Meditation for Beginners

Meditation for Beginners

by JackKornfield (Author)

Synopsis

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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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 96
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 01 Mar 2005

ISBN 10: 0553816926
ISBN 13: 9780553816921
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Media Reviews
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 -- Sogyal Rinpoche
Author Bio
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.