Balancing the Mind: A Tibetan Buddhist Approach To Refining Attention

by B. Alan Wallace

For centuries, Tibetan Buddhist contemplatives have directly explored consciousness through carefully honed and rigorous techniques of meditation. B. Alan Wallace explains the methods and experiences of Tibetan practitioners and compares these with investigations of consciousness by Western scientists and philosophers. Balancing the Mind includes a translation of the classic discussion of methods for developing exceptionally high degrees of attentional stability and clarity by fifteenth-century Tibetan contemplative Tsongkhapa.

Genres: Buddhism, Meditation, Spirituality, Nonfiction, Eastern Philosophy

352 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 8, 2005

Reviews

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This very dense reading. I find I have to read a single paragraph several times to get all the meaning.

[Dhātturā · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good, very intense.

[Hollis Fishelson-holstine]

Powells

[Sparrow Knight · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful advice on practice, Wallace's translation very accessible & his commentary helpful.