Christian insight meditation
Subtitle: following in the footsteps of John of the Cross
By: by Mary Jo Meadow, Kevin Culligan, and Daniel Chowning ; Mary Jo Meadow, editor.
Contributors: Culligan, Kevin G.; Chowning, Daniel.
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: John of the Cross, -- Saint, -- 1542-1591; Spiritual life -- Catholic Church; Spiritual life -- Buddhism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foundations; title: Purity of heart : the teaching and example of Jesus; title: The Buddhist tradition of insight meditation; title: The Carmelite tradition of prayer; title: Meditation instructions and guidance in practice; title: Instructions for insight practice : preparation, breath, body, thinking; title: Instructions for insight practice : other senses, mind-states, points of freedom, walking; title: Establishing your meditation practice; title: Getting guidance in practice; title: The course of practice; title: Three levels of purification : John of the Cross and Theravadan; title: Buddhism compared; title: John of the Cross on purity of conduct : purication of disordered appetites; title: Teachings of the Buddha on purity of conduct : the gift of morality; title: John of the Cross on purity of mind : purication of intellect, memory, and will; title: Teachings of the Buddha on purity of mind : purication of mental contents, training the mind; title: John of the Cross on purity of heart : contemplative purication; title: Teachings of the Buddha on purity of heart : wisdom, the goal of realization; title: John of the Cross and the Buddha on purication of our beings : integrative summary; title: Questions Christians ask; title: About prayer, meditation, contemplation, and insight practice; title: About Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the church; title: About Carmelite prayer; title: About Christian grace and the Buddhist Dhamma; title: About Karma, rebirth, and purgatory; title: About Buddhist no-self and Christian soul.