Blooming in the Desert
Subtitle: Favorite Teachings of the Wildflower Monk Taungpulu Sayadaw
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: September 10, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9781556432231
Subjects: Buddhism; Inspirational - General; Inspirational; Religion; Buddhism - General; Biography & Autobiography / Religious; Religion / Buddhism / Theravada; Burma; Doctrines
First sentence: Here is a meditation technique: Breathing in, touching Breathing out, touching Bring your mind to the touching So, three times knowing, you have a meditation.
Description: In 1978, at the age of 80, the Burmese forest monk Taungpulu Sayadaw left his native country for the first time and came to California, where he taught and established the West's first Burmese Buddhist temple and monastery.

Revered as a saint in his lifetime and after his death in 1986, Taungpulu Sayadaw's calm, joyful presence, forged in a lifetime's dedication to the austere spiritual path of the Theravada forest tradition, was a beacon of hope to Burmese people in exile and a radiant example of living Buddhism for all who encountered him.

This selection of the Sayadaw's favorite discourses, parables, chants, and meditations distills the essence of the fundamental Buddhist practices of mindfulness, non-attachment, and loving-kindness.