Can anyone suggest me a book regarding meditation?
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Can anyone suggest me a book regarding meditation?
Hi,
I want to read about meditation. Often we get tensed up, tangled up with problems, suffer from addiction and lose our balance for life. The solution to these problems is meditation. So can you suggest me a book on meditation? Thanks in advance.
I want to read about meditation. Often we get tensed up, tangled up with problems, suffer from addiction and lose our balance for life. The solution to these problems is meditation. So can you suggest me a book on meditation? Thanks in advance.
Re: Can anyone suggest me a book regarding meditation?
Greetings and welcome to the Forum.
There will no doubt be many books that could be suggested, but the two that came to my mind are Mindfulness in Plain English, Bhante Gunaratana; and Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, Shunryu Suzuki.
There will no doubt be many books that could be suggested, but the two that came to my mind are Mindfulness in Plain English, Bhante Gunaratana; and Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, Shunryu Suzuki.
'Only practice with no gaining idea' ~ Suzuki Roshi
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Meido Roshi, a Rinzai teacher who sometimes posts here, had a book out recently that spent quite a bit of time giving meditation instructions. https://www.bookdepository.com/Rinzai-Z ... 1611805178james_austin wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 8:11 am Hi,
I want to read about meditation. Often we get tensed up, tangled up with problems, suffer from addiction and lose our balance for life. The solution to these problems is meditation. So can you suggest me a book on meditation? Thanks in advance.
From the Tibetan perspective, Pema Chödrön, made a series of talks on meditation https://www.soundstrue.com/store/how-to ... -dr-n.html
But most important of all is, IMO, to connect with a good teacher who can instruct you in a manner appropriate to your psychophysical makeup.
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Will Johnson, Posture of Meditation; a practical manual for meditators of all traditions
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I think that The Attention Revolution by B. Allan Wallace is quite good.
“Observing samaya involves to remain inseparable from the union of wisdom and compassion at all times, to sustain mindfulness, and to put into practice the guru’s instructions”. Garchen Rinpoche
For those who do virtuous actions,
goodness is what comes to pass.
For those who do non-virtuous actions,
that becomes suffering indeed.
- Arya Sanghata Sutra
For those who do virtuous actions,
goodness is what comes to pass.
For those who do non-virtuous actions,
that becomes suffering indeed.
- Arya Sanghata Sutra
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"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
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I would like to recommend you The Miracle of Mindfulness book https://www.onlinebooksreview.com/artic ... 0807012394. This book is designed with meditation practices that will help to achieve mindfulness. It is simply the art of living in the present moment. It helps to understand how breathing exercises leave impact on mood and actions and to Elevate energy and achieve peace in life.james_austin wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 8:11 am Hi,
I want to read about meditation. Often we get tensed up, tangled up with problems, suffer from addiction and lose our balance for life. The solution to these problems is meditation. So can you suggest me a book on meditation? Thanks in advance.
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Re: Can anyone suggest me a book regarding meditation?
“Observing samaya involves to remain inseparable from the union of wisdom and compassion at all times, to sustain mindfulness, and to put into practice the guru’s instructions”. Garchen Rinpoche
For those who do virtuous actions,
goodness is what comes to pass.
For those who do non-virtuous actions,
that becomes suffering indeed.
- Arya Sanghata Sutra
For those who do virtuous actions,
goodness is what comes to pass.
For those who do non-virtuous actions,
that becomes suffering indeed.
- Arya Sanghata Sutra
Re: Can anyone suggest me a book regarding meditation?
Don't forget that good deeds and the precepts are vital supports, not only for making your meditation successful but for improving your life in general.james_austin wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 8:11 am Hi,
I want to read about meditation. Often we get tensed up, tangled up with problems, suffer from addiction and lose our balance for life. The solution to these problems is meditation. So can you suggest me a book on meditation? Thanks in advance.
Namu Amida Butsu
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The Mind Illuminated by Culadasa has been a fantastic resource for me. It lays out a progressive path of shamatha practice according to Asanga's nine stages in a level of detail that's hard to believe. It's honestly the most straightforward and comprehensive meditation text I've ever read.
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There is no suffering to be severed. Ignorance and klesas are indivisible from bodhi. There is no cause of suffering to be abandoned. Since extremes and the false are the Middle and genuine, there is no path to be practiced. Samsara is nirvana. No severance achieved. No suffering nor its cause. No path, no end. There is no transcendent realm; there is only the one true aspect. There is nothing separate from the true aspect.
-Guanding, Perfect and Sudden Contemplation,
-Guanding, Perfect and Sudden Contemplation,
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I like 'How to Meditate', by Kathleen McDonald
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"Ask: what's needed of you" -Akong Rinpoche
"Love never claims, it ever gives. Love ever suffers, never resents, never revenges itself." -Gandhi