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The Sweet Dews of Ch'an ; by Reverend Cheng Kuan.
Ch'an or Zen is the outcome of meditation. There are two "right" or
"highest" purposes of Ch'an. The first purpose is to achieve "Dhyana."
Dhyana is a combination of relaxation, concentration and calmness or
tranquility. The second purpose is, using your very composed and
tranquil mind, to observe clearly all the dharmas or phenomena
externally and internally. As an outcome of Dhyana, you will be able to
observe these phenomena very clearly because your "mental mirror" is
very clear, for there are no more disturbances to veil it. Out of these
observations will come Transcendental Wisdom, which in Sanskrit is
called "Prajna." |
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Buddhist Meditation and Depth Psychology ; Douglas M. Burns.
This Book is concerned with only one aspect of Buddhism, the practice of
meditation. The ethical, practical, and logical facets of the Teaching
are covered in other publications. If the cause of suffering is
primarily psychological, then it must follow that the cure, also, is
psychological. Therefore, we find in Buddhism a series of "mental
exercises" or meditations designed to uncover and cure our psychic
aberrations. Mistakenly, Buddhist meditation is frequently confused with
yogic meditation, which often includes physical contortions,
autohypnosis, quests for occult powers, and an attempted union with God.
None of these are concerns or practices of the Eightfold Path. There are
in Buddhism no drugs or stimulants, no secret teachings, and no mystical
formulae. Buddhist meditation deals exclusively with the everyday
phenomena of human consciousness. |
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The Four Sublime States ; Ven. Nyanaponika Thera.
Four sublime states of mind have been taught by the Buddha:
Loving-kindness (metta), Compassion (karuna), Sympathetic Joy (mudita),
Equanimity (upekkha) These four attitudes are said to be excellent or
sublime because they are the right or ideal way of conduct towards
living beings They provide, in fact, the answer to all situations
arising from social contact. They are the great removers of tension, the
great peacemakers in social conflict, and the great healers of wounds
suffered in the struggle of existence. They level social barriers, build
harmonious communities, awaken slumbering magnanimity long forgotten,
revive joy and hope long abandoned, and promote human brotherhood
against the forces of egotism. |
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Seven Stages of Purification & Insight Knowledges; Ven. Matara Sri
Nanarama.
A guide to the progressive stages of Buddhist meditation.
The seven stages of purification provide the framework for the
practising disciple's gradual progress from the cultivation of virtue up
to the attainment of the final goal. Integral to the higher stages of
purification are the nine types of insight-knowledge, by which the
disciple breaks through the delusions covering his mental vision and
penetrates through to the real nature of phenomena. |
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A Guide to Awareness ; H.H. Somdet Phra Ñanasamvara.
The Foundations of Mindfulness (Satipatthâna Sutta). This is a series of
twenty-two talks given at Wat Bovornives, Bangkok by H.H.Somdet Phra
Ñanasamvara, Supreme Patriarch of Thailand. The Four Foundations of
Mindfulness is the Buddha's explanation of the practice of mindfulness
meditation within the framework of four foundations of awareness: body,
feelings, mind-states and the mental content. If you read this book, you
will discover the truth of the 'knots' and problems that exist within
you. In short, this can be described as the 'knot of suffering'. You may
also then see the method to unravel and safeguard against this
suffering. |
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A Map of the Journey ; Ven. Sayadaw U Jotika.
This manuscript is an original, never previously published book. It is a
transcript of a series of eleven preparatory talks given by Sayadaw U
Jotika of Myanmar prior to a meditation retreat held in Australia. The
Sayadaw is very well respected in Mayanmar where he has produced many
books. Although born and bred in Myanmar, Sayadaw U Jotika has a great
understanding of many other cultures as he has also read widely in
Western literature and has spent extented periods in other countries.
This book gives a thorough background to the Path with much detail about
the various insight stages. The Sayadaw illustrates this with many
stories from his own practice and from his many teachers. |
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Anapanasati - Mindfulness of Breathing ; Ven. Buddhadasa Bhikkhu.
For the first time in the English language a comprehensive book of
Buddhist meditation known as ânàpànasati (the development of mindfulness
of breathing ) is available. Although this book is primarily intended
for the benefit of monks, it will greatly assist laymen, too, who wish
to undertake a course of meditation but who do not have the guidance of
a teacher. Originally published in Thai, this manual is one of the major
works of the Ven. Buddhadàsa Bhikkhu and delivered in 1959 in the form
of a series of lectures to monks of Suanmokkha Monastery, Chaiya,
Thailand. Ven. Buddhadàsa Bhikkhu, a major voice in the Buddhist world,
is an accepted master of Buddhist meditation. In constructive positive
language, the manual guides the meditator through the 16 steps of
ânàpànasati.
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Brahmavihara Dhamma ; Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw.
This "Brahmavihara Dhamma"
(Divine Abidings) expounded by the late Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw,
reveals the systematic method of developing Metta, loving-kindness
towards all beings and the way to lead a life of holiness. The style of
presentation and the informative materials contained therein stand
witness to the depth and wealth of spiritual and scriptural knowledge of
the eminent author. A careful reading of this Dhamma or teachings,
followed by an unfailing practice of meditation that has been clearly
presented in this text will, I believe, amount to storing a fortune in
the shape of happiness in the present lifetime as well as higher
spiritual attainment. |
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Dhamma Discourses on Vipassana Meditation ; Ven. Sayadaw U Kundala.
Sayadaw U Kundala is a renowned meditation master in the Mahasi Sayadaw
tradition of Burma, noted for his loving-kindness. In these Dhamma talks
the stages of the practice and the Insight Knowledges are explained. The
method of meditation is given with detailed instruction. There is a
detailed explanation of the Contemplation of Feelings, the second
foundation of mindfulness, which, in the Theravada tradition, is the key
to the Insight Knowledges. Overall, in the Sayadaw's teachings, there is
much for the Vipassana or insight meditator to be inspired by. |
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Essentials of Insight Meditation Practice ; Ven. Sujiva.
The ultimate aim of insight meditation is to "free" one from the
unsatisfactoriness of cyclic existence. Readers may also find numerous
quotations of the Buddha's teaching on mindfulness, detachment and
liberation throughout the entire book. Those verses act as a source of
inspiration and purpose to put vipassana into practice ; a practice that
brings about insight into the three universal characteristics of
unsatisfactoriness, impermanence and non-self which leads one into
detachment and ultimate liberation. |
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For the Stilling of Volcanoes ; Ven. Sujiva.
Insight Meditation as explained by Ven. Sujiva: "It is not an task easy
to approach such a profound topic as Insight Meditation in simple terms.
But we have got to start somewhere. After some years of introducing this
type of meditation, I still find that there is a lack of introductory
material for those without knowledge of Buddhism. What is available is
often extremely technical and loaded with ancient Indian terminology.
There are some words in the English vocabulary which we can never hope
to substitute perfectly. Even in this booklet I have used some English
words such as "conditioned' and "suffering' which need special
explanation when used in a "Buddhist' sense - but I have tried to come
up with something easier to read and understand." |
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Frames of Reference ; Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo.
"This book on the frames of reference is based to some extent on my own
thoughts and opinions of meditation. In some spots it may not be
directly in line with the original text (Satipatthâna Sutta), because my
primary aim has been to get to the heart of the matter, so that it can
be conveniently put into practice. The Book also includes a section on
the "Duties of the Sangha", that is, the laws and regulations and
disciplinary standards (Vinaya). |
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Guided Meditation for Primary Students ; Buddhist Studies for Schools.
This is a series of guided meditations with instruction for teachers for
primary students. This book is part of Buddhist Studies for Schools. It
has seven guided meditations for students, with detailed instructions
for teachers. |
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Hello - with Love & Other Meditations ; Ven. Visuddhacara.
The three most important things in life are love, kindness and wisdom.
If we have made these three values the priorities of our life, then our
life will have been well-lived. When we die we can only have happiness
when we look back and not regrets. Wealth, fame, power, status, worldly
success and pleasures ; these are insignificant compared to love,
kindness and wisdom. Cultivate the latter. If we spend our life
cultivating this trio, our birth and life will have been worthwhile; it
will not have been in vain. In this booklet, Ven. Visuddhàcàra shares
his understanding of this practice of mindfulness and loving-kindness
with a view to encourage all of us to walk the path. |
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Invitation to Insight Meditation ; Ven. Visuddhacara.
This book contains two sections: 1. Invitation to Vipassana and 2. Basic
Instructions. In the first part, I have endeavoured to explain: a) the
basic principles underlying the Vipassana practice, how it is
essentially the observation of physical and mental processes that occur
in the body and mind, b) how this observation leads to the understanding
of the truths of impermanence, suffering and not-self as taught by the
Buddha, c) how the application of mindfulness is required for this
observation, d) how the Wisdom of impermanence, etc. is important,
making us wiser, stronger, etc. – i.e. how it helps us in our
daily life, and shape our whole outlook and attitude towards life, and
e) various other aspects of the benefits of mindfulness and living in
the present, such as the curtailment of worries and anxieties,
improvement in health, concentration and memory.
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A Critical Analysis of the Jhãnas in Theravãda Buddhist Meditation
This work, by Ven. Henepola
Gunaratana, provides an analytical study of the Jhãnas, as they are an
important set of meditative attainments in the contemplative discipline
of Theravãda Buddhism. Despite their frequent appearance in the texts,
the exact role of the Jhãnas in the Buddhist path has not been settled
with unanimity by Theravãda scholars, who are still divided over the
question as to whether they are necessary for attaining Nibbana. The
primary purpose of this dissertation is to determine the precise role of
the Jhãnas in the Theravãda Buddhist presentation of the way to
liberation. |
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Keeping the Breath in Mind & Lessons in Samadhi ; Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo.
This is a 'how to' book. It
teaches the liberation of the mind, not as a mind-boggling theory, but
as a very basic skill that starts with keeping the breath in mind. The
teachings here are drawn from the works of Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo
(1906-61), one of Thailand's most renowned teachers of Buddhist
meditation practices. Ajaan Lee was a forest monk - one who prefers to
live in the seclusion of the forest and makes his meditation the central
theme of his practice - so his teachings grow out of personal, practical
experience, although he also makes a point of relating them to standard
Buddhist doctrine. |
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Knowing and Seeing ; Ven. Pa-Auk Sayadaw.
Talks and Questions and Answers at a meditation retreat in Taiwan by
Venerable Pa-Auk Sayadaw. This book details two approaches to insight
meditation, namely, "tranquility and insight" and "bare-insight"
meditation. These two methods are essentially identical, starting from
four-elements meditation and continuing into insight meditation. In this
book the reader has an explanation of the classic instructions for both
methods. The talks in this book were given by the Sayadaw (teacher),
from Pa-Auk, Mawlamyine, Myanmar, while he conducted a two-month
meditation retreat at Yi-Tung Temple, Sing Choo City, Taiwan. |
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Living Meditation, Living Insight ; Dr. Thynn Thynn.
The Path of Mindfulness in Daily Life. I wrote this book to
encourage practitioners learning to meditate in daily life. In this
sense, the articles are presented as a "hands-on" or, more accurately, a
"minds-on" training manual. Although I discuss meditation in general,
the real focus is on how the Dhamma brings us into spontaneous,
wholesome and creative living. My objective in presenting the articles
is to help the aspirant build up a solid foundation of mindfulness as a
way of life rather than as a practice separated from daily living - Dr.
Thynn Thynn. |
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Loving-kindness Meditation ; Ven. Sujiva.
Loving-kindness Meditation or Metta Bhavana and other Sublime States by
Ven. Sujiva is a clear and comprehensive step-by-step explanation of the
systematic practice. It is based on the Visuddhimagga or The Path of
Purification by Buddhagosha. The texts describe metta as characterised
by promoting the aspect of welfare. Amity, goodwill, friendliness and
loving-kindness are some words used to describe this mental state. There
is no better way to know it than to study it as it occurs in one's own
and others' minds. It is a totally unselfish and pure state of mind that
brings profit to oneself and others now and hereafter. |
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Metta Bhavana, Loving-kindness Meditation ; Ven. Dhammarakkhita.
This is short
explanation on how to practise Metta Bhavana or Loving-kindness
Meditation given as a three-day weekend retreat at Dhammodaya Meditation
Centre in Nakhon Pathom in Thailand, by an Australian monk, Ven.
Dhammarakkhita (Jeff Oliver). |
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Mindfulness of Breathing & Four Elements Meditation ; Ven. Pa-Auk
Sayadaw.
This book contains the instructions for mindfulness-of-breathing
meditation, the four-elements meditation, and the subsequent detailed
discernment of materiality. The last section of this book covers some of
the relevant theory. Several pages have been added by the Sayadaw
covering the balancing of the five controlling faculties and seven
factors of enlightenment. There is also the addition of his explanation
of the difference between the experience of Nibbàna and the experience
of life-continuum (bhavanga). |
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Mindfulness: The Path of the Deathless ; Ven. Ajahn Sumedho.
The aim of this book is to provide a clear instruction in and reflection
on Buddhist meditation as taught by Ajahn Sumedho, a bhikkhu (monk) of
the Theravadin tradition. It has been edited from talks Ajahn Sumedho
has given to meditators as a practical approach to the wisdom of
Buddhism. This wisdom is otherwise known as Dhamma or 'the way things
are'. It is a step-by-step manual on the practice of meditation. |
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On The Path To Freedom ; Sayadaw U Pandita.
On The Path to Freedom - a mind of wise discernment and openness - by
Burmese Meditation Master, Sayadaw U Pandita. This is a compilation of
Dhamma discourses to foreign meditators at the Mahasi Meditation Centre,
Rangoon, Myanmar, who came to practise under him in Yangon (formerly
Rangoon) between August 1986 to March 1987. Translated from Myanmar by
the late Mya Thaung. |
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Practical Vipassana Exercises ; Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw.
The late Mahasi Sayadaw was responsible for the modern revival of
Vipassana or Insight meditation in Myanmar (Burma). This text is his
basic instruction on the practice: the preparatory stages with a series
of basic exercises. Part two, deals with the deals with the progressive
practice and the practical vipassana exercises. The appendix explains
the techniques involved in the Mahasi Sayadaw tradition. |
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Seeding the Path to the Heart ; Gregory Kramer.
Loving-kindness Meditation with Children. The practice of
loving-kindness, or metta, can be done in one of two ways: either in
intensive prolonged meditation to develop deep states of concentration,
or in daily life at any time one meets with people and animals or thinks
about them. To learn about the radiating of metta to all beings with
children, we have to tap into the store of knowledge accumulated by lay
people and parents. It must be knowledge which has grown out of years of
living and loving with children and young adults. Gregory Kramer, father
of three boys, shows us here with what subtle but precise adjustments in
the standard practice of loving-kindness he was able to anchor it in the
lives of his children. |
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Settling back into the moment ; Joseph Goldstein.
A selection of verses from the book 'Experience of Insight' , by Joseph
Goldstein. This book belongs to a different genre, not a book in the
sense of having a beginning and an end. It is a compilation of excerpts
that stand alone in meaning whichever way your finger may flip open the
page. Readers are strongly encouraged to read Joseph Goldstein's
"Experience of Insight - a simple and direct guide to Buddhist
Meditation" (Published by Shambala Publications, Inc.) from whose book
this compilation is attributed. |
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The Art of Attention ; Ven. Pannyavaro.
This is a handbook on the art of meditative attention or meditating for
insight. It deals with the basics of awareness meditation. There is
practical instruction on how to do sitting and walking meditation and
how to apply awareness in daily activities based on the Insight
Meditation (Vipassana) tradition. The purpose of this handbook is to
give the beginner to awareness meditation a guide to the basics of the
practice, with the emphasis on its practical application to daily life.
• Arabic version: The Art of Attention |
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Taming the Monkey Mind ; Cheng Wei-an. Tr. by Dharma Master Suddhisukha.
"Taming the Monkey Mind" is a guide to Pure Land practice. It deals
specifically with the main practice of the Pure Land School - Buddha
Recitation - and covers both the noumenal and phenomenal aspects of that
practice. The treatise is accompanied by the detailed commentary of an
Elder Master of the Zen and Pure Land lineages. Readers not familiar
with Pure Land theory may wish to begin with Dr. J.C. Cleary's
introduction. |
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Teaching and Training, Pa-Auk Forest Monestry, by Bhikku Moneyya.
A meditation training book, covering purification of Virtue and
related meditations, purification of mind and meditations, purification
of view plus many other philosophy and meditation practices |
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The Vipassana Retreat ; Ven. Pannyavaro.
Vipassana meditation requires long-term commitment. While it can be done
to some extent in everyday life, realistically for the practice to
deepen it needs to be done intensively in a supportive retreat
situation. Vipassana meditation is developmental, so to realise its
ultimate benefit it has to be sustained with appropriate intensity under
supportive conditions. Ven. Pannyavaro, a practitioner of over 30 years,
guides you through the vipassana experience in a retreat situation, in a
systematic and practical way. |
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Fundamentals of Ch'an Meditation Practice ; by Ting Chen, Tr. Master Lok
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The Fundamentals of (Ch'an) Meditation Practice by Ting Chen.
"Originally, one's own mind and nature are pure, and there is nothing to
accept and nothing to refuse; there is neither existence nor
non-existence; there is only clear understanding without attachment and
with no dwelling. One who wants to know the no-attachment, no-dwelling
mind can find it through meditation, because it is only then that the
mind does not think of right and wrong, of good and evil or of self and
others". |
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The Gates of Chan Buddhism ; by Venerable Jing Hui.
BODHIDHARMA'S GATE: "Chan (Zen) in fact is an "impregnable fortress",
without a gate to enter. Suppose there is really a gate, that gate would
simply be a method of training to be taken up in the Chan tradition.
That is why when a monk asked Master Zhao Zhou (778 - 897): "Has a dog
Buddha-nature or not?" Master Zhao Zhou retorted: "Wu." Later on, this
Gongan (koan) formed part of a specific approach in the Chan School."
The author, Venerable Jing Hui is a Chan Master and a
vice–president of the Buddhist Association of China. |
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The Power of Mindfulness ; Ven. Nyanaponika Thera.
"In the case of mindfulness, it required a genius like the Buddha to
discover the "hidden talent" in the modest garb, and to develop the vast
inherent power of that potent seed. It is, indeed, the mark of a genius
to perceive and to harness the power of the seemingly small. Here,
truly, it happens that, what is little becomes much. A revaluation of
values takes place. The standards of greatness and smallness change.
Through the master mind of the Buddha, mindfulness is finally revealed
as the point where the vast revolving mass of world suffering is levered
out of its twofold anchorage in ignorance and craving". |
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The Practice which Leads to Nibbana ; Ven. Pa-Auk Sayadaw.
Translated by Greg Kleiman. This is the method of practising meditation
that is taught at Pa Auk Tawya Monastery, (Myanmar) Burma. It is based
on the explanation of meditation found in the Visuddhimagga commentary.
Because of that the method involves several stages of practice which are
complex, and involved. These stages include a detailed analysis of both
mentality and matter, according to all the categories enumerated in the
Abhidhamma, and the further use of this understanding to discern the
process of Dependent Origination as it occurs in the Past, Present, and
Future. Therefore people who are unfamiliar with the Visuddhimagga and
the Abhidhamma will have difficulty in understanding and developing a
clear picture of the practice of meditation at Pa Auk Tawya. For
foreigners who cannot speak Burmese this problem is made even more
difficult. This introduction has been written to help alleviate these
difficulties by presenting a simplified example of a successful
meditator's path of progress as he develops his meditation at Pa Auk
Tawya. |
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