In this very Life is a collection of talks from the first three month retreat that Sayādaw taught at the Insight Meditation Society. He describes in detail both the practical journey of awakening and a profound theoretical model of understanding. These discourses reward a thoughtful reading, allowing the familiar aspects of the teachings to mature in our minds, and challenging us with new perspectives on some old and cherished viewpoints. Download the free ebook here (419 pages):
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I did not deeply undertake these heart practices on retreat until 2004. During a two-month retreat, with the support of my teacher, the Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw, I engaged these practices to a high level of absorption concentration, called jhāna. The practices penetrated not only my consciousness but also the hidden recesses of my heart, which opened and were awakened through the intensity of the jhāna level of concentration meditation. This intensely profound level of accessing these unconditioned heart qualities changed me. I knew the deep connection ever present with all living beings. This gave me comfort. Intimately knowing this unbroken connection with all life, I could readily open to receive the universal heart qualities described in this book.
Shaila Catherine shares her extensive knowledge with the reader in a practical, engaging, witty, and warm way. I utilize the tips and advice in this book almost every day and have seen wonderful benefits.
Religions, however, that are bound up with an advanced culture have struggled to answer the same questions by means of more refined concepts and a more developed language. Thus in Hinduism, men contemplate the divine mystery and express it through an inexhaustible abundance of myths and through searching philosophical inquiry. They seek freedom from the anguish of our human condition either through ascetical practices or profound meditation or a flight to God with love and trust. Again, Buddhism, in its various forms, realizes the radical insufficiency of this changeable world; it teaches a way by which men, in a devout and confident spirit, may be able either to acquire the state of perfect liberation, or attain, by their own efforts or through higher help, supreme illumination. Likewise, other religions found everywhere try to counter the restlessness of the human heart, each in its own manner, by proposing "ways," comprising teachings, rules of life, and sacred rites. The Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions. She regards with sincere reverence those ways of conduct and of life, those precepts and teachings which, though differing in many aspects from the ones she holds and sets forth, nonetheless often reflect a ray of that Truth which enlightens all men. Indeed, she proclaims, and ever must proclaim Christ "the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14:6), in whom men may find the fullness of religious life, in whom God has reconciled all things to Himself.(4)
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Damien Keown offers readers a superb overview of the teachings of the Buddha and the integration of Buddhism into daily life in this Very Short Introduction. The text also provides a lively, informative response to frequently asked questions about Buddhism, shedding light into how Buddhist thought has evolved.
Moreover, as with any educational curriculum, not every teacher is necessarily capable of inspiring a lifetime of ongoing practice, inquiry, and deepening development in others. Quantitating such variables and their consequences both retrospectively and prospectively would certainly be a valuable contribution to future research. At this juncture in time, the global MBSR and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) teacher communities are taking great pains to establish minimal teacher competency standards and criteria as well as high-level professional education to maximize their long-term impact on the wellbeing and continued development of the lives of participants in 8-week-long mindfulness-based programs. In a number of professional training programs, Buddhist meditation teachers with interest in contributing to high dharma integrity in mainstream mindfulness programs, such as MBCT, are an integral part of these efforts.21
The most recent - and superb - addition is by the teaching duo Anyen RInpoche and Allison Choying Zangomo, Stop Biting the Tail You Are Chasing: Using Buddhist Mind Training to Free Yourself from Painful Emotional Patterns. Not only is this an excellent reminder for those with experience, it can serve as an excellent introduction to Buddhist teachings in general. A great "starter" book but that in now waay indicates its depth which is vast.
However, there is a particular and very unique Nyingma presentation of lojong and that is Steps to the Great Perfection: The Mind-Training Tradition of the Dzogchen Masters. In this unique and masterful work, Jigme Lingpa presents mind training from the core teachings familiar in all the above works and then introduces the Dzogchen-specific instructions.
A compilation of teachings on the seven contemplations, an ancient system of mind-training (lojong) teachings that has been preserved as part of a rare set of instructions on Dzogchen, or the Great Perfection, this book is unique because although the lojong teachings of the Kadam tradition are well known, this is the first time the mind-training teachings from the Dzogchen tradition have been presented in an English translation, and most Western scholars and practitioners are unaware that such mind-training techniques even exist in Dzogchen. The contemplations themselves are vividly described, and some unfold as dramatic stories in which the meditator imagines himself or herself as the main character. Thus, they are quite accessible for beginning practitioners.
And if you love Start Where You Are, you will also love her latest, Pema Chodron's Compassion Cards: Teachings for Awakening the Heart in Everyday Life and The Compassion Book which is a great way to really ingrain the lojong slogans by interacting with them ,testing yourself. This deck includes Pema's introduction to the practice, fifty-nine cards representing the full set of lojong teachings for daily inspiration and contemplation, a practical commentary from Pema on the reverse of each card, a card stand for easy display, and an audio download of Pema's teachings on the related practice of tonglen.
Forty-nine days after Buddha attained enlightenment he was requested to teach. As a result of this request, Buddha rose from meditation and taught the first Wheel of Dharma. These teachings which include the Sutra of the Four Noble Truths and other discourses, are the principal source of the Hinayana, or Lesser Vehicle, of Buddhism. Later, Buddha taught the second and third Wheels of Dharma, which include the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras and the Sutra Discriminating the Intention respectively. These teachings are the source of the Mahayana, or Great Vehicle, of Buddhism. In the Hinayana teachings Buddha explains how to attain liberation from suffering for oneself alone, and in the Mahayana teaching he explains how to attain full enlightenment, or Buddhahood, for the sake of others. Both traditions flourished in Asia, at first in India and then gradually in other surrounding countries, including Tibet. Now they are also beginning to flourish in the West. 2ff7e9595c
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