The profound techniques of Vipassana (or insight
meditation) are all rooted in the Satipatthana Sutta, the Buddha's
practice-oriented teaching on the four foundations of mindfulness. With Mindfulness,
Joseph Goldstein brings you a series of core teachings and guided
practices for "looking directly at the nature of the mind and body, at
how suffering is created, and how we can awaken and be free." Designed
to complement his book of the same title, as a stand-alone tool for
daily practice, or for anyone wanting to go deeper in their experience
of mindfulness, these profound meditations include:
- Mindfulness of the Elements: a practice for relating to your body not through concepts but as a constantly changing energy field
- Mindfulness of Feelings: discover how the
experience of our sense perceptions conditions our reactions in the mind
and our actions in the world
- Mindfulness of Mind: how we recognize skillful and unskillful states of mind and thought
- Big Sky Mind: an expansive practice for
resting in a mind that is spacious enough to hold all of our experience
in the light of pure awareness
"The term 'mindfulness' may seem to indicate
something quite ordinary and prosaic," explains Goldstein, "but the
quality of mind it refers to has tremendous transformative power in our
lives." With Mindfulness, now you have a set of time-tested tools for opening to the ultimate goal of practice: liberation.
Joseph Goldstein has been leading insight and lovingkindness meditation
retreats worldwide since 1974. He is a cofounder of the Insight
Meditation Society, the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, and the
Forest Refuge. Since 1967, he has studied and practiced different forms
of Buddhist meditation under eminent teachers from India, Burma, and
Tibet. His books include A Heart Full of Peace, One Dharma, Insight Meditation, and The Experience of Insight.
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