Buddhists Meditation

Use the unique Buddhist practice of meditation on perception, as taught by the best-selling author of Mindfulness in Plain English, to learn how shifting your perspective can transform mental and physical health.

A Spirituality & Practice “Best Spiritual Books of 2010” winner.
Everyone appreciates kindness. A smile, a few friendly words, a show of concern when we’re troubled or feeling unwell, an offer of help—gestures of kindness like these brighten our day and ease whatever sadness we may feel in our hearts. Feeling that “someone cares” fulfills a very deep need that we all have. And just as we appreciate other people being kind to us, others appreciate it when we are kind to them. That is why it is important to learn to be kind, because it will help make our relationships and interactions with others more satisfying and less problematic.

If everything is empty, then what ceases in Nirvana and is born in rebirth? How can you live in the world without feeling trapped by it? Guy Armstrong tackles these questions and more in this richly informed, practical guide to emptiness for the meditator.

With this accesssible guide, meditators (and non-meditators) can understand how to attain extraordinary states with relative ease. Blended with contemporary examples and pragmatic "how to" instructions that anyone can try, Focused and Fearless provides a wealth of tools to cultivate non-distracted attention in daily life and on retreat. Shaila Catherine has a friendly, wise approach to the meditative states (jhanas) that lead to liberating insight.
Focused and Fearless is about much more than merely meditation or concentration. It offers a complete path towards bliss, fearlessness, and true awakening.

Countless people worldwide have made Mindfulness in Plain English a beloved and bestselling classic in almost a dozen languages. Now after nearly two decades, Bhante helps meditators of every stripe take their mindfulness practice to the next level—helping them go, in a word, beyond mindfulness. In the same warm, clear, and friendly voice, Bhante introduces the reader to what have been known for centuries as the “jhanas”—deeply calm, joyous, and powerful states of meditation that, when explored with the clearly presented tools in this book, can lead to a life of insight and unshakeable peace.

With his signature clarity and warmth, Bhante Gunaratana shares with us how we can cultivate loving-kindness to live a life of joyful harmony with others. Through personal anecdotes, step-by-step meditations, conversational renderings of the Buddha’s words in the suttas, and transformative insights into how we live in and relate to the world, we learn that peace here and now is possible—within ourselves and in all our relationships. Bhante G speaks directly to how we can cultivate loving-kindness to find emotional clarity, overcome anger, and become more peaceful—both on and off the meditation cushion.
Loving-Kindness in Plain English was chosen for the Spirituality & Practice Book Award as one of the 50 Best Spiritual Books of 2017 by the website Spirituality & Practice.

Discarding any striving or ambition to attain something, the refined guidance that Mahasi Sayadaw provides in this book will lead practitioners to systematically and gradually purify their minds of attachment, aversion, and delusion and to realize the successive stages of enlightenment, culminating in nibbana.

Author Bhante Gunaratana, a renowned meditation master, takes us step by step through the myths, realities, and benefits of meditation and the practice of mindfulness. The book showcases Bhante G’s trademark clarity and wit, as he explores the tool of meditation, what it does, and how to make it work.

A master of mindfulness, who has taught thousands to meditate, Bhante G. will show you exactly how to start your own practice and make it a part of your daily life. The book includes practical advice on
what to do with the body and mind in meditation;
how to work with distraction;
how to deal with physical discomfort in meditation;
how to overcome drowsiness, boredom, and inability to concentrate;
how to work with fear and agitation, judgments, and self-criticism;
how to avoid trying too hard, expecting too much, or getting discouraged;
11 common misconceptions and 10 tips for effective practice; and
how to get the most out of your practice.
You can start meditating today and, with Bhante G.’s guidance, discover more peace, presence, and joy in everyday life.

Know Where You're Going provides a full course of instruction in Buddhist meditation and reflection, and contains a wealth of exercises and advice to help the reader grow. As we put these teachings into practice over time, we learn to see things as they really are and discover transcendence right here in our everyday lives.

Whether mere bumps in the road or genuine crises, we live in a world of unwanted events that no willpower can prevent. In The Art of Disappearing, Ajahn Brahm helps us learn to abandon the headwind of false expectations and follow instead the Buddha’s path of understanding. Releasing our attachment to past and future, to self and other, we can directly experience the natural state of serenity underlying all our thoughts and discover the bliss of the present moment. In that space, we learn what it is to disappear. Ajahn Brahm, an unparalleled guide to the bliss of meditation, makes the journey as fun as it is rewarding.
The Art of Disappearing, comprised of a series of teachings Ajahn Brahm gave to the monks of Bodhinyana Monastery, where he serves as abbot, offers a unique glimpse into the mind of one of contemporary Buddhism’s most engaging figures.

In The State of Mind Called Beautiful, Burmese meditation master Sayadaw U Pandita lays out the breadth, depth, and wealth of the Theravadan tradition of Buddhism. U Pandita begins with the basic guidelines of Buddhism, and moves on to various practices: those that can be done for one minute a day, those that sweeten and strengthen the mind, those that heal societies and families, those that lead to liberation.

Minding What Matters could be considered part of a new genre, the “literary self-help” book. Echoing the style of Kundera and the insights of Jung, with dashes of The God of Small Things and Thoughts Without a Thinker, this timely book alternates between discursive sections on Buddhist topics and engrossing fictional scenes between a psychotherapist and a patient. Sometimes going so far as to directly address the reader, the book shows how of any one of us can intimately explore his or her mind. By encouraging readers to create a stare of inquiry and allowing them to put themselves into hypothetical situations-such as participating in therapy or engaging in Buddhist practices-the book shows us how to discover our inner thoughts and then act on them in positive ways. At once informative and evocative, Minding What Matters offers an entrancing vision of, in Robert Coles’s words, “what is possible to do and to be.”

In simple and straightforward language, Bhante Gunaratana shares the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness and how we can use these principles to improve our daily lives, deepen our mindfulness, and move closer to our spiritual goals.
Based on the classic Satipatthana Sutta, one of the most succinct yet rich explanations of meditation, Bhante's presentation is nonetheless thoroughly modern. The Satipatthana Sutta has become the basis of all mindfulness meditation, and Bhante unveils it to the reader in his trademark "plain English" style.
Contemplating the Four Foundations of Mindfulness—mindfulness of the body, of feelings, of the mind, and of phenomena themselves—is recommended for all practitioners. Newcomers will find The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Plain English lays a strong groundwork for mindfulness practice and gives them all they need to get started right away, and old hands will find rich subtleties and insights to help consolidate and clarify what they may have begun to see for themselves. People at every state of the spiritual path will benefit from reading this book.

විදර්ශනා මාර්ගය - 2 - බුදුන්වහන්සේ වදාළ නිර්වානගාමී භාවනා ප්‍රතිපදාව වේ.

විදර්ශනා මාර්ගය - 1 - බුදුන්වහන්සේ වදාළ නිර්වානගාමී භාවනා ප්‍රතිපදාව වේ.

කර්තෘ ගෙන්...
"සිතියමක් පිරීක්සා බලන්නෙකු තුළ සැබෑ භූමි දර්ශනය ගැන ඇත්තේ එකිනෙකට වෙනස් සිනිවිලි ය. සිතියම් ප්‍රයෝජනවත් ය. ඒවා නොමැති වූ විට ඔබ අතරමං වන්නට පුළුවන. එහෙත්, සිතියමේ දැක්වෙන භූමියේ සැබෑ දර්ශනය දැක ගැනීමටත් තේරුම් ගැනීමටත් හැකි වන්නේ ඔබ එහි ගොස් එය නැරඹූ විට පමණකි. සිතියම හා භූමි දර්ශනය එකිනෙකට සම්බන්ධ වුවත් ඒවා අතර කෙතරම් වෙනසක් පවතී දැයි ඔබට වැටහෙනු ඇත්තේ එ විට ය. සිතියම සහ සැබෑ භූමි දර්ශනය අතරේ වෙනස්කම් රාශියක් ඇත. සිතියම වූ කලී සැබෑ භූමි දර්ශනයේ හකුළුවාලීමක් පමණි." 

කර්තෘ ගෙන්...
"ජීවිතය නිහතමානී කරන්න. එවිට ඔබට උනන්දු වන්නට දේ අඩුය. මනසේ බර අඩු කර ගන්න. සිතීමට ඇති දේ එවිට අඩුවෙයි. භාවනාව ඔබේ මිතුරා කර ගන්න. එවිට ජීවිතය අලංකාර වෙයි. ශාන්ත භාවය, නිහඬ බව ප්‍රඥාවේ ප්‍රතිඵලයයි. ඉතින් ඒ ධර්මය ඔබට විමුක්තිය ගෙන දේ නම් ඔබ නිවැරදි මාර්ගයට වැටිලා ය. ඔබේ සිත සාමකාමී වේ නම් ඔබ ධර්මය දැක ඇත. සීතීමෙන් වලකින්න. තෘප්තියට පත්වන්න. ලෝකයේ සියලු දේ අත්හැර දමා ඇති ඔබට අසීරුතා තිබිය නොහැකි ය. ඔබ ගෙවන්නේ මේ මොහොත පමණි. සිරුරද අතහැර ධ්‍යානය තුළ පවතින්න." 

අග්ගමහා පණ්ඩිත බළන්ගොඩ ආනන්ද මෛත්‍රෙය මහනාහිමියන් අපේ පරමාදර්ශී චරිතයකි. (Legend) බෞද්ධ ලෝකයේ පුරාවෘත්තයකි. සමුද්‍ර වෙත්තසිංහ විසින් උන්වහන්සේ පිළිබඳව නැවතවතාවක්, නැණවත්, පැණවත්, සම්භාෂණයක් කතිකාවක් අරඹන ග්‍රන්ථයක් පාඨක සමාජයට ඉදිරිපත් කරයි. බුදු බව පතන බළන්ගොඩ ආනන්ද මෛත්‍රෙය මහනාහිමි වැනි හැඳින්වීම මේ කෘතියෙන් වෙනත් දිශාන්තියකට යොමු කෙරෙයි. මූලාශ්‍රය සනාථ කරමින් විචාරශීලීව සම්පාදනය කර ඇති මේ කෘතිය සෝතාපන්න මාර්ගඵලය ගැන ඥාන මීමාංසාවක් පළට කරන ආධ්‍යාත්මික චින්තන ධාරාවක් විහිදුවයි.

සත්‍යය ඔබ ලඟමය. එය බඹයක් පමණ වූ ඔබේ සිරුරෙන් ම අවබෝධ කළ හැකිය.එහෙත් එය අසීරු ය.වෙනත් කිසිවකුට උපාධියක් ලෙස එය ඔබට පිරිනැමිය නොහැකිය.තථාගතයන් වහන්සේට කළ හැක්කේ ද මග කියා දීම පමණෙකි. එය සොයා ගත යුත්තේ ඔබ මය.ඒ නිවැරදි මග අකුරක් අඩු නොකොට වටහා ගැනීමට අතිපූජ්‍ය රේරුකානේ චන්දවිමල මහනාහිමියන්ගේ සරල පොත් පෙල ඔබට උපකාර කරයි.

සත්‍යය ඔබ ලඟ ම ය. එය බඹයක් පමණ වූ ඔබේ සිරුරෙන් ම අවබෝධ කළ හැකිය.එහෙත් එය අසීරු ය. වෙනත් කිසිවකු විසින් එය ඔබට ප්‍රදානය කළ නො හැකිය.තථාගතයන් වහන්සේට කළ හැක්කේ ද මග කියා දීම පමණෙකි. එය අවබෝධ කරගත යුත්තේ ඔබ ම ය.ඒ නිවැරදි මග නොඅඩු කොට වටහා ගැනීමට අතිපූජ්‍ය මහාචාර්ය රේරුකානේ චන්දවිමල මහනාහිමිපාණන් වහන්සේගේ සරල පොත් පෙළ ඔබට උපකාර කරයි.

පුදුමාකාර ගුප්ත සිතිවිලි ස්වභාව ධර්මයේ සත්‍ය හා හැපෙයි එය නොකඩවා දිවෙන තරංගයකි ඉපැරණි කඳු වළල්ලක් මෙන් එය අපට දැනෙයි
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