Download or read book Mah y na Buddhist Meditation written by Elvin W. Jones and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1991 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: precise introduction to Advaita Vedanta, on the basis of something more
Download or read book Meditation in Mahayana Buddhism A Deeper State of Awareness written by Sally Vee and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Psychology - Psychology of Religion, , language: English, abstract: As human beings we have the constant struggle of working, eating a balanced diet, exercising, having a social life, spending time with one’s family, staying current with today’s news and receiving at least eight hours of sleep. Our agendas are naturally stocked so there is no doubt that we all come across the evil seed that is stress, from time to time. Our bodies unburden stressful situations by releasing feelings of anxiety, tension and nervousness. We do not have to be doctors to know that these feelings are not the most beneficial regarding what is good for our bodies. In order to reduce, prevent and cope with these emotional reactions one can practice the stress relieving buddhist ritual of meditation. The two most common and useful types of meditation are Loving Kindness Meditation, known as Metta Bhavana, and Mindfulness of Breathing, known as Anapanasati (Vana 27). In this paper one will perceive an overview about the two most useful types of meditation mentioned previously, explore the benefits that come with regularly practicing meditation and read about different cases that prove the effects of this buddhist custom.
Download or read book Mahayana Buddhist Meditation written by Elvin W. Jones and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Meaningful to Behold written by Kelsang Gyatso and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2000 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Bodhisattva is someone who has resolved to liberate all living beings from suffering by fulfilling his or her full spiritual potential. Many people have the compassionate wish to benefit others, but few understand how to make this wish effective in their daily life. In this highly acclaimed explanation of the great Buddhist classic, Guide to the Bodhisattva`a Way of Life, Geshe Kelsang shows how we can develop and maintain the supremely compassionate motivation of a Bodhisattva, and how we can then engage in the actual practices that provide the greatest benefit to others and lead to the attainment of full enlightenment.
Download or read book Spiritual Friends written by Thubten Dondrub and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-06-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book -- the first from the International Mahayana Institute -- contains meditations written by eighteen nuns and monks of the IMI Sangha. These meditations center on different Buddhist themes and provide a good resource for the practicing meditator. The book also includes brief spiritual autobiographies that allow the reader to trace each contributor's entry into and study of Tibetan Buddhism. The generous and personal meditations offered in this book help us develop these potentials and thus are true friends to whom we can always turn.
Download or read book What Is Meditation written by Ron Nairn and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2000-10-31 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Is Meditation? explains the Buddhist worldview and the age-old practice it perfected to unfold our innate qualities of compassion, self-acceptance, and inner peace. Rob Nairn gives step-by-step instructions for beginning your own meditation practice, including three simple exercises—"Bare Attention," "Remaining in the Present," and "Meditation Using Sound"—to help get you started.
Download or read book Pointing Out the Great Way written by Daniel P. Brown and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-10-10 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many books have been published in recent years on the topic of mahamudra, or meditation on the fundamentally clear nature of the mind. This book is different in the systematic way it draws from a variety of source texts in order to construct a complete, graded path of practice informed by an understanding of the particular obstacles faced by meditators in the West. Dan Brown is a clinical psychotherapist who has also spent much time evaluating the experiences of meditators on longterm retreats. He knows the Tibetan literature on mahamudra meditation and has over thirty years of both personal meditation experience and observation of the experiences of others. He co-wrote, with Ken Wilber and Jack Engler, the book Transformations in Consciousness, and he teaches an annual seminar on mahamudra meditation at the Esalen Institute. Pointing Out the Great Way is a spiritual manual that describes the Tibetan Buddhist meditation known as mahamudra from the perspective of the 'gradual path.' The gradual path is a progressive process of training that is often contrasted to sudden realization. As such, this book contains a step-by-step description of the ways to practice, precise descriptions of the various stages and their intended realizations, and the typical problems that arise along with their remedies. Simply put, mahamudra meditation involves penetrative focus, free of conceptual elaboration, upon the very nature of conscious awareness. A unique feature of this book is its integrative approach to the stages of mahamudra meditation. A number of works on Buddhist meditation stages in general and mahamudra meditation in particular are already available in English, yet none, single text or commentary on the stages of mahamudra meditation, captures the inner experience of these stages in sufficient detail to convey its richness. This book represents the needed alternative by integrating material from a variety of root texts, practical manuals,
Download or read book Ocean of Nectar written by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2000 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ocean of Nectar is first complete commentary in English to Chandrakirti`s classic Guide to the Middle Way, one of the most important scriptures in Mahayan Buddhism and regsrded to this day as the principal text on emptiness, the ultimate nature of reality. In this long-awaited major work Geshe kelsang provides an entirely new translation of Chandrakirti`s verse masterpiece and explains with outstanding clarity the philosophical reasoning establishing Budda`s most profound view of the middle way.
Download or read book The New Meditation Handbook written by Kelsang Gyatso and published by Tharpa Publications US. This book was released on 2009 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for both beginners and experienced meditators, this practical guide offers an introduction to the expansive inner world of meditation as well as a series of 21 step-by-step meditations, leading to increasingly peaceful and beneficial states of mind, which together form the entire Buddhist path to enlightenment. By following simple meditation instructions, readers can experience the inner tranquility and lightness of mind that comes from meditation, to reduce life's difficulties and bring greater happiness for ourself and others. Clear and relevant meditation break practices are revealed, so readers can integrate the meditations into their daily activities to reduce tension and improve relationships.
Download or read book The Practice of Tranquillity and Insight written by Khenchen Thrangu and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two types of meditation that form the core of Buddhist spiritual practice are: tranquillity (samatha) meditation aims at stilling the mind, while insight (vipasyana) meditation produces clear vision or insight into the nature of all phenomena. With masterful scholarship, Rinpoche explains this unified system of meditation—what to do, what to avoid, and the stages of deepening meditation—so the practitioner can gauge progress. His teaching is a commentary on the eighth chapter of the Treasury of Knowledge by Jamgon Kongtrul.
Download or read book Meditations of a Tibetan Tantric Abbot written by Kensur Lekden and published by Snow Lion. This book was released on 2001-03-13 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents, with the intimate freshness of a personal teaching, the main practices of the Mahayana Buddhist path.
Download or read book What Is Meditation written by Rob Nairn and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2000-10-31 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Is Meditation? explains the Buddhist worldview and the age-old practice it perfected to unfold our innate qualities of compassion, self-acceptance, and inner peace. Rob Nairn gives step-by-step instructions for beginning your own meditation practice, including three simple exercises—"Bare Attention," "Remaining in the Present," and "Meditation Using Sound"—to help get you started.
Download or read book Meditation Differently Phenomenological psychological Aspects of Tibetan Buddhist Mah mudr and Snying thig Practices from Original Tibetan Sources written by Herbert V. Guenther and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 1992 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the interest in meditation, few works have studied what meditation means within the original traditions. Meditation Differently presents a translation of an important Tibetan work which contrasts and compares two central traditions of Buddhist meditative practice-the Mahamudra and the rDzogs-chen, particularly the sNying-thing version. This translation is supplemented by a detailed commentary based on original Tibetan sources by Dr. Guenther, an eminent scholar of Buddhism and modern thought. This critical commentary is a hermeneutical and phenomenological study of the key ideas in the understanding of being and experience, utilizing developments in modern thinking to bring out the nuances of Buddhist thinking.
Download or read book In the Footsteps of Bodhisattvas written by Phakchok Rinpoche and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete path of meditation training framed by the Buddha's words in the King of Samadhi Sutra--one of the most important Mahayana sutras--from a contemporary, accessible voice. The term "meditation" is often spoken of as a single, uniform practice, but in fact there are innumerable techniques that can be employed to achieve different ends. However, to make real progress in any practice, the methods need to be paired with a view of how our minds and our experience of the world around us really work. In this uncommonly practical and experiential guide, Phakchok Rinpoche teaches us how to achieve this correct view so we can genuinely practice a meditation that will transform our lives by helping us abandon our own bad habits and hypocrisy. In this way, we will make real progress on the path to true freedom from the cyclic patterns we follow that only lead to unhappiness. Grounding this presentation is The King of Samadhi Sutra--one of the most important teachings in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition--which the author uses as a touchstone throughout. The simplicity will appeal to new and aspiring meditators, while the insightful approach based on living these practices will help seasoned practitioners get unstuck and make swift progress.
Download or read book The New Meditation Handbook written by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso and published by Tharpa Publications US. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Meditation Handbook is a practical guide to meditation that teaches us how to make ourself and others happy by developing inner peace, and in this way making our lives more meaningful. Without inner peace there is no real happiness at all. Problems, suffering and unhappiness do not exist outside the mind; they are feelings and thus part of our mind. Therefore, it is only by controlling our mind that we can permanently stop our problems and make ourself and others truly happy. The twenty-one Buddhist meditation practices presented in this book are actual methods to control our mind and experience lasting inner peace. This extremely practical guide is an indispensable handbook for those seeking happiness and meaning in their lives.
Download or read book Mother of the Buddhas written by Lex Hixon and published by Quest Books. This book was released on 1993-05-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lex Hixon's "contemplative expansion" of forty passages from the Prajnaparamita Sutra, the basic scripture of all schools of Mahayana Buddhism, yields a text of devotional beauty that is at once dramatic and uplifting. The text sets forth the Bodhisattva path to enlightenment. Features a foreword by renowned American Buddhist scholar Dr. Robert A. Thurman.
Download or read book Treasury of Dharma written by Geshe Rabten and published by Edition Rabten. This book was released on 2020-02-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete Tibetan Buddhist Meditation course and a true classic of contemporary Buddhist literature. It contains the essence of the entire path of Buddhism, explained out of the personal experience of one of the most outstanding Buddhist meditation masters of our time, the Venerable Geshe Rabten Rinpoche. Its clear and practical presentation make Buddhist thought and practice easily accessible to anyone who is seriously interested.
