A PATH FOR PARENTS: What Buddhism Can Offer, by Sara Burns

A PATH FOR PARENTS: What Buddhism Can Offer

by Sara Burns

A refreshingly honest and accessible account of how parents can grow spiritually among the everyday experiences of life with children, addressing letting go, the need for time out, and transforming everyday tasks into spiritual practice.

Joyful and alive, A Path for Parents is for anyone interested in spiritual life within the context of parenting--Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. It is a refreshingly honest and accessible account of how parents can grow spiritually among the everyday experiences of life with children.

Sara Burns draws on her personal experience and research with Buddhist parents to identify the key opportunities and obstacles for growth inherent within parenting:
- Loving and letting go
- Giving, yet more giving...and the need for time out
- Learning what presses our buttons- and what to do
- Dealing creatively even with the bits you don't like
- Transforming everyday tasks into spiritual practice

Sara Burns is a mother and Buddhist practitioner who has learned first hand the key opportunities and obstacles for growth within. She was introduced to Buddhism in Nepal, and was involved in establishing the North London Buddhist Centre.