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Title: Boundless Heart: The Four Immeasurables by B. Alan Wallace, Zara Houshmand ISBN: 1-55939-119-7 Publisher: Snow Lion Pubns Pub. Date: August, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful book on Shamatha
Comment: This book (says the introduction) was distilled from a series of talks Wallace gave as he led a retreat on Shamatha (a.k.a shi nay -- "calm abiding meditation") up in the Sierras, and it retains an informal, practical, nuts-and-bolts atmosphere. This isn't for people who want to speculate or theorize about the Dharma: it's for people who want to practice. I've been meditating for many years, but this is the first and still the only book I've actually used as part of my practice -- often before sitting down on the cushion I'll read a few pages of it, to remind myself of what I'm doing and why.
There's lots of useful advice here. Wallace talks about the art of practicing Shamatha as a sort of tuning the intensity of awareness-- too little intensity and you tend to sink into torpor, too much and you tend to follow distractions. He warns against practicing with too much grim determination, which can squeeze the joy out of it and make one sick of meditation. On down to the simple suggestion that if you're too sleepy during practice you should probably get more sleep.
Wallace is a distinguished scholar. He was for many years a monk in the Tibetan tradition, and he speaks from a deep reservoir of experience and teaching. But he's also a Westerner and (now) a householder, so that he understands the tribulations, and unexpected benefits, of practicing in this world of busy distractions and pressing duties. This book radiates a gentle kindliness and simplicity of heart. For me it's an endless source of comfort and inspiration to practice.
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Title: Buddhism With an Attitude: The Tibetan Seven-Point Mind-Training by B. Alan Wallace ISBN: 1559392002 Publisher: Snow Lion Pubns Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Bridge of Quiescence: Experiencing Tibetan Buddhist Meditation by B. Alan Wallace, Tson-Kha-Pa Blo-Bzan-Grags-Pa Byan Chub Lam Gyi Rim Pa Chun Ba ISBN: 0812693612 Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground Up: A Practical Approach for Modern Life by B. Alan Wallace, Steven Wilhelm ISBN: 0861710754 Publisher: Wisdom Publications Pub. Date: October, 1993 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Choosing Reality: A Buddhist View of Physics and the Mind by B. Alan Wallace ISBN: 1559391995 Publisher: Snow Lion Pubns Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Buddhism and Science by B. Alan Wallace ISBN: 0231123353 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.50 |
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