Minding Mind: A Course
in Basic Meditation
Transl. by Thomas Cleary. 129 pg., 5" x 7 1/4" paperback. Minding
Mind is based on traditional texts by renowned teachers from Buddhist schools
in China, Japan, and Korea. Some types of meditation are aimed at promoting
a sense of confidence and well-being in everyday life, while other types
focus on producing altered states of consciousness, or developing skills
for serving other people. The instructions in this book focus on the highest
type of of all, "pure, clear meditation". Includes the practice
of basic meditation, techniques for improving centration, how to correct
problems, differences between methods, the practice of koan meditation,
and meditation in action. |