vipassana / insight / mindfulness meditation

[voice]

I'm really getting into integrating "Focusing" with "Inner Smile" and "Fusion".

 

What I would like next is to integrate those methods with the methods of "empty mind" meditation - whether you call it Zen, vipassana, mindfulness, insight etc.

 

There are so many books on those forms of meditation. I am wondering what book you have read that you really loved.

 

What I am hoping for is a book that discusses the technical approach to their method and combines that with personal stories of people working with the method. I am NOT interested in the theory of mind.

 

thanks,

Chris

[turbo]

This is what youre looking for:

http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma4/mpe.html

you can purchase it here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/086171321...=books&v=glance

definitely worth owning a copy.

 

Just how to do it, nothing else.

The ideal fashion in which to learn vipassana is to take a course offered by www.dhamma.org

 

Good Luck.

[Yoda]

Awesome book, Turbo! This thread made me search amazon for meditation and I literally found nothing of interest!!! Zen Mind Beginners Mind by Suzuki is the only book that comes to my mind, but it's not necessarily what this thread is about perhaps.

[rex]

I hesitate to recommend anything unreservedly just in case it doesn't resonnate. 'Try before you buy' with your local library/inter library loan service

Openness Clarity Sensitivity by Rigdzin Shikpo. Blurb from the back says: "Buddhist practice is not about will-power, control, manipulated calm, stopping thoughts, making the mind blank ... Instead it is about developing stability of mind through appreciating the three qualities of openess, clarity and sensitivity - not just in meditation but also in daily life."

Best to you in your practice, Rex

[TimBlack]

Mindfulness in plain English is one of the best books ever written on the subject of meditation.......and there are thousands out there.

This is a very helpful link and there is a online meditation course for less than $1 a day http://www.vipassana.com/

[voice]

So, turbo and 1776 (and I guess now Yoda) all vote for "Mindfulness in Plain English". And the description in Amazon.com does look like the sort of book I was wanting.

 

"openness, clarity, sensitivity" is unfortunately not in print and is $101 used!

 

And, yes yoda, "Zen Mind Beginners Mind" is a great book (the first or second spiritual book that I ever read), but not what I am looking for here.

 

I'm still interested in any other votes people have.

 

thanks,

Chris

[rex]

openness, clarity, sensitivity is unfortunately not in print and is $101 used!

It's also available for a scandalous $940 at Amazon UK via a Market Place seller. What a rip off! It's available for 27 Canadian dollars at Amazon UK and Abe Books. Shipping may bump it up though.

[Simon V.]

I'm really getting into integrating "Focusing" with "Inner Smile" and "Fusion".

 

What I would like next is to integrate those methods with the methods of "empty mind" meditation - whether you call it Zen, vipassana, mindfulness, insight etc.

 

There are so many books on those forms of meditation. I am wondering what book you have read that you really loved.

 

What I am hoping for is a book that discusses the technical approach to their method and combines that with personal stories of people working with the method. I am NOT interested in the theory of mind.

 

thanks,

Chris

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The Secrets of Chinese Meditation I've found is an invaluable manual of Chinese buddhist and taoist techniques and of reports on their effects:

 

http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0877...2879284-7746725

 

Simon

[sean]

I was also going to recommend "Mindfulness in Plain English" for what it's worth.

 

Sean.