The Meditation Handbook: A Step-By-Step Manual for Buddhist Meditation - Softcover

Kelsang Gyatso

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Synopsis

This step-by-step meditation manual provides a clear, practical explanation of what meditation is and how to integrate it into our daily life. The first part of the book gives the essential background to meditation - why we need to meditate, how to prepare formeditation, and how to enjoy a successful meditation session. The second part presents the twenty-one meditations of the Buddhist path to enlightenment, and includes advice on how to maintain the experience of meditation throughout the day, how to combine these meditations into a cycle for regular daily meditation, and how to do a simple meditation retreat.

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This popular and practical manual allows us to discover for ourselves the inner peace and lightness of mind that come from meditation. The author explains 21 step-by-step meditations that lead to increasingly peaceful and beneficial states of mind, and that together form the entire Buddhist path to enlightenment.

About the Author

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso was born in Tibet and is a fully accomplished meditation master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism. Living in the West since 1977, he is the author of a series of highly acclaimed books that transmit perfectly the ancient wisdom of Buddhism to our contemporary life. He has also founded over 300 Centres throughout the world for the study and practice of Mahayana Buddhism.

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