montón de otras que tienen que ver con salir por ahí, con las relaciones, el trabajo, la actividad social o con nuestros dilemas de la vida cotidiana.Basado en la popular columna de consejos de LodroRinzler, Camina como un Buda ofrece sabiduría que puede aplicarse precisamente a las dificultades que suelen presentársele a cualquiera que pretenda caminar como un Buda: es decir, vivir honradamente, con sabiduría y compasión frente a todo aquello que le salga al paso en la vida.