
Buddha in Your Backpack
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A guide for navigating the teen years, Buddha in Your Backpackis for young people who want to learn more about Buddhism or for those who simply want to understand what's going on inside themselves and in the world around them. Buddha in Your Backpacktells Buddha's life story in a fashion teens will relate to, describing Buddha as a young rebel not satisfied with the answers of his elders. It then introduces Buddha's core teachings with chapters like "All About Me" and "Been There, Why'd I Do That?" The author presents thoughtful and spiritual insights on school, dating, hanging out, jobs, and other issues of special interest to teens-inviting readers to look inside themselves for answers.
"Flush with good advice, sensibly given. As such it should prove useful both to students interested in Buddhism and to others who simply need good counsel. In fact, Metcalf's approach is so down-to-earth and inviting that many adults may sneak it off the shelves for themselves." - School Library Journal
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- PART ONE - BUDDHA AND BUDDHISM
- WHO WAS THE BUDDHA?
- the buddha's world
- siddhartha's long childhood
- siddhartha discovers the reality of the world
- siddhartha discovers himself
- siddhartha grows up
- the buddha's long life
- WHAT IS BUDDHISM?
- you can't break the laws of physics
- explaining the astounding thing
- where do you go now? number one
- where do you go now? number two
- oh, so it's really not about where we go-it's about going there
- PART TWO - EVERYDAY BUDDHISM
- HOMELIFE
- becoming who we are
- (over)protective parents
- evolving family relationships
- failure
- divorce
- the other kind of parents
- siblings
- letting go of family
- SCHOOL ISSUES
- drama
- cliques and bullies
- homework
- grades
- YOUR BODY
- puberty
- imperfection
- thinness
- sleep
- your mind
- your brain
- THE OPPOSITE SEX AND YOU
- desire and enjoyment
- equality
- dating
- having sex
- pregnancy
- love
- FINDING YOURSELF
- friends
- peer pressure
- drugs
- downward spirals
- possessions
- BIG QUESTIONS
- right and wrong
- helpful and harmful
- vegetarianism
- being harmful
- being helpful
- anxiety
- religion
- thinking for yourself
- PART THREE - TAKING A BUDDHIST PATH
- WHAT IS THE PATH?
- the path
- where the path leads
- wisdom and compassion
- being buddhist: the path itself
- MEDITATION
- what is meditation?
- calming meditation
- insight meditation
- HOW TO MEDITATE
- secret meditation
- full meditation
- FINDING YOUR OWN PATH
- sangha: buddhist community
- internal troubles
- external troubles
- PRACTICAL EXERCISES
- praising the buddha
- nembutsu
- om mani padme hum
- bowing
- kinhin
- fast walking meditation
- grace
- mindful eating
- mindful driving
- beginning metta practice
- extending metta practice to others
- extending metta practice further
- taking metta to the limit
- intoxicants
- fantasy
- death
- bring a friend
- FARTHER DOWN THE PATH
- APPENDIX
- about the author
- Copyright Page
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