The Art of Disappearing
Subtitle: The Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy
By: Ajahn Brahm
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780861716685
Subjects: Buddhism; Religious life
Description: Whether mere bumps in the road or genuine crises, we live in a world of unwanted events that no willpower can prevent. This book helps us learn to abandon the headwind of false expectations and follow instead the Buddha's path of understanding. Releasing our attachment to past and future, to self and other, we can directly experience the natural state of serenity underlying all our thoughts and discover the bliss of the present moment. In that space, we learn what it is to disappear. Ajahn Brahm, an unparalleled guide to the bliss of meditation, makes the journey as fun as it is rewarding.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The big picture; title: Bringing the mind into the present; title: Developing mindfulness; title: Medicines for the mind; title: Wisdom power; title: Pacification and the insights that follow; title: Appreciating the bliss; title: Recognizing true wisdom; title: Happiness comes from disappearance; title: Make this the last time; title: Climbing the pyramid of sama-dhi.