The Practice of Tranquillity and Insight
A Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Meditation
$41.48
- Paperback
184 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2013
Summary
The two types of meditation that form the core of Buddhist spiritual practice are:
- Tranquillity (samatha) meditation: Aims at stilling the mind.
- Insight (vipasyana) meditation: Produces clear vision or insight into the nature of all phenomena.
With masterful scholarship, Rinpoche explains this unified system of meditation—what to do, what to avoid, and the stages of deepening meditation—so the practitioner can gauge progr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781559391061 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1559391065 |
| Author: | Khenchen Thrangu |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Snow Lion Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 184 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 139mm x 13mm |
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“With masterful scholarship and the ability to make subtle ideas easy to understand and apply in practice, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche explains this unified system of meditation for students both beginning and advanced.“—The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies
About The Author
Khenchen Thrangu
Khenchen Thrangu was born in Tibet in 1933. He has founded numerous monasteries and nunneries, schools for Tibetan children, and medical clinics. He has taught extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States, and is the abbot of Gampo Abbey. He was appointed by the Dalai Lama to be the personal tutor for the Seventeenth Karmapa.
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