How To Meditate With Pema Chodron: A Practical Guide To Making Friends With Your Mind (2007) - Plot & Excerpts
***How to Meditate Has Been Named One of Library Journal s Best Books of 2013*** Pema Chodron is treasured around the world for her unique ability to transmit teachings and practices that bring peace, understanding, and compassion into our lives. With How to Meditate, the American-born Tibetan nun presents her first program exploring in depth what she considers the essentials for a lifelong practice. When we look for a meditation teacher, we want someone who has an intimate knowledge of the path. That's why so many have turned to Pema Chodron, whose gentle yet straightforward guidance has been a lifesaver for both first-time and experienced meditators. More and more people are beginning to recognize a profound inner longing for authenticity, connection, compassion, and aliveness. Meditation, Pema explains, gives us a golden key to address this yearning. How to Meditate was recorded live, on retreat, at Gombo Abbey in Nova Scotia, Canada, over the course of a five-week retreat/ meditation program. Through five CDs of traditional insights and her personal guidance in 12 sitting sessions, Pema Chodron will help you honestly meet and compassionately relate with your mind as you explore:The basics of meditation, from getting settled and the six points of posture to learning to settle to breathing and relaxationGentleness, patience, and humor three ingredients for a well-balanced practiceThe Seven Delights-how moments of difficulty can become doorways to awakening and loveShamatha (or calm abiding), the art of stabilizing the mind to remain present with whatever arisesThoughts and emotions as "sheer delight"-instead of obstacles-in meditation Here is in indispensable program from the meditation teacher who remains a first choice for students the world over. From my own experience and from listening to many people over the years, I ve tried to offer here what I feel are the essential points of mediation, explains Pema Chodron. Now this beloved voice shares with you her accessible approach simple and down to earth while informed by the highest traditions of Tibetan Buddhism on How to Meditate with Pema Chodron. Disc OneIntroductionBecoming your own meditation instructorThe cause of sufferingWorking with your mindLearning to settleStart with awarenessWorking with postureBeing faithful to the techniqueMeditation: Being present Disc TwoIntroductionOur habitual patternsBeing right hereMeditation: Coming back to the breathComing back into presenceMeditation: Finding balanceAttention and relaxationDiscursive thoughtGentleness, patience, and humorMeditation: Relaxation Disc ThreeIntroductionMeditation: Faithful to being presentTraining in letting goUncovering Buddha natureMeditation: Uncovering Buddha natureRefreshing Your BodyWaiting for a thought to occurMeditation: Waiting, occurrence, dissolveSuggestions for your practice Disc FourIntroductionBalancing and settlingMeditation: working with thoughtsFixation and the thinking processExperiencing your emotionsWorking with unfavorable conditionsGo to your bodyBringing up a strong emotionMeditation: Working the feeling Disc FiveIntroductionFully hereNo problem except identifyingSix sense perceptionsNon-dualistic experienceMeditation: Undivided awarenessNoticing when we go offMeditation: working with sightMeditation: working with touch Pema is one of our most beloved and helpful teachers practical, compassionate, and wise. How to Meditate is a great way to take her teachings to heart and develop a meditation practice. Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart and A Lamp in the Darkness This is a great compilation of meditation instruction which she has personal given to many of her students over the years. These instructions have brought so much help to others that it has made her one of the most loved and revered Buddhist teacher in this modern world. With a brilliant mind and an absolutely cheerful attitude toward life, she practices what she teaches. Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche"
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