A beginner's guide to meditation
Subtitle: practical advice and inspiration from contemporary Buddhist teachers
By: edited by Rod Meade Sperry and the editors of the Shambhala Sun
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781611800579
Subjects: Meditation; Buddhism
Other titles: Shambhala sun.
Description: This authoritative guide to Buddhist meditation will introduce readers to the practice, explain how it is approached in the main schools of Buddhism, and offer advice and inspiration from Buddhism's most renowned and effective meditation teachers, including Pema Chödrön, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Matthieu Ricard. Topics include how to build excitement and energy to start a meditation routine and keep it going, setting up a meditation space, working with and through boredom, what to look for when seeking others to meditate with, how to know when it's time to try doing a formal meditation retreat, and how to bring the practice "off the cushion" with walking meditation and other practices.