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Description edit
About meditation: what it is and what it isn't. In English. Published by The Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation in Taiwan.
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First Sentence edit
THE SUBJECT OF THIS BOOK is vipassana meditation practice.
Table of Contents edit
1. Preface
2. Introduction
3. Meditation: Why Should I Bother?
4. What Meditation Isn't
5. What Meditation Is
6. Attitude
7. The Practice
8. What To Do With Your Body, General Rules, Clothing, Traditional Postures
9. What To Do With Your Mind
10. Structuring Your Meditation, Where To Sit, When To Sit, How Long To Sit
11. Set up Exercises, The Threefold Guidance, Universal Loving-Kindness
12. Dealing With Problems
13. Dealing With Distractions, I
14. Dealing with Distractions, II
15. Mindfulness - Sati
16. Mindfulness Versus Concentration
17. Meditation in Everyday Life
18. What's in It for You
19. Distribution Agreement
Authors & Contributors edit
- Venerable Henepola Gunaratana (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 191
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 191
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: BQ5630.V5G86
- Dewey: 294.34435
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- UrbanDharma.org: The website of the book, including the full book in HTML
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