Meditation

THINKER`S NOTEBOOK - Collected posthumous papers of the English monk-scholar Nyanamoli, who counts as one of the foremost translators of Pali Buddhist texts into English. Besides being a gifted translator Nyanamoli was also a gifted thinker, philosopher, and poet. Besides some longer essays, most of the notes are only one paragraph long and were written in the 1950s as a Buddhist monk. The notes and essays deal with profound topics such as ontology, metaphysics, nuclear physics, logic, but there is also humour, irony, sarcasm and light poetry. 

Mind Overcoming Its Cankers - A readable and informative account on the nature of the cankers (asava) and how to overcome them. Based on the Sabbasava Sutta, the second sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya, and its commentary.

The Four Sublime States - A detailed exposition of the Four Sublime States that form a sine qua non of Buddhist higher life and a comprehensive    exposition  of the practice of loving kindness as given in the Pali canon of Theravada Buddhism.

In This Very Life - How to adopt and integrate Buddhist teachings so as to attain liberation in this very life? Here you go…..its about theory and practice of insight meditation.

The Experience Of Insight - Every so often, a book appears that has a special value for people who are students of the nature of reality. Joseph Goldstein teaches meditation as a method of experiencing things as they are, entering the remarkable flow of the mind/body process. This work, comprised of unusually clear instructions and discourses given during a 30-day Vipassana meditation retreat, is a day-to-day journey into Mind.

The Path OF Freedom - A manual of Buddhist meditation for those who are intent on leading a strictly contemplative life. Conjectured to be the precursor to the Buddhaghosa’s Visuddhimagga, the classic manual of meditation.

The Meditative Mind - Talks on meditation by the Buddhist nun Ayye Khema ingraining depth, clarity, understanding humour and skill.

Our Real Home - It’s about meditation and letting go. Of integrating Buddha Dhamma into real life.. Ven. Ajahn chah discourses to one by him lay discipline stricken with illness and approaching death.

Contemplation Of Feelings - Contemplation of Feelings is an indispensable part of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness (sathipattana). Ven. Nyanaponika Thera deals exhaustively  with this aspect of Satipattana Vipassana and shows you how to integrate it with the whole system of meditation.

Metta The Philosophy - The present booklet aims at exploring the various facets of mettā both in theory and in practice. The examination of the doctrinal and ethical side of mettā will proceed through a study of the popular Karaniyametta Sutta, the Buddha’s “Discourse of Universal Love” and several other short texts. The explanation of the meditation on universal love will give practical directions for developing this type of contemplation as set forth in the main meditation texts of the Theravada Buddhist tradition.

A Technique of Living - A course in Buddhist livelihood for the removal of stress and anxiety of everyday life by Leonard Bullen. Immensely of benefit to those afflicted with stress and anguish.

Buddha My Refuge - This book weaves together a rich variety of texts from the Pali Canon illustrating each of the Buddha's nine outstanding virtues. The result is a beautiful and inspiring anthology of suttas on the personality of the Blessed One.

All Of Us Beset By Birth Decay And Death - A series of talks on Buddhist meditation given by one of its staunchest practitioners in the West. Likely to have tremendous appeal for vipassana practitioners all over the globe.

Curbing Anger Spreading Love - In an easy, conversational style, the author discusses 16 ways to control and overcome anger, and offers instructions on how to practice the meditation on universal love.

The First Step To Insight Meditation - Gives practical guidance to the beginners of meditation. Makes meditation systematic and simple.

Settling Back Into The Moment - A selection of verses from the book "Experience of Insight" by Joseph Goldstein. A meditator's inspirational guide, caricatured for effectiveness.

Vipassana Meditation - Deals with lectures and instruction given by Sayadaw Janakabhivamsa in Malaysia.

මග එළි පෙහෙළිය - මග එළි පෙහෙළිය භාවනාව හා බුදු දහම ගැන උනන්දුවක් දක්වන ගවේෂකයන්ට ය. එය බුදුන් වදාළ දහම සඳහා හොඳම මූලාශ්‍රය පාලි පෙළෙහි සූත්‍ර බහුතරය බව තහවුරු කරයි.

ගත පෙනෙන කැඩපත ඉදිරියේ හැඩ වෙනවාට වඩා සිත දකින භාවනාවට සමවැදීමෙන් අපට සතුට ගෙන දෙයි. නිවනට අවැසි භාවනා විධි ප‍්‍රායෝගිකව හුරුකළ අපේ කාලයේ වැඩහිදි උතුම් යතිවරුන් තිදෙනෙකුගේ සදහම් සිතිවිලි භාවනා අප‍්‍රකට ලිපි කෘතියට ඇතුළත් කර තිබේ. 

මහා සතිපට්ඨාන කර්මස්ථාන විවරණය - ධර්මයේ සියුම් තැන් පවා ශ්‍රාවකයන්ට වටහා ගත හැකි ලෙස සුමට කර විස්තර කළ හැකි අද්විතීය ධර්ම‌ දේශනා කෞෂල්‍යයක් හිමි පූජ්‍ය කිරුළපන ධම්මවිජය ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේ අතින් වර්තමාන යුගයට ඉතාමත් ම අත්‍යවශ්‍ය සතිපට්ඨාන කර්මස්ථානයන් සියල්ල ම විවරණය කරන ග්‍රන්ථ රත්නයක් ලෙසින් මෙම ග්‍රන්ථය හඳුන්වා දිය හැක.

Calm Breath, Clam Mind - Discover ancient Tibetan breath practices for calming your mind and improving your health in this plain-English guide.Over millennia, many Eastern traditions have developed practices that use the powerful healing energy of breath to treat physical, emotional, and mental problems. In Chinese, this energy is called chi; in Sanskrit it is called prana; and in Tibetan it is called lung.Lung is life-giving energy that moves through our bodies. A lack or imbalance of lung can create illnesses of body and mind or cause emotional struggles such as confusion, anger, and sadness. In this book Geshe YongDong Losar, a scholar and monk in the ancient Bön tradition of Tibet, guides us through time-tested practices to help balance our lung. His deep knowledge—garnered through years of study and practice—renders the practices simple and achievable, creating a clear path for us toward greater calmness, strength, and clarity.

Mindfulness A To Z - From Acceptance to Zafu, Mindfulness A to Z offers a wealth of inspirational advice and practical instruction on how to bring mindfulness fully into your life. In each entry, Dr. Kozak combines his personal insights and expert guidance on all aspects of mindfulness meditation. Mindfulness A to Z presents a multifaceted look at living mindfully in our hectic world, whether dealing with internal conflict, such as fear of missing out, technical problems, such as how to meditate comfortably, or everyday joys such as finding your smile. Whether you devour the whole book in one sitting, or read an entry a day, Mindfulness A to Z will be a great resource for building better practices in your daily life.

108 Metaphors For Mindfulness - This engaging and accessible little book is filled with both humor and profound teaching. It presents 108 metaphors for mindfulness, meditation practice, the nature of the self, change, deep acceptance, and other related concepts that Dr. Kozak has cultivated over twenty-five years of meditating, practicing yoga, and working as a clinical psychologist. Metaphors are indispensable to understanding mindfulness, and to help deeply internalize it and make it a part of everyday life. These mentally catchy images can motivate us to practice, show us how and where to bring mindfulness to life in our personal experience, and help us employ powerful methods for transformation.

Insight In To Emptiness - A former abbot of one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world, Khensur Jampa Tegchok has been teaching Westerners about Buddhism since the 1970s. With a deep respect for the intellectual capacity of his students, Khensur Tegchok here unpacks with great erudition Buddhism’s animating philosophical principle—the emptiness of all appearances. Engagingly edited by bestselling author Thubten Chodron, emptiness is here approached from a host of angles far beyond most treatments of the subject, while never sacrificing its conversational approach.

The Visuddhimagga is the most important non-canonical work of Theravada Buddhism. ...

සප්ත විශුද්ධි නිර්දේශය - සප්ත විසුද්ධ ධර්මය පිළිබඳව ග්‍රන්ථයෙන් ප්‍රකාශිතයි.විසුද්ධි මාර්ගය අභිධර්මර්ථ සංග්‍රහ තද්ව්‍යඛ්‍යා' විභාවිණි ටීකාදිය ඇසුරු කෙරෙමින් සම්පාදනය කර ඇත.

විමුක්ති මාර්ගය - මිහිඳු මහා රහතන් වහන්සේගේ ශිෂ්‍ය මහාරිට්ඨා මහරහතන් වහන්සේ විසින් රචනා කරනලද ග්‍රන්ථයකි. හෙළ මහ අදුරු බුදුගොස් හිමියන් විසින් විරචිත විශුද්ධි මාර්ගයට පාදක වූ අත්පොතද මෙය වෙයි. සිංහලට පරිවර්තනය කරන ලද මෙය අධ්‍යාත්මීය දියුණුවට පිළිපන් සත්පුරුෂයින් පරිශීලනය කළයුත්තකි.

මහා මුද්‍රා භාවනා - "ටිබැට් භාවනා ක්‍රම අතර උසස් ම භාවනා ව ලෙස දැක්වෙන 'මහා මුද්‍රා භාවනාව' සාර්ථකව කිරීමෙන් ඇතිවන ප්‍රතිඵලය ලෙස දක්වා ඇත්තේ මේ ජීවිතයේ දී ම ධර්‍ම ප්‍රත්‍යක්ෂය ලැබීම ය. සුවාසූ (84) සිද්ධවරයන් පිිළිබඳ ටිබැට් කථා සංග්‍රහයේ දැක්වෙන්නේ ද මහා මුද්‍රාව ගුරුවරයෙකුගෙන් ශිෂ්‍යයාට සම්ප්‍රේෂණය වීමෙන් මේ ජීවිතයේ දී ම සිද්ධ හා මහා සිද්ධ බවට පත් වූ සමාජයේ විවිධ මට්ටම්වල සිටි යෝගීන් පිළිබඳව ය."

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

විස්ථරාර්ථ සන්න සහිත විශුද්ධි මාර්‍ගය - පාලි පෙළ සිංහල තේරුම - විස්තර වර්ණනා සහිතව, අට්ඨකථාචාර්ය බුද්ධඝෝෂ හිමියන්ගේ විශුද්ධි මාර්ගය පරිච්ඡේද 23 කින් යුක්තයහ. මෙම සම්පුර්ණ විශුද්ධි  මාර්ගය පුස්තකාලයට ආභරණයකි. බෞද්ධයන් ට දායාදයකි..