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The Relaxed Mind: A Seven-Step Method for Deepening Meditation Practice
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Meditators relax! An esteemed modern Tibetan Buddhist teacher presents a system of meditation instructions he devised especially for those affected by the too-fast-paced Western world (i.e., most all of us)—to help them relax, as a way of deepening their meditation practice.
In the late 1990s, shortly after arriving in the United States, it became clear to Dza Kilung Rinpoc ...more
In the late 1990s, shortly after arriving in the United States, it became clear to Dza Kilung Rinpoc ...more
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Paperback, 144 pages
Published
November 10th 2015
by Shambhala
(first published September 15th 2015)
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There are certain books that have made a deep impact on my meditation practice: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, Turning the Mind into an Ally, and The Attention Revolution. I am adding The Relaxed Mind to this List. Powerful, precise, and pity, I can't recommend this book to my fellow practitioners enough: may this be of benefit.
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This is the best book on meditation I have read in years. A wonderful journey through all the major forms of Buddhist meditation, from simple mindbody awareness to nondual dzogchen.
My Peace Corps funded ~therapist~ told me I needed to meditate and then told me to read this book and here are my thoughts:
Meditation: Good, need to start doing it consistently again
Books About Meditation: Bad, no thank you, made me hate reading, just record your thoughts and make them guided meditations
“Favorite” Quote:
“There is really no “how to do it” solution to meditating freely. We are not really correcting anything or applying a remedy.”
(The stuff about Buddhism was cool though)
Meditation: Good, need to start doing it consistently again
Books About Meditation: Bad, no thank you, made me hate reading, just record your thoughts and make them guided meditations
“Favorite” Quote:
“There is really no “how to do it” solution to meditating freely. We are not really correcting anything or applying a remedy.”
(The stuff about Buddhism was cool though)
A very useful book with a fantastic reader on the Audible edition. It introduces 7 meditation practices and emphasizes how important deep relaxation is in each. My own practice deepened considerably from the guidance in this book.
Enjoyed the breakdown of levels of awareness that are recognized through extended meditation practice. The book also described Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, and dzogchen traditions which is helpful to understand what type of meditation you will be practicing.
Excellent. I will be relistening to this from time to time.
Interesting. I learned a fair amount about meditation and mindset in the early part of the book. After the 40% mark, I felt, the good advice got very repetitive. I also had trouble finding much difference between three of the four last meditations presented in the book.
But it was a very interesting book in many ways, and has given me some new perspectives on methods and reasons behind my own meditation. The writing has a chatty, personable style that I very much appreciated. But I found myself e ...more
But it was a very interesting book in many ways, and has given me some new perspectives on methods and reasons behind my own meditation. The writing has a chatty, personable style that I very much appreciated. But I found myself e ...more
Ok, but, as a secular meditator, not quite what I was looking for. I think this would be of more interest to actual Buddhists. Part 2 gets pretty esoteric.
While I'm interested in deepening my practice, I was not seeing the progression through the seven types of meditation nearly as clearly as the author. ...more
While I'm interested in deepening my practice, I was not seeing the progression through the seven types of meditation nearly as clearly as the author. ...more
Reading in a class, very good meditation guide for westerners.
Not bad. Relaxing, repetitive, not mind blowing, continuous emphasis on nonjudgmentalism, a little bit of intense theory, lots of animal metaphors for didactic story telling.
Practical and interesting book on meditation. As a novice, I found it be be useful and informative from an historical point of view
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