Introduction to Buddhist Meditation

Shaw, Sarah:
Introduction to Buddhist meditation / Sarah Shaw with a chapter on Tibet by Georgios Halkias. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2009. - xvi, 296 S. : Ill.
ISBN 978-0-415-40899-8
£ 55,00 (Hardback)
ISBN 978-0-415-40900-1 / 0-415-40900-4
£ 14,99 (Paperback)

Beschreibung
Sarah Shaw's lively introduction to Buddhist meditation offers students and practitioners alike a deeper understanding of what meditation is, and its purpose and place in the context of different Buddhist schools. She describes the historical background to the geographical spread of Buddhism, and examines the way in which some meditative practices developed as this process occurred. Other chapters cover basic meditative practice, types of meditation, meditation in different regions, meditation and doctrine, and the role of chanting within meditation.
   Although not a practical guide, An Introduction to Buddhist Meditation outlines the procedures associated with Buddhist practices and suggests appropriate activities, useful both for students and interested Buddhists. Vivid quotations from Buddhist texts and carefully selected photographs and diagrams help the reader engage fully with this fascinating subject. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
List of figures
Key
Three Kinds of Buddhism
The Eightfold Path and Meditation. 1
Early Buddhist Guidance on Meditation. 18
Tracing Back Radiance: Some features of the early Buddhist understanding of the mind. 41
Buddhaghosa and the forty objects of meditation. 67
Chanting, Paying Respects and Devotional Ritual. 92
Meditation and Southern Buddhism. 111
Developments in Early Indian Buddhism. 140
Buddhist Meditation Traditions in Tibet: The Union of the Three Vehicles, A Tibetan perspective. 159
Meditation in China. 187
Meditation in Korea and Vietnam. 217
Meditation in Japan. 232
Meditation Around the World. 257
Brief Glossary. 278
Numbers of Meditators in the World. 285
Postures of the Buddha. 287
Index. 288

Autorin
Sarah Shaw read Greek and English at Manchester University, where she took a doctorate in English. She studied Pali at Oxford, and is on the steering committee of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies. She is a mother, teacher and writer. She practises with the Samatha Association of Britain.

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