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Buddhist Meditation: An Anthology of Texts from the Pali canon
Meditative practice lies at the heart of the Buddhist tradition. This introductory anthology gives a representative sample of the various kinds of meditations described in the earliest body of Buddhist scripture, the Pali canon.
It provides a broad introduction to their traditional context and practice and supplies explanation, context and doctrinal background to the subject of meditation. The main themes of the book are the diversity and flexibility of the way that the Buddha teaches meditation from the evidence of the canon. Covering fundamental features of Buddhist practice such as posture, lay meditation, and meditative technique it provides comments both from the principal early commentators on Buddhist practice, Upatissa and Buddhaghosa, and from reputable modern meditation teachers in a number of Theravadin traditions.
This is the first book on Pali Buddhism which introduces the reader to the wide range of the canon. It demonstrates that the Buddha's meditative tradition still offers a path of practice as mysterious, awe-inspiring yet as freshly accessible as it was centuries ago, and will be of interest to students and scholars of Buddhism as well as Buddhist practitioners.
It provides a broad introduction to their traditional context and practice and supplies explanation, context and doctrinal background to the subject of meditation. The main themes of the book are the diversity and flexibility of the way that the Buddha teaches meditation from the evidence of the canon. Covering fundamental features of Buddhist practice such as posture, lay meditation, and meditative technique it provides comments both from the principal early commentators on Buddhist practice, Upatissa and Buddhaghosa, and from reputable modern meditation teachers in a number of Theravadin traditions.
This is the first book on Pali Buddhism which introduces the reader to the wide range of the canon. It demonstrates that the Buddha's meditative tradition still offers a path of practice as mysterious, awe-inspiring yet as freshly accessible as it was centuries ago, and will be of interest to students and scholars of Buddhism as well as Buddhist practitioners.
- GenresBuddhismNonfiction
256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2000
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October 17, 2023
Книга для кращого розуміння, чим і для чого є буддійська медитація. Тут цікавою новинкою є фрагменти палійського канону, які додано до тексту із поясненням авторки. Загалом не закриває усіх тем і питань щодо практики, але для загального розуміння картини пасує. Також плюсом цієї книги є те, що вона хоч і академічна, але написана у доступному "людському" стилі.
December 6, 2020
Great insights and stories direct from the source that I've not seen anywhere else. Great for deepening my understanding of Buddhism; a well written good read. Now if I just spent as much time practicing Buddhism as I do reading about it...
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