The Meditative Path: A Gentle Way to Awareness, Concentration, and SerenityQuest Books, 15 août 2013 - 287 pages Once, the Mula Nasruden was searching the ground under a street lamp. "Can I help?" asked a friend. "I lost my key in the house," said Nasruden. "But then why look out here?" "Because the light is better in the street," came the reply. Nasruden is a great fool in Middle Eastern folklore. Only by turning on the light inside his house -- his inner psyche --will he find the key. John Cianciosi shows us how to do just that. Directly from the heart, this practical, nonreligious book guides the reader of any faith to reduce stress, increase health, and achieve inner peace. It clearly explains the meditative process and offers very simple exercises to balance theory and practice. Each chapter includes Q&A sections based on the average reader's experience and crafted from the author's twenty-four years of teaching, first as a Buddhist monk and now in lay life. Of all primers on meditation, this one excels in showing how to slow down life in the fast lane. |
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... object of our study , the human being a composite of body and mind . The body is the physical aspect of a human being , while mind refers to every- thing else that constitutes a person . A student went to the meditation master and asked ...
... object of our study , the human being a composite of body and mind . The body is the physical aspect of a human being , while mind refers to every- thing else that constitutes a person . A student went to the meditation master and asked ...
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... objects , awareness enables us to know our internal mental processes . THREE ESSENTIAL QUALITIES I said that meditation involves cultivating three qualities essential to well - being : awareness , concentration , and serenity . Let's ...
... objects , awareness enables us to know our internal mental processes . THREE ESSENTIAL QUALITIES I said that meditation involves cultivating three qualities essential to well - being : awareness , concentration , and serenity . Let's ...
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... object . But before we can train the mind to con- centrate , we must know what the mind is doing . That is the role of awareness . With awareness , we simply know where our atten- tion is at this moment . Even if the attention moves ...
... object . But before we can train the mind to con- centrate , we must know what the mind is doing . That is the role of awareness . With awareness , we simply know where our atten- tion is at this moment . Even if the attention moves ...
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... object it touches . However , if we wish to develop concentration , then , in addition to knowing where our attention is , we must also make an effort to sustain our attention on the same object . Every time our attention moves to ...
... object it touches . However , if we wish to develop concentration , then , in addition to knowing where our attention is , we must also make an effort to sustain our attention on the same object . Every time our attention moves to ...
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... object . It will then be happy to remain with that object . Emerging from a period of good meditation , we feel refreshed and serene . Cultivating the Meditative Path involves developing these three qualities by means of various formal ...
... object . It will then be happy to remain with that object . Emerging from a period of good meditation , we feel refreshed and serene . Cultivating the Meditative Path involves developing these three qualities by means of various formal ...
Table des matières
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DEALING WITH THE HINDRANCES | 79 |
AWARENESS LEADS THE | 85 |
QUESTION TIME | 100 |
THE WALKING PATH | 107 |
QUESTION TIME | 144 |
EXPLORING THE SIX FIELDS | 155 |
WORKING WITH PAIN | 163 |
STANDING LIKE A MOUNTAIN | 179 |
CHANGING ANGER | 185 |
LOVING KINDNESS MEDITATION | 210 |
WHO AM I? | 239 |
A DAY FOR MEDITATION | 259 |
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