Meditating: A Buddhist View - Softcover

Jinananda

9781907314063: Meditating: A Buddhist View

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1907314067 ISBN 13: 9781907314063

Publisher: Windhorse Publications, 2012

Meditation is the practical application of this simple idea: that satisfaction, happiness, absorption, is not the end-product of some gratifying thing or experience, but a way of going about things. Happiness is something we bring to life, not something life delivers to us. This may sound like a nice idea, but it is a profoundly strange one. It suggests that we can develop the state of absorption we call happiness independently of whether or not we find ourselves in happy circumstances. And this is where meditation comes in.

What is meditation? Why do it? In this accessible and thought-provoking guide Jinananda leads the reader through three traditional Buddhist meditations.

A gifted storyteller, Jinananda discusses meditation from a Buddhist perspective. He offers troubleshooting tips and reflections on the effects and significance of meditation as well as considering its role in other cultures and contexts. For anyone with a budding interest in meditation or Buddhism, this book provides a great introduction.

Jinananda has been teaching Buddhist meditation for over twenty years. He was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order in 1986, when he was given his Buddhist name which means "Bliss of the Conquerer." He is the author of several audio books and of Warrior of Peace, a biography of the Buddha.

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About the Author:

Jinananda (aka Duncan Steen) was born in Bedford in 1952 and was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order in 1986. He is the author of The Middle Way (Naxos AudioBooks), Meditating and Warrior of Peace (both Windhorse Publications). He is chairman of the West London Buddhist Centre, where he teaches meditation and Buddhism. He also teaches meditation at the City Lit and the LSE.

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