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Work InformationMeditation for Life by Martine Batchelor (2001)
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  TallyChan5 | May 30, 2022 |   With an engaging mix of anecdote, humor, and clear instruction, Martine Batchelor shows that you don’t have to be a Buddhist to benefit from meditation. She explains the life-enhancing techniques of three major traditions—Theravada, Tibetan, and Zen—demystifying meditation and presenting it in a way that will speak to readers of any background. Each chapter of Meditation for Life contains a time-honored guided meditation on such themes as loving-kindness, equanimity, death—and even cooking! And nearly every page presents an evocative photograph from Stephen Batchelor, inviting us to see the world around us with new eyes. Langri_Tangpa_Centre | Feb 7, 2022 | no reviews | add a review
Meditation for Life uses words and photography to show how mediation willnrich your life. Forgoing jargon for a straight-talking mix of anecdote,umour and instruction, Martine Batchelor uses her unique experiences in aorean Zen monastery, and as a teacher of Buddhism in the West, to makeuddhist meditation accessible to everyone. Her words are given extra forcey Stephen Batchelor's evocative photography, which illustrates in a veryirect way how meditation can bring a new perspective to the ordinary thingsn life. Each chapter discusses in detail one of the many differentpproaches to meditation. Each has a section of practical instructions andxercises, as well as a discussion of a related aspect of Buddhism such asisdom, nonattachment, compassion, and enlightenment. Perception-changinghotographs evoke the spirit and concepts of Buddhist thought, as well asllustrating the practices. The text is free from dogma - far from presentingerself as a guru, Martine Batchelor suggests that the spiritual path isbout becoming one's own teacher.;Her focus is always on showing, in a clear No library descriptions found. |
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There are many good reasons to start meditating. Meditation can relieve stress, promote relaxation, and improve your outlook—but most of all, meditation is about waking up to life, to all its choices and possibilities.
With an engaging mix of anecdote, humor, and clear instruction, Martine Batchelor shows that you don’t have to be a Buddhist to benefit from meditation. She explains the life-enhancing
techniques of three major traditions—Theravada, Tibetan, and Zen—demystifying meditation and presenting it in a way that will speak to readers of any background.
Each chapter of Meditation for Life contains a time-honored guided meditation on such themes as loving-kindness, equanimity, death—and even cooking! And nearly every page presents
an evocative photograph from Stephen Batchelor, inviting us to see the world around us with new eyes.