Stilling the Mind: Shamatha Teachings from Dudjom Lingpa's Vajra Essence - Brossura

Wallace, B. Alan

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ISBN 10: 0861716906 ISBN 13: 9780861716906

Casa editrice: Wisdom Pubns, 2011

Riassunto

A best-selling author and former Buddhist monk guides those with hectic, modern lives through the practice of Dzokchen, the Great Perfection, the highest form of all the meditation traditions, explaining how to calm the mind into a state of effortless concentration. Original.

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L'autore:

B. Alan Wallace is president of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies. He trained for many years as a monk in Buddhist monasteries in India and Switzerland. He has taught Buddhist theory and practice in Europe and America since 1976 and has served as interpreter for numerous Tibetan scholars and contemplatives, including H. H. the Dalai Lama. After graduating summa cum laude from Amherst College, where he studied physics and the philosophy of science, he earned his MA and PhD in religious studies at Stanford University. He has edited, translated, authored, and contributed to more than thirty books on Tibetan Buddhism, medicine, language, and culture, and the interface between science and religion.

Brian Hodel is a freelance journalist and book editor. He has collaborated with B. Alan Wallace on many books including Stilling the Mind, Embracing Mind, Dreaming Yourself Awake, and Contemplative Science.

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• Editore: Wisdom Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0861716906
• ISBN 13: 9780861716906
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 200
• Redattore: Hodel Brian