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Méditation Bouddhiste pour les débutants
by A. J. ParrLes leçons et exercices contenus dans ce livre d’initiation vont vous aider à comprendre les enseignements essentiels du Bouddha (le Dharma, Chemin ou Voie), y compris les bases de la pratique de la méditation bouddhiste. Outre les citations d’anciens textes sacrés bouddhistes, vous trouverez dans les pages de ce livre des conseils inestimables du Dalaï Lama, d’Eckhart Tolle, de Krishnamurti et d’Alan Watts, parmi d’autres enseignants spirituels de renom. Bien que le but ultime de la pratique de la méditation bouddhiste soit d’atteindre un état d’éveil spirituel ou d’illumination, il faut dire que pratiquement personne n’atteint ce but – excepté peut-être les moines dévoués et les pratiquants avancés. Malgré cela, de nombreux bienfaits sont attribués à la pratique régulière de la méditation, comme le révèle une étude récente de la Mayo Clinic : « La méditation peut balayer le stress de la journée, conduisant à la paix intérieure… Si le stress vous rend anxieux, tendu et inquiet, envisagez la méditation. Passer ne serait-ce que quelques minutes à méditer peut restaurer votre calme et votre paix intérieure…La méditation peut vous procurer un sentiment de calme, de paix et d’équilibre qui est bon à la fois pour votre bien-être émotionnel et votre état de santé général. Et ces bienfaits se poursuivent au-delà de votre séance de méditation. La méditation peut vous aider à traverser la journée plus calmement et atténuer certains problèmes de santé… » Ce livre est vraiment recommandé à tous ceux qui veulent trouver la Vérité, fuir l’Illusion et vivre la paix intérieure dans le Moment présent !
The Meditation Experience: Your Complete Meditation Workshop in a Book (Experience Series)
by Madonna GaudingThe Meditation Experience is a complete meditation workshop in one book. Interactive and practical, the step-by-step learning programme will guide you towards greater understanding and deeper, more effective practice.- Exercises help you to tailor the book to your needs- Journaling sections allow you to write your own experiences directly into the book- Includes revision work and more advanced exercisesWith practical downloadable digital tracks featuring meditations and inspirational music to bring you into a receptive state for deeper work.
The Meditation Experience: Your Complete Meditation Workshop In A Book With A Cd Of Meditations (Experience Series)
by Madonna GaudingPracticed throughout the world and within many different religions, meditation has long been a pathway to spiritual harmony and enlightenment. This fascinating book provides you with a personalized, practical and direct experience of meditation, and demonstrates the powerful healing that can be achieved by mastering this art. Going far beyond a reference guide, The Meditation Experience is more like a personal tutor, explaining how to meditate and access the benefits it offers including stress reduction, greater awareness and spiritual development. Interactive exercises help you to tailor the book to your needs Journaling sections allow you to write your own experiences directly into the book The step-by-step learning programme guides you to revision work and more advanced exercises An exclusive CD featuring meditations and inspirational music will bring you into a receptive state for deeper workFeaturing case studies throughout, this holistic, integrated and practical guide is your own personal meditation workshop in a book.
Meditation For Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-To Book
by Dan Harris*As heard on the Tim Ferriss Show podcast*'Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics is well researched, practical, and crammed with expert advice and it's also an irreverent, hilarious page-turner.' - Gretchen Rubin ABC News anchor Dan Harris used to think that meditation was for people who collect crystals, play the pan pipes, and use the word namaste without irony. After he had a panic attack on live television, he went on a strange journey that ultimately led him to become one of meditation's most vocal public proponents.Science suggests that meditation can lower blood pressure, mitigate depression and anxiety, and literally rewire key parts of the brain, among numerous other benefits. And yet there are millions of people who want to meditate but aren't actually practising. What's holding them back?In this guide to mindfulness and meditation for beginners and experienced meditators alike, Harris and his friend Jeff Warren, embark on a cross-country quest to tackle the myths, misconceptions, and self-deceptions that stop people from meditating. They rent a rock-star tour bus and travel across the US, talking to scores of would-be meditators, including parents, police officers, and even a few celebrities. They create a taxonomy of the most common issues ("I suck at this," "I don't have the time," etc.) and offer up science-based life hacks to help people overcome them.The book is filled with game-changing and deeply practical meditation instructions. Amid it all unspools the strange and hilarious story of what happens when a congenitally sarcastic, type-A journalist and a groovy Canadian mystic embark on an epic road trip into America's neurotic underbelly, as well as their own.
Meditation for Kids: How to Clear Your Head and Calm Your Mind
by Laurent Dupeyrat Johanne BernardIntroduce the benefits of meditation to kids ages 7-10 with this practical and playful guide. Start your kids off on a path to self-awareness through meditation! Written in easy-to-understand language, Meditation for Kids empowers kids to start learning about and practicing meditation as a way to stay calm, focused, and confident so they can work through daily stresses and manage tough emotions. This extensive guide features options for both seated and walking meditation practices with over a dozen illustrated, step-by-step exercises like the tightrope walker and the flamingo. A short history of meditation, fun checklists, and a troubleshooting guide for frequently asked questions--including "What happens if you fall asleep?" and "Can I meditate with my pet?"--help lay the groundwork for a daily practice of stillness and inner reflection. The book even provides playful opportunities for kids to "teach" their parents the exercises so the whole family can participate.
Meditation for Modern Madness
by Dzogchen RinpocheYou are already enlightened.You don&’t need to get enlightened again or to make your enlightenment better. It&’s not something you have to create or believe in. You just need to recognize who you already are. Dzogchen is an ancient Tibetan tradition that is perfect for countering the stress of our modern lives. A simple and quick method, Dzogchen is practical and direct, and open to us all—you simply need to recognize the great potential that is naturally born within everyone. In his highly anticipated first book, the Seventh Dzogchen Rinpoche, Jigme Losel Wangpo, shows us how our everyday lives can be turned into spiritual practice—not only to ease our stress, but to allow the true nature of our minds to reveal itself, right now, on the spot. The Dzogchen view is the highest view, the view from the top of the mountain. We need to build a platform that will hold the view, and Dzogchen Rinpoche provides the meditations and advice for living that will help you do just that. In turn, you&’ll find true peace in a mind at rest.
Meditation für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Stephan BodianSie hetzen von einem Termin zum nächsten, kommen nie zur Ruhe und wissen gar nicht mehr, was Erholung, innere Ruhe und Ausgeglichenheit sind? Versuchen Sie es mit Meditation. Dafür müssen Sie keineswegs zum einsamen Mönch werden, denn Meditation lässt sich auch in Ihren Alltag integrieren. Lassen Sie sich von Stephan Bodian auf diesem Weg begleiten. Er zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie durch einfache Meditationen Energie und Kraft tanken und wie Sie auch als erfahrener Meditierender mit besonderen Problemsituationen umgehen. Starten Sie Schritt für Schritt eine Reise in Ihr Inneres und finden Sie so zu mehr Ausgeglichenheit und Lebensfreude!
Meditation für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Stephan BodianSie hetzen von einem Termin zum nächsten, kommen nie zur Ruhe und wissen gar nicht mehr, was Erholung, innere Ruhe und Ausgeglichenheit sind? Versuchen Sie es mit Meditation. Dafür müssen Sie keineswegs zum einsamen Mönch werden, denn Meditation lässt sich auch in Ihren Alltag integrieren. Lassen Sie sich von Stephan Bodian auf diesem Weg begleiten. Er zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie durch einfache Meditationen Energie und Kraft tanken und wie Sie auch als erfahrener Meditierender mit besonderen Problemsituationen umgehen. Starten Sie Schritt für Schritt eine Reise in Ihr Inneres und finden Sie so zu mehr Ausgeglichenheit und Lebensfreude!
Meditation in Action
by Chogyam Trungpa Sam BercholzThis classic teaching by a Tibetan master continues to inspire both beginners and long-time practitioners of Buddhist meditation. Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche shows that meditation extends beyond the formal practice of sitting to build the foundation for compassion, awareness, and creativity in all aspects of life. He explores the six activities associated with meditation in action--generosity, discipline, patience, energy, clarity, and wisdom--revealing that through simple, direct experience, one can attain real wisdom: the ability to see clearly into situations and deal with them skillfully, without the self-consciousness connected with ego
Meditation in Modern Buddhism
by Joanna CookIn contemporary Thai Buddhism, the burgeoning popularity of vipassanÄu meditation is dramatically impacting the lives of those most closely involved with its practice: monks and mae chee (lay nuns) living in monastic communities. For them, meditation becomes a central focus of life and a way to transform the self. This ethnographic account of a thriving Northern Thai monastery examines meditation in detail, and explores the subjective signification of monastic duties and ascetic practices. Drawing on fieldwork done both as an analytical observer and as a full participant in the life of the monastery, Joanna Cook analyzes the motivation and experience of renouncers, and shows what effect meditative practices have on individuals and community organization. The particular focus on the status of mae chee - part lay, part monastic - provides a fresh insight into social relationships and gender hierarchy within the context of the monastery.
Meditation Made Easy
by Camille Maurine Lorin RocheTips on how to make meditation simple and pleasurable. Provides info on creating mini meditations, overcoming boredom and racing thoughts, customizing personal practices, and more.
Meditation - Neuroscientific Approaches and Philosophical Implications
by Stefan Schmidt Harald WalachThis volume features a collection of essays on consciousness, which has become one of the hot topics at the crossroads between neuroscience, philosophy, and religious studies. Is consciousness something the brain produces? How can we study it? Is there just one type of consciousness or are there different states that can be discriminated? Are so called "higher states of consciousness" that some people report during meditation pointing towards a new understanding of consciousness? Meditation research is a new discipline that shows new inroads into the study of consciousness. If a meditative practice changes brain structure itself this is direct proof of the causal influence of consciousness onto its substrate. If different states of consciousness can be linked with properties and states of the brain this can be used to study consciousness more directly. If the sense of self is modifiable through meditative techniques and this can be objectively shown through neuro-imaging, this has profound implications for our understanding of who we are. Can consciousness, in deep states of meditative absorption, actually access some aspect of reality which we normally don't? Meditation research can potentially foster us with a new access to the phenomenological method in general. This has even been branded with a new catch-phrase: Contemplative Science. It brings together the most modern neuroscientific approach and the most advanced phenomenological methodology of studying the mind from within, through highly skilled self-observation that has gone through many thousand hours of honing the capacity to look carefully, without distraction. This book addresses these issues by bringing together some of the leading researchers and thinkers in the field. The scope of the volume reaches from first person neuroscience to Indian philosophy, from pedagogic applications to epistemological aspects and from compassion meditation to the study of brain activity.
Meditation on Emptiness
by Jeffrey HopkinsA comprehensive and in-depth survey of the philosophical underpinnings of the Dalai Lama&’s Geluk tradition written by one of the founding figures of Tibetan Buddhist studies in the West.In this classic work of Buddhist studies scholarship, Jeffrey Hopkins—one of the world&’s foremost scholar-practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism—offers a clear exposition of the Prasangika-Madhyamaka view of emptiness as presented in the Geluk tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. In bringing this remarkable and complex philosophy to life, he describes the meditational practices by which emptiness can be realized and shows throughout that, far from being merely abstract scholasticism, these classic teachings can be vivid and utterly practical. Treating subjects ranging from the progressive path of meditation to the nature of emptiness and how it can be directly realized, this wide-ranging book guides the reader on an itinerary of intellectual and spiritual discovery, unpacking the distinctive Geluk synthesis of scholastic and meditative practices. The first study in any Western language to provide a comprehensive treatment of the doctrines and practices of a Tibetan Buddhist school, this book is indispensable for those wishing to delve deeply into Buddhist thought and its practical relevance.
Meditation on Emptiness
by Jeffrey HopkinsIn this major work, Jeffrey Hopkins, on e of the world's foremost scholar-practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism, offers a clear exposition of the Prasangika-Madhyamaka view of emptiness as presented in the Ge-luk-ba tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. In bringing this remarkable and complex philosophy to life, he describes the meditational practices by which emptiness can be realized and shows throughout that, far from being merely abstract, these teachings can be vivid and utterly practical. Presented in six parts, this book is indispensable for those wishing to delve deeply into Buddhist thought.
Meditation on Perception
by Bhante Henepola GunaratanaUse the unique Buddhist practice of meditation on perception, as taught by the best-selling author of Mindfulness in Plain English, to learn how shifting your perspective can transform mental and physical health.Perception--one of the basic constituents of the body and mind--can be both a source of suffering and pain, as well as a source of happiness and health. The Buddhist tradition teaches that perception can be trained and ultimately purified through the practice of meditation. When we understand how perception impacts our lives, we can use it, just as we do any other object of meditation, to overcome harmful ways of thinking and acting and to develop healthy states of mind instead. In Meditation on Perception Bhante G brings us, for the first time in English, an illuminating introduction to the unique Buddhist practice of meditation on perception as taught in the popular Girimananda Sutta. The ten healing practices that comprise meditation on perception make up a comprehensive system of meditation, combining aspects of both tranquility and insight meditation. Tranquility meditation is used to calm and center the mind, and insight meditation is used to understand more clearly how we ordinarily perceive ourselves and the world around us. Alternating between these two practices, meditators cultivate purified perception as explained by the Buddha. As a result of these efforts, we progress on the path that leads to freedom, once and for all, from illness, confusion, and other forms of physical and mental suffering. Meditation on Perception gives us the keys to move beyond ordinary, superficial perception into an enlightened perspective, freed from confusion and unhappiness.
Meditation on the Nature of Mind
by Jose Ignacio Cabezon His Holiness the Dalai Lama Khonton Peljor Lhundrub"We all have the same human mind - each and every one of us has the same potential. Our surroundings and so forth are important, but the nature of mind itself is more important... To live a happy and joyful life, we must take care of our minds." - His Holiness the Dalai Lama At the heart of this book is The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel of the Oral Tradition, an accessible and nonsectarian treatise on penetrating the nature of mind by Khonton Peljor Lhundrub, a teacher of the Fifth Dalai Lama. His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama's broad-ranging overview of this work insightfully distills some of the most central themes of Buddhism: why the mind is so essential to the tradition, what distinguishes the levels of consciousness, and how different schools of Tibetan Buddhism elaborate those distinctions. Profound and erudite, it brings the reader closer to a fresh and direct experience of Buddhism's central truths. Along with his lucid translations, Jose Cabezon provides an introduction to the root text and presentations of the life and works of Khonton Rinpoche, all richly annotated.
Meditation Saved My Life: A Tibetan Lama and the Healing Power of the Mind
by Sofia Stril-Rever Phakyab RinpocheIn 2003, Tibetan lama Phakyab Rinpoche was admitted to the emergency clinic of the Program for Survivors of Torture at Manhattan’s Bellevue Hospital. After a dramatic escape from imprisonment in China, at the hands of authorities bent on uprooting Tibet’s traditional religion and culture, his ordeal had left him with life-threatening injuries, including gangrene of the right ankle. American doctors gave Rinpoche a shocking choice: accept leg amputation or risk a slow, painful death. An inner voice, however, prompted him to try an unconventional cure: meditation. He began an intensive spiritual routine that included thousands of hours of meditation over three years in a small Brooklyn studio. Against all scientific logic, his injuries gradually healed. In this vivid, passionate account, Sofia Stril-Rever relates the extraordinary experiences of Phakyab Rinpoche, who reveals the secret of the great healing powers that lie dormant within each of us.
Meditation Secrets for Women: Discovering Your Passion, Pleasure, and Inner Peace
by Camille Maurine Lorin RocheFinally—an approach to meditation especially for women!The benefits of meditations are manifold—but so few practices are tailored to the special needs and interests of women. Now, with Meditation Secrets for Women, you can discover how to love your body and find a time and place to tune into yourself and restore inner balance. Get in touch with your body's natural rhythms. Honor your instincts, and tap into your feminine power so that you can emerge nourished, revitalized, and joyful. Meditation Secrets for Women offers all the tools and insights necessary for women to design their own custom meditation techniques, without all the restrictions of traditional practices.Learn How To:Make use of sensual, pleasurable meditation techniques Gain a refreshing, rejuvenating rest that is deeper than sleep Relieve stress and promote good health Relax and be yourself as you reap life-affirming benefits Live in harmony with your world Enhance your relationships and creativity
Meditation Techniques of the Buddhist and Taoist Masters
by Daniel OdierA guide to the mental disciplines and visualizations that Masters have used for ages in their quest for illumination. * An insider's view of specific meditation techniques and the steps necessary for a wide variety of * Buddhist and Taoist meditation practices. * By the author of Tantric Quest (15,000 sold) and Desire: The Tantric Path to Awakening. The esoteric practices followed in the quest for divinity generally remain a secret to the world--kept cloistered away for only the most ascetic practitioners. Now Daniel Odier, having immersed himself in the life and spiritual practices of Buddhist and Taoist monasteries throughout India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Japan, reveals actual teachings passed on by the sages who are living expressions of their tradition. Looking beyond doctrine, dogma, and philosophical treatises that ignore direct experiences of the practice, Odier provides a direct path to the heart of the religious experience that can be discovered through meditation. Beginning with the simple and fundamental steps necessary to prepare for meditation, Odier guides the reader through the specifics of the mental disciplines and visualizations that Buddhist and Taoist masters have used for ages in their quest for illumination. To devote oneself to meditation, in the sense understood by Buddhists and Taoists, is to realize the understanding of how every fiber of our being converges with all creation. Meditation Techniques of the Buddhist and Taoist Masters is a valuable guide to all who are in search of that realization.
Meditations: A New Translation (Oxford World's Classics)
by Marcus AureliusNATIONAL BESTSELLER • &“Meditations offers a glimpse into [Marcus Aurelius&’s] mind, his habits, and his approach to life. . . . I think any reader would find something useful to take away from it.&”—James Clear, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Atomic Habits &“To me, this is the greatest book ever written. . . . It is the definitive text on self-discipline, personal ethics, humility, self-actualization, and strength. . . . If you&’re going to read it, you absolutely have to go with the Gregory Hays translation.&”—Ryan Holiday, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obstacle Is the Way &“It is unbelievable to see how the emperor&’s words have stood the test of time. . . . Read a page or two anytime you feel like the world is too much.&”—Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Wall Street Journal Nearly two thousand years after it was written, Meditations remains profoundly relevant for anyone seeking to lead a meaningful life. Your ability to control your thoughts—treat it with respect. It&’s all that protects your mind from false perceptions—false to your nature, and that of all rational beings. A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus Aurelius&’s Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. With bite-size insights and advice on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity and interacting with others, Meditations has become required reading not only for statesmen and philosophers alike, but also for generations of readers who responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style. In Gregory Hays&’s translation—the first in nearly four decades—Marcus&’s thoughts speak with a new immediacy. In fresh and unencumbered English, Hays vividly conveys the spareness and compression of the original Greek text. Never before have Marcus&’s insights been so directly and powerfully presented.With an Introduction that outlines Marcus&’s life and career, the essentials of Stoic doctrine, the style and construction of the Meditations, and the work&’s ongoing influence, this edition makes it possible to fully rediscover the thoughts of one of the most enlightened and intelligent leaders of any era.
Meditations
by Jiddu KrishnamurtiKrishnamurti (1895-1986) went from his origins in a small south Indian village to become one of the great spiritual teachers of the twentieth century. He taught that the only way to peace on earth is the transformation of the human psyche--and that there is no path to this transformation, no method for achieving it, no gurus or spiritual authorities who can help. The transformation is a truth each of us must discover within ourselves. This classic collection of brief excerpts from Krishnamurti's books and talks presents the essence of his teaching on meditation--a state of attention, beyond thought, which brings total freedom from authority and ambition, fears and separateness. This doubly expanded edition features even more of the great teacher's wisdom than the original version, and also includes some never-before-published material.
Meditations 1: Dhamma Talks
by Thanissaro BhikkhuA collection of transcribed Dhamma talks given by Thanissaro Bhikkhu on Buddhist meditation and practice.
Meditations 2: Dhamma Talks
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Meditations 3: Dhamma Talks
by Thanissaro BhikkhuA collection of transcribed Dhamma talks given by Thanissaro Bhikkhu on Buddhist meditation and practice.