Mindfulness in Plain English - Softcover

Gunaratana, Bhante Bhante

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0861719069 ISBN 13: 9780861719068

Publisher: Wisdom Publications, 2011

Synopsis

“A masterpiece.”
—Jon Kabat-Zinn

Mindfulness in Plain English was first published in 1994, is one of the bestselling — and most influential — books in the field of mindfulness. It’s easy to see why.

Author Bhante Gunaratana, a renowned meditation master, takes us step by step through the myths, realities, and benefits of meditation and the practice of mindfulness. The book showcases Bhante’s trademark clarity and wit as he explores the tool of meditation, what it does, and how to make it work.
 
This book is:

• A best-selling introduction to mindfulness
• Full of practical advice on developing a meditation practice
• Written in approachable, clear language
• Containing chapters on loving-kindness and concentration

 

The reader can gain deeper understanding, inner peace, and clarity through meditation practice with the thoughtful guidance of this classic book. Written for those without any meditation background, but also an essential handbook for established students, Mindfulness in Plain English is a must-have for anyone exploring the benefits of Buddhist meditation.

This expanded edition includes the complete text of its predecessor along with a new chapter on cultivating loving kindness, an especially important topic in today’s world. For anyone who is new to meditation, this is a great resource for learning how to live a more productive and peaceful life.

“The ‘you’ that goes in one side of the meditation experience is not the same ‘you’ that comes out the other side.” —Bhante Gunaratana in Mindfulness in Plain English
 

 

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Review:

If you'd like to read about meditation and then go back to your regular life, don't get this book. Henepola Gunaratana, a monk from Sri Lanka and venerated teacher of Buddhism, warns us that vipassana meditation is "meant to revolutionize the whole of your life experience." In one of the best nuts-and-bolts meditation manuals, he lays out the fundamentals of basic Buddhist meditation, the how, what, where, when, and why, including common problems and how to deal with them. His 52 years as a Buddhist monk make Mindfulness in Plain English an authority on a living tradition, and his years of teaching in America and elsewhere give it the clarity and straightforwardness that has made it so popular. If you'd like to learn the practice of meditation, you can't do better. --Brian Bruya

From the Back Cover:

"Time and time again, the student is told to...meditate, meditate, meditate. But how? Venerable Gunaratana's book answers how." -Chris O'Keefe

"Mindfulness in Plain English is just that--a wonderfully clear and straightforward explanation of mindfulness meditation. Venerable Gunaratana has done a valuable service in writing this book. It will be of great help to all who read it." -Joseph Goldstein

About this edition

• Publisher: Wisdom Publications
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0861719069
• ISBN 13: 9780861719068
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224