Buddhist Meditation: Tranquillity, Imagination and Insight: Tranquility, Imagination and Insight - Brossura

Kamalashila

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1907314091 ISBN 13: 9781907314094

Casa editrice: Windhorse Pubns, 2012

Riassunto

First published in 1991, this book has become established as a comprehensive guide to the theory and methods of Buddhist meditation, providing a complete introduction for beginners as well as detailed advice for experienced meditators seeking to deepen their practice.

With this third edition Kamalashila has included new sections on the importance of the imagination, on Just Sitting, and on refection on the Buddha. There is also new material on sadhana?including less formal, more experimental ways to connect with the living reality of the awakened mind?on mindfulness, and on the balance required between active and receptive approaches in meditation.

Writing in an informal, accessible style, Kamalashila draws particular inspiration from the great Theravadin commentator Buddhaghosa, from Zhiyi?the preeminent master of the Chinese Tien-t’ai School?and above all from the Buddha. The result is a practical handbook, complete with trouble-shooting guides to the places your practice might take you. It is also an exploration of the ultimate aim of Buddhist meditation: heightened awareness, true happiness and?ultimately?liberating insight into the nature of reality.

Kamalashila has been teaching meditation since 1976. He has developed approaches to meditation practice that are accessible to people in the contemporary world while being firmly grounded in the Buddhist tradition.

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Recensione:

This enhanced new edition guides readers more clearly into the meditations and draws out their significance more fully. Kamalashila has also woven in an appreciation of a view of the nature of mind that in the Western tradition is known as the imagination, helping make an accessible link to our own philosophical and cultural traditions. --Lama Surya Das

His approach is clear, thorough, honest, and, above all, open-ended exploration of the practical problems for those new and quite experienced in meditation. --Lama Shenpen Hookham

His approach is clear, thorough, honest, and, above all, open-ended exploration of the practical problems for those new and quite experienced in meditation. --Lama Shenpen Hookham

L'autore:

Kamalashila has been teaching meditation since 1976. He has developed approaches to meditation practice that are accessible to people in the contemporary world, whilst being firmly grounded in the Buddhist tradition.

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• Editore: Windhorse Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1907314091
• ISBN 13: 9781907314094
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256