Published by Bantam, part of Transworld Publishers
Format: Hardback
£12.99
Author:
Jack Kornfield
Format: Hardback
EAN: 9780553816921
£12.99
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EAN: 9780553816921
Published: 1 Mar 2005
Ever though about trying meditation but didn't know how to get started? With Meditation for Beginners Jack Kornfield shows you how simple it is to start - and stick with - a daily meditation practice.
'Insight' or visspana meditation is the time-honoured skill of calming the spirit and clearing the mind for higher understanding. Now, in this complete course created for beginners, renowned teacher Jack Kornfield offers a straightforward, step-by-step method for bringing meditation into your life.
Using six guided meditations on the CD attached, you will discover how easy it is to use your breath, physical sensations - and even difficult emotions - to create tranquillity and loving kindness in your everyday life. These simple, elegant practices are so easy to learn that you will begin enjoying the benefits of medication immediately - while laying the foundation for a lifetime of inner discovery and awakening.
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It's encouraging to find Westerners who've sufficiently assimilated the traditions of the East to be able to share them with others as Jack is doing
- HH the Dalai Lama
Jack Kornfield is a remarkable and thoughtful teacher
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Jack Kornfield is a teacher, psychologist and author of the international bestsellers BUDDHA'S LITTLE INSTRUCTION BOOK and A PATH WITH A HEART. After graduating in Asian studies in 1967, he joined the Peace Corps and began to study in the monasteries of Thailand. He then trained further as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Burma and India. In 1975, Kornfield cofounded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massechusetts and later, the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. He holds a PhD in clinical psychology.
