Buddhist
Practice on Western Ground provides a fresh look at Buddhist
meditation and practice. It is the first book for a mainstream
audience to use a cross-cultural framework to render
Buddhist meditation practice more comprehensible in the context of traditional Buddhist
teachings on love, anger, attachment, and self.
These are some of the most
rewarding and profound teachings of Buddhism and, for Western
students, they have also been some of the most difficult to
understand and challenging to put into practice. In Buddhist
Practice on Western Ground, these commonly misunderstood
and too often ignored teachings are revealed as rich sources
of psychological and spiritual guidance. Readers will learn
how to calm their minds, deepen their compassion, substantially
improve their communication skills, especially in regard to
the expression of anger, understand the spiritual significance
of nonattachment and ways to cultivate it, and clearly grasp
the liberating meaning of Buddhist teachings on selfhood. The
book provides the framework for developing a meaningful and
rewarding daily spiritual practice.
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