How to Practice Shamatha Meditation

Name: How to Practice Shamatha Meditation
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SKU: 9781559393843
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The Cultivation of Meditative Quiescence

By Gen Lamrimpa

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How to Practice Shamatha Meditation documents the oral teachings of Gen Lamrimpa, a Tibetan monk, given at the start of a year-long meditation retreat in 1988. The book offers practical guidance on cultivating meditative quiescence, known as shamatha, shared with warmth, humour, and deep personal insight. It serves as a valuable resource for developing attentional stability and mental clarity.
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This book will appeal especially to meditators seeking to deepen their practice, psychologists interested in mental focus, and anyone fascinated by the capacities of the human mind.

Stabilizing the mind is the basis of all forms of meditation. Gen Lamrimpa gives us an invaluable practical guide to do this. With warmth and humor he draws from his extensive personal experience as a contemplative to guide the reader through the many stages of meditation, and the many obstacles that arise along the way.

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In 1988, Gen Lamrimpa, a Tibetan monk, led a one-year retreat in the Pacific Northwest, during which a group of Western meditators devoted themselves to the practice of meditative quiescence (shamatha). How to Practice Shamatha Meditation is a record of the oral teachings he gave to this group at the outset of the retreat.

The teachings are brought to life by Gen Lamrimpa's warmth, humour, and extensive personal experience as a contemplative recluse. An invaluable practical guide for those seeking to develop greater attentional stability and clarity, this work will be of considerable interest to meditators, psychologists, and all others who are concerned with the potentials of the human mind.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781559393843

Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 October 2011

Country: United States

Imprint: Snow Lion Publications

Contributors:

Translated by B. Alan Wallace
Edited by Hart Sprager

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 198g

Pages: 160

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About the Author

Gen Lamrimpa, born in Tibet in 1934, spent most of his life in meditative retreat in Dharamsala, India. He is the author of Calming the Mind, one of the clearest books in English on shamatha meditation.