How to Practice Shamatha Meditation: The Cultivation of Meditative Quiescence
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
How to Practice Shamatha Meditation: The Cultivation of Meditative Quiescence
By (Author) Gen Lamrimpa
Edited by Hart Sprager
Translated by B. Alan Wallace
Shambhala Publications Inc
Snow Lion Publications
15th February 2013
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization
294.34
Physical Properties
Paperback
150
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 11mm
198g
Description
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.
Reviews
"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
Author Bio
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.
