MINDING MIND: A COURSE IN BASIC MEDITATION

Boulder: Shambalah. 1994. S Soft Cover. New. As NEW. Metaphysics 180p. This collection of short, accessible works from Asia on the practice of meditation includes seven traditional texts from China, Japan, and Korea, written by renowned teachers from various Buddhist sects, covering a wide range of topics. Because of the growing popularity of meditative practices in many spiritual traditions, this anthology of Buddhist meditation manuals is timely. Collected here are texts that discuss a variety of techniques of meditation, the distinctions between sudden and gradual enlightenment, the value of Zen koan meditation, and the power of meditation in action. Cleary's translations are clear and lively. Minding Mind says its a basic meditation book, but get ready for some surprises! The contributes all great masters from various time periods are obviously coming from a state of close enlightenment. One master states after giving a discourse "If I am deceiving you, in the future I will fall into eighteen hells. I promise to heaven and earth. If I am not being truthful, let me be devoured by tigers and wolves lifetime after lifetime. Not many of the authors on spiritual topics would promise that! How often can you get to listen to that wise master up in the Himalayas? Or the Zen master who says he has taken the route to the top of the mountain and can show you the way? Here you have a guide book to mindfulness which is after all the rest of the time (when not meditating). Every page is a jewel of wisdom, this book is for the beginner and the advanced practitioner. The book is broken down into sections which cover all the questions that a student would want to ask the enlightened master. Contents: Translator's Introduction Treatise on the Supreme Vehicle; Models for Sitting Meditation; Guidelines for Sitting Meditation; A Generally Recommended Mode of Sitting Meditation; Secrets of Cultivating the Mind; Absorption in the Treasury of Light; An Elementary Talk on Zen; Notes. First edition. Binding is Softbound.