In his long career as a poet, Buddhist teacher, spiritual advisor, and writer, Stephen Levine has changed our understanding of death and dying. In Becoming Kuan Yin, Levine’s first new book in many years, he turns to the legend of Kuan Yin, the Bbodhistitva venerated by East Asian Buddhists for her compassion.In Becoming Kuan Yin, Levine shares the tale of Miao Shan, born centuries ago to a cruel king who wanted her to marry a wealthy but uncaring man. This is the...

Wise, compassionate advice from one of the nation's most trusted grief counselors to help heal emotional wounds that prevent us from leading fulfilling lives.Renowned grief counselor Stephen Levine tells us that long after an initial loss has passed and the period of grieving has ended an unattended sorrow lingers, accounting for a host of physical, emotional and spiritual maladies. It is not uncommon then for those with unresolved grief to lean toward addictions o...

We've heard how a close brush with death can make a person suddenly realize what is truly important in life. But do we have to wait until we die to gain the benefits we suspect lie in wait for us? Stephen Levine, who spent a year of his life as if it were his last, says no. It is through actually practicing our dying that we learn how to truly live.

The latest in the acclaimed series of election books from Victoria University of Wellington, Back on Track? is an engaging account of how we ended up with the government we have today. What a year! In 2023, Jacinda Ardern resigned after five years as Prime Minister, leaving Chris Hipkins in charge of Labour' s waning fortunes and ultimate defeat. The Greens and Te Pati Maori ended up back on the opposition benches despite gaining more votes than ever before. ACT held its support, but could...

If you had only one year left to live, what would you do? When Stephen Levine posed this question to himself, it led to a profound, year-long experiment in conscious living that is fully revealed in A Year to Live. Carefully planned as a series of month-by-month practices and meditations, A Year to Live brings the dying process into the full light of awareness. Join this bestselling author and caregiver as he explores: the deathless nature contained within each moment of life; why death is...

In the present, within the sacred emptiness, is the deathless state sought by spiritual masters and their students. Exploring Sacred Emptiness gives us a window to this condition without boundaries, through the words of Stephen Levine. With moving eloquence, he speaks about the letting go of suffering in order to experience unencumbered awareness: the essential am-ness of being. Levine's words allow us to experience his vision, to close the space that separates us from God. With two guid...

The happiest people, Stephen Levine says, are those who have fully investigated their fears. But what is fear? And how is it related to grief, anger, and pain? On In the Heart Lies the Deathless, Levine addresses these questions with clear relevance to everyone on the spiritual path.Within each of our hearts, he begins, there is a sacred emptiness that we share with the divine spirit and with all life. The qualities of this space are love, kindness, and mercy. But a hardness of th...

For 20 years, Stephen and Ondrea Levine have supported thousands of people caught in the aftermath of grief and loss, including many women deeply hurt by sexual trauma. Now, on Opening the Heart of the Womb, Stephen Levine addresses this hidden heartache, offering a gentle three-part guided meditation.When a woman's “lower heart” or womb grows numb due to violation, miscarriage, abortion, or even PMS, Levine teaches, her “upper heart” closes down too, leaving her entire emotional a...

Out of his extraordinary work with those who came to him to die, Levine has emerged with a vision of healing capable of opening the heart and mind as well as the body. He speaks of the "real healing" as "the one we took birth for." We're all born in this realm to become complete.

Use Your Mind to Naturally Relieve All Kinds of Physical and Emotional PainFor over 30 years, Stephen Levine has helped bring the gift of meditation to those most in need. Merciful Awareness: Natural Pain Management is a direct result of Levine's remarkable experience with the use of awareness techniques in hospices and care centers as a treatment for emotional and physical pain.We are conditioned to react to pain with fear, Levine begins, and our unwillingn...

**In this groundbreaking book, the authors of the perennial bestseller Who Dies? demonstrate how to use a relationship as a means for profound inner growth and healing."Stephen and Ondrea's work is among the deepest, most healing and heartfelt contributions to modern spiritual life in America." —Jack Kornfield, bestselling author of a Path with Heart**Stephen and Ondrea Levine devoted more than eighteen years to investigating the mind/body relationship, pa...

These recordings are from a rare and inspiring five day retreat held in 1982.On these recordings we hear the wonderful Stephen Levine interacting with Ram Dass and speaking on his own. Levine begins with a “Forgiveness Meditation,” and Ram Dev converses with participants relating to the “self.” Then Ram Dass talks about the death of Swami Muktananda. On track four, both Ram Dass and Levine discuss relationships, and Levine leads a relationship exercise. Then Ram Dev talks about the...