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How to Meditate: A Practical Guide
By: McDonald, Kathleen

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Author: McDonald, Kathleen
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780861713417
Publication Date: 2005

Product Code: 5470

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What is meditation? Why practice it? Which technique is best for me? How do I do it? The answers to these often asked questions are contained in this down to earth book compiled and written by Kathleen McDonald, a Western Buddhist nun with solid experience in both the practice and teaching of meditation. "How to Meditate" contains a wealth of practical advice on a variety of authentic and proven techniques.

How to Meditate, Kathleen McDonald, Wisdom Publications, 216 pages, $14.95

Preface vii

Part 1 Mind and Meditation

1. Why Meditate? 3

2. What Is Meditation? 6

Part 2 Establishing a Meditation Practice

1. Advice for Beginners 15

2. The Meditation Session 20

3. Posture 24

4. Common Problems 27

Part 3 Meditations on the Mind

1. Meditation on the Breath 37

2. Meditation on the Clarity of the Mind 42

3. Meditation on the Continuity of the Mind 45

Part 4 Analytical Meditations

About Analytical Meditation 51

1. Meditation on Emptiness 53

2. Appreciating our Human Life 59

3. Meditation on Impermanence 65

4. Death Awareness Meditation 69

5. Meditation on Karma 80

6. Purifying Negative Karma 90

7. Meditation on Suffering 97

8. Equanimity Meditation 106

9. Meditation on Love 111

10. Meditation on Compassion and Tonglen (Giving and Taking) 116

11. Dealing with Negative Energy 122

Part 5 Visualization Meditations

About Visualization 143

1. Body of Light Meditation 147

2. Simple Purification Meditation 148

3. Meditation on Tara, the Buddha of Enlightened Activity 151

4. Meditation on Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion 155

5. Inner Heat Meditation 161

Part 6 Prayers and Other Devotional Practices

About Devotion 167

1. Prayers 171

2. Explanation of the Prayers 175

3. A Short Meditation on the Graduated Path to Enlightenment 183

4. Meditation on the Buddha 186

5. Meditation on the Healing Buddha 194

6. Meditation on the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation 200

7. Prayer to Tara 211

8. Vajrasattva Purification 219

9. The Eight Mahayana Precepts 228

10. Prostrations to the Thirty-five Buddhas 238

Glossary 247

Suggested Further Reading 253

Index 257

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