1st Edition

Calm and Insight A Buddhist Manual for Meditators

By Bhikkhu Phra Khantipalo Copyright 1995
    164 Pages
    by Routledge

    164 Pages
    by Routledge

    This manual, by an experienced Buddhist, has been written so that it will be easily accessible also to the reader who knows nothing about meditation, but also contains knowledge and experience that can be gained only through practice.

    INTRODUCTION: WHY MEDITATE? Every Evil Never Doing I PRELIMINARIES And in Wholesomeness Increasing II THE MIND AS IT IS AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT III THE FOUR FOUNDATIONS OF MINDFULNESS And One’s Heart Well Purifying IV CALM AND INSIGHT V MEDITATION METHODS VI GOOD RESULTS AND BAD VII DANGERS TO MEDITATION This is the Buddha’s Teaching VIII THE FRUITS OF PENETRATION

    Biography

    Bhikkhu Phra Khantipalo