The Heart of Buddhist Meditation : The Buddha's Way of Mindfulness

This is a classic text on the essence of Buddhist meditation. It is an excellent, indepth description of mindfulness practice and its benefits. It includes a concise explanation of clear comprehension, which is the kind of mindfulness you use in the course of your daily life. It also presents an easily understandable explanation of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. This new edition includes an introduction from noted author and teacher Sylvia Boorstein. Although the Buddha lived over 2500 years ago, his teachings on meditation are among the most effective methods for healing the pain of grief, finding inner peace, and overcoming the sense of dislocation caused by living in the 21st century. Mindfulness is a method not only for committed Buddhists. It is for everyone interested in mastering the mind. From the introduction by Sylvia Boorstein The Heart of Buddhist Meditation was the first serious, didactic Dharma book I read. It was the early nineteeneighties. My teacher, Jack Kornfield, suggested it as the beginning formal training of my becoming a Mindfulness teacher. I have that original copy and I am touched by how many underlined passages, how many exclamation points in margins, how many addendums of my own written in tiny scrawl appear in its fading pages. Cover......Page 1 Copyright......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 Foreword......Page 10 Introduction......Page 14 Part One: The Heart of Buddhist Meditation......Page 26 1. The Way of Mindfulness: Significance, Methods, and Aims......Page 28 2. Mindfulness and Clear Comprehension......Page 42 3. The Four Objects of Mindfulness......Page 76 4. Culture of Mind......Page 100 5. The Burmese Satipatthana Method......Page 112 6. Mindfulness of Breathing......Page 140 Part Two: The Basic Text......Page 148 The Greater Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness......Page 150 Part Three: Flowers of Deliverance......Page 178 From the Pali Canon......Page 180 Source References......Page 274 Glossary of Pali and Sanskrit Terms......Page 276 About the Author......Page 282 Backcover......Page 290