Name/Title
Mindfulness : a practical guide to awakening / Joseph GoldsteinEntry/Object ID
BQ5612 .G642 2016Description
Intended to serve as a lifelong companion for anyone committed to mindful living and the realization of inner freedom, Mindfulness draws on Goldstein's four-decade study of the Satipatthana Sutta the Buddha's original discourse on the practice of mindfulness meditation.
Contents:
The Four Qualities of Mind
1.Ardency: The Long-Enduring Mind
2.Clearly Knowing: Cultivating Clear Comprehension
3.Mindfulness: The Gateway to Wisdom
4.Concentration: The Collected Nature of Mind
The Satipatthana Refrain
5.Contemplating the Four Foundations
6.Bare Knowing and Continuity of Mindfulness
Mindfulness of the Body
7.Mindfulness of Breathing
8.Mindfulness of Postures
9.Mindfulness of Activities
10.Mindfulness of Physical Characteristics
Mindfulness of Feelings
11.Liberation through Feelings
12.Worldly and Unworldly Feelings
Mindfulness of Mind
13.The Wholesome and Unwholesome Roots of Mind
14.The Refrain: On Feelings and Mind
Mindfulness of Dhammas: The Five Hindrances
15.Desire
16.Aversion
17.Sloth and Torpor
18.Restlessness and Worry
19.Doubt
Mindfulness of Dhammas: The Five Aggregates of Clinging
20.Material Elements, Feelings, and Perceptions
21.Formations and Consciousness
22.Contemplating the Five Aggregates
Mindfulness of Dhammas: The Six Sense Spheres
23.How We Experience the World
24.The Wheel of Samsara
Mindfulness of Dhammas: The Seven Factors of Awakening
25.Mindfulness
26.Investigation of Dhammas
27.Energy
28.Rapture
29.Calm
30.Concentration
31.Equanimity
Mindfulness of Dhammas: The Four Noble Truths
32.The First Noble Truth: Dukkha
33.The Second Noble Truth: The Cause of Dukkha
34.The Third Noble Truth: The Cessation of Dukkha
35.The Fourth Noble Truth: The Way Leading to the Cessation of Dukkha
Mindfulness of Dhammas: The Noble Eightfold Path, Wisdom Factors
36.Right View: Worldly Ease
37.Right View: Liberation
38.Right Thought: Renunciation
39.Right Thought: Lovingkindness
40.Right Thought: Compassion
Mindfulness of Dhammas: The Noble Eightfold Path, Morality Factors
41.Right Speech Note continued: 42.Right Action and Right Livelihood
Mindfulness of Dhammas: The Noble Eightfold Path, Concentration Factors
43.Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration
44.The Realization of NibbanaDimensions
Dimension Description
xvi, 459 pages ; 23 cmBook Details
Author
Joseph GoldsteinPublisher
Sounds TruePlace Published
City
BoulderState/Province
ColoradoCountry
USADate Published
2016Publication Subjects
Meditation -- Buddhism
Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Majjhimanikāya. SatipaṭthānasuttaCall No.
BQ5612 .G642 2016ISBN
9781622036059, 1622036050