Handbook for Hard Times, Gelong Thubten
Handbook for Hard Times, Gelong Thubten
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Handbook for Hard Times
A monk's guide to fearless living

Author: Gelong Thubten

Narrator: Gelong Thubten

Unabridged: 7 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Yellow Kite

Published: 08/31/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

'Thubten is a very generous and kind monk who writes with the lived honesty and humour of someone who has experienced the wisdom he shares. His writing is full of inspiration but also the pragmatism needed to form a sustainable practice. He clearly illustrates why we all need meditation and mindfulness in our lives.'- Benedict Cumberbatch

From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller A Monk's Guide to Happiness, this audiobook aims to help listeners discover a creative, transformative approach to dealing with life's challenges and difficulties.

We all go through hard times. We can experience moments when life feels like an uphill struggle, leading to unhappiness and stress. Perhaps we are feeling sad, anxious, or struggling to deal with something bigger, such as a bereavement, a loss, a painful ending or a broken heart. It is during these challenging times that we could do with some help with our thoughts and feelings.

In HANDBOOK FOR HARD TIMES The Sunday Times bestseller Gelong Thubten will guide us to understand that happiness, kindness and resilience can be cultivated through embracing life's difficulties as opportunities for transformation. Meditation and mindfulness practices help us to access deep reserves of inner strength as we learn how to 'lean into' our suffering. Thubten suggests how we can find meaning in pain and discomfort, transforming deeply ingrained patterns of fear and resistance.

As we discover how hard times can enhance the development of mindfulness, compassion and forgiveness, we can develop a fearless outlook on life and lasting, unshakeable happiness.

This approachable and practical audiobook is designed for modern times, and will be a valuable resource to anyone during times of struggle, but also during all times to encourage and build resilience and help us find inner contentment and peace.

(P) 2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

About Gelong Thubten

Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author from the UK. He ordained as a monk 26 years ago at Samye Ling Tibetan Monastery in Scotland, and he has spent over six years in intensive meditation retreats, the longest of which was 4 years long. He is now regarded as one of the UK's most influential meditation teachers, with pioneering work in providing non-religious mindfulness programmes to businesses, hospitals, schools, universities, prisons and addiction counselling centres. He works with major global companies such as Google, Accenture and LinkedIn, and has lectured at Oxford University and for the United Nations. Thubten teaches mindfulness to medical students at the National University of Ireland, and he trained Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton in meditation techniques during the filming of Marvel's Dr. Strange. Thubten contributed to Ruby Wax's book, HOW TO BE HUMAN. His own book, A MONK'S GUIDE TO HAPPINESS was a Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller with editions in 10 countries internationally. Thubten's work has been featured in The Times and Guardian newspapers and on Sky, the BBC and ITV. He has appeared on some of the leading health and wellness podcasts, including Deliciously Ella and Poppy Jamie's Happy not Perfect. HANDBOOK FOR HARD TIMES is his latest book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joanna on October 17, 2023

Brilliant! Accessible and easy to follow, makes for a nice evening read. Will definitely read his other book. Contains some really nice prompts for your own meditation practice - actually makes you want to try it.......more

Goodreads review by Andru on November 17, 2023

Gelong has made me rediscover meditation. I have always felt like it was not for me. But in one of his interviews, he mentioned that nobody can fail at meditation, because you are literally doing nothing. Nobody can fail at doing nothing. Another misconception of meditation is that you’re supposed t......more

Goodreads review by Kai on March 11, 2025

A distillation of Buddhist wisdom for hard times, laced with glimpses into Thubten’s own journey of self-acceptance. I greatly respect the author, his quest and his honesty. His prose is to-the-point, his message clarion. The techniques he describes are incredibly practical. With that being said, two......more

Goodreads review by Ephena on July 21, 2024

The audiobook spoken by the author was a most helpful and consoling experience. I came prepared by similar books for example by Pema Chödrön ( lojong teachings and tonglen in „start where you are“), which made this an even more enriching experience for me, because some explanations and and backgroun......more

Goodreads review by Michael on April 25, 2024

This was such an inspirational book to read. So many thoughts & ideas of how to live a happy life. I have read it twice and still think a need to research and adopt a lot more of the teachings than I have, A must read for anyone who wants to live a better life.......more

Quotes

A powerful, personally revelatory, but above all a practical book about how to deal with adversity. This
guide to survival by a Buddhist monk with a troubled back story is the real deal. The Times

Through his own personal experience of transformation from crippling anxiety and depression, Gelong Thubten is a most qualified guide in the journey from darkness and turmoil towards inner peace and positivity. At a time when many of us are experiencing a 'new level of societal fear', everyone can absolutely benefit from this accessible and supportive life handbook.

No one is more brilliant at bringing you out of the dark and into the light.

This is a timely and practical guide to help us navigate the fear and challenges of the times upon us. Uplifting and empowering!

This book helps us with one of the most important aspects of our time and human existence - how we can go inside ourselves to find peace, happiness and learn about ourselves. Only by going inwards and becoming comfortable with all our emotions can we enjoy life more and enhance our contributions to the world. It is written in such an enticing and accessible manner that it really is indispensable for this journey we should all take into ourselves.

This is the anti-self-help book that everyone should be reading. Thubten shows us that life's most important lessons are often hard won, and that embracing these experiences, while difficult, offers a path to freedom. A courageous book that inspires by example.

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