"A valuable work as both a practice guide and a reference manual."---Guy Armstrong, insight meditation teacher --Book Jacket.
Shaila Catherine Libri
Shaila Catherine è un'insegnante di meditazione profondamente esperta la cui pratica si estende per decenni e comprende una profonda comprensione dei cammini contemplativi. I suoi insegnamenti enfatizzano la coltivazione della concentrazione e dell'intuizione, con un focus specifico sull'esplorazione di stati di profonda calma e sullo sviluppo della gentilezza amorevole (metta). Catherine ha dedicato anni a intensi ritiri silenziosi e ha studiato con maestri in India, Nepal e Thailandia, acquisendo intuizioni che ora condivide a livello globale. Il suo approccio si basa su un'ampia pratica personale, offrendo una ricca risorsa per coloro che cercano lo sviluppo interiore.
Focused and Fearless
- 275pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
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.
Introduction: Lost in Thought -- 1. Knowing Your Own Mind: Many Kinds of Thoughts -- 2. Thoughts That Help and Thoughts That Hurt: What Intentions Do You Nurture? -- 3. Antidotes and Alternatives: Strategy #1: Replace Unwholesome Thoughts with Wholesome Thoughts -- 4. Weighing the Costs: Strategy #2: Examine the Dangers of Distracting Thoughts -- 5. Withdrawing the Fuel: Strategy #3: Avoid It, Ignore It, Forget It -- 6. Unravelling the Causes: Strategy #4: Investigate the Causes of Distraction -- 7. Saying No and Meaning It!: Strategy #5: Apply Determination and Resolve -- 8. Applying the Five Strategies: A Complete Training Sequence -- 9. Mastering Your Mind: Moving Toward Liberation -- Appendix 1: Dvedhāvitakka Sutta: Two Kinds of Thought --Appendix 2: Vitakkasaṇṭhāna Sutta: The Removal of Distracting Thoughts -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Exercises -- General Index -- About the Author.
The Jhanas is about much more than mere meditation or concentration. It offers a complete path toward bliss, fearlessness, and true awakening.With this accessible 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, The Jhanas 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. Previously published as Focused and Fearless , this new edition clarifies crucial points and offers twenty-one additional exercises, making this a great book for both those new to jhana practice and those looking to deepen their practice.