How to Practice Shamatha Meditation: The Cultivation of Meditative Quiescence - Softcover

Lamrimpa, Gen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155939384X ISBN 13: 9781559393843

Publisher: Snow Lion, 2011

Synopsis

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). This book 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, humor, 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.

About this title

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.

Review:

"It is Gen Lamrimpa's familiarity with meditation on a deep experiential level that makes his teachings so valuable and this a book to be recommended."—Tibetan Review

"How to Practice Shamatha Meditation provides very practical and experientially grounded teachings."—Tibet Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Snow Lion
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 155939384X
• ISBN 13: 9781559393843
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 150
• Editor: Sprager Hart