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viii, 175 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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This step-by-step guide shows readers how to honestly meet and openly relate with the mind, embrace the fullness of our experience, and live in a wholehearted way as we discover the basics of meditation, from getting settled and the six points of posture to working with your breath and cultivating an attitude of unconditional friendliness, the Seven Delights: how moments of difficulty can become doorways to awakening and love, Shamatha (or calm abiding),...
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Within the wisdom teachings of Buddhism, there are many stories that refer to its founder as the Supreme Physician, a healer of all illness-mental, physical, and spiritual. The Buddha understood suffering and its antidote, and his prescription and philosophy for right living led directly to a Tibetan meditation practice that is the medicine our modern-day hearts have been searching for.
On Good Medicine, the remarkable American-born Tibetan Buddhist...
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5 audio discs (5 hrs., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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An introductory audio course on meditation presented by a Tibetan Buddhist nun, emphasizing: the practice of mindfulness; the importance of gentleness, patience, and humor; Shamantha (or calm abiding), the art of stabilizing the mind to remain present under any conditions; thoughts and emotions as "sheer delight" in meditation.
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7 audio discs (8 hrs., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded leaflet
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English
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"Pema Chödrön explores timeless insights and practices from the teachings of an eighteenth-century Buddhist classic, Shantideva's "The way of the Bodhisattva", to reveal a powerful core truth that can move us all closer to the bodhisattva ideal." -- container.
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