Mindfulness : a practical guide to awakening / Joseph Goldstein

Name/Title

Mindfulness : a practical guide to awakening / Joseph Goldstein

Entry/Object ID

BQ5612 .G642 2016

Description

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 Nibbana

Dimensions

Dimension Description

xvi, 459 pages ; 23 cm

Book Details

Author

Joseph Goldstein

Publisher

Sounds True

Place Published

City

Boulder

State/Province

Colorado

Country

USA

Date Published

2016

Publication Subjects

Meditation -- Buddhism Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Majjhimanikāya. Satipaṭthānasutta

Call No.

BQ5612 .G642 2016

ISBN

9781622036059, 1622036050