Boundless Healing: Meditation Exercises to Enlighten the Mind and Heal the Body [Paperback]

Tulku Thondup (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 16, 2001

This book offers simple meditation techniques to awaken healing energies in the body and mind. Using Buddhist principles as a basis, Tulku Thondup has created a universal guide that anyone can use. It will benefit those who want to preserve good health as well as those who need comfort and relief from illness or mental distress. Boundless Healing offers:

   •  Ways to employ the four healing powers: positive images, positive words, positive feelings, and positive belief
   •  Detailed healing exercises that can be done individually or as part of a twelve-stage program
   •  Exercises for dispelling anxiety
   •  Healing prayers for the dying and the deceased, plus advice for helpers and survivors


These meditations draw on our innate capacity for imagination and memory, our natural enjoyment of beauty, and our deep-seated longing for a state of quiet calm. For all those who wish to become healthier, happier, and more peaceful in everyday life.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Esteemed author and teacher Tulka Thondup offers this convincing guidebook on healing the mind, body, and spirit through meditation. Although Thondup relies on the principles of Buddhism to explain the intimate connection between the mind and body, readers won't feel pressured to become budding Buddhists in order to learn these meditation techniques. In fact, what makes Boundless Healing so effective is Thondup's very detailed and nondogmatic style of teaching meditations. For example, when speaking to a meditation for healing sick cells, he stays focused on the physical and mental sensations, rather than flittering into ungrounded spiritual metaphors: "As your breath is moving through your body, think and feel that all the cells of your body are also breathing. All the trillions of cells of light and blissful heat are breathing from the top of your head to the soles of your feet."

Devout Buddhists will find nourishing soul food in his one section devoted to specific Buddhist healing meditations. As for everyone else, Thondup has written an accessible, information-packed book that covers it all--from "Avoiding Expectations" to "Creating a Healing Aura While Sleeping" to "Meditations for the Dead or Dying" to "How Helpers and Survivors Should Behave." Regardless of the disease, discomfort, or desire, Thondup has a meditation up his sleeve, making this one of the most practical handbooks on healing meditations available. --Gail Hudson --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Review

"Doctors and patients alike can use this book to promote health and healing."—Andrew Weil, M.D.



"A wonderful adaptation of ancient Buddhist meditation practices for modern life."—Herbert Benson, M.D., Mind/Body Medical Institute Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and author of The Relaxation Response and Timeless Healing



"In this priceless book, Tulku Thondup offers us a complete handbook of healing from the heart of the Buddhist tradition of Tibet. These are powerful, authentic and yet simple meditations to bring health to body and mind, heart and spirit. But most precious of all, Tulku Thondup shows that not only are well-being and happiness within our reach, but our whole life can be lived as a journey of peace and joy."—Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

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Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Shambhala (October 16, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570628785
• ISBN-13: 978-1570628788
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #487,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Boundless compassion: a gift from Tulku Thondup, November 21, 2000

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This review is from: Boundless Healing: Mediation Exercises to Enlighten the Mind and Heal the Body (Buddhayana Foundation Series) (Hardcover)

Tulku Thondup captures the essence of compassion and healing in what can only be described as a subtle and outstanding book. The exercises in this book help calm both physical and emotional needs. In fact, these meditations are helpful to anyone who wants to increase their peace of mind and sense of personal well-being.

Although rooted in Buddhism, this book will appeal to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. Whoever you are, whatever problems you may face, Tulku Thondup simply wants you feel better...

29 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars Not Enough, October 26, 2000

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This review is from: Boundless Healing: Mediation Exercises to Enlighten the Mind and Heal the Body (Buddhayana Foundation Series) (Hardcover)

There are not words to describe how wonderful this books is. It can help you heal the pain in your life. Just keep an open mind.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Profound and exquisite, April 18, 2011

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This review is from: Boundless Healing: Meditation Exercises to Enlighten the Mind and Heal the Body (Paperback)

I have read this book over and over and over again. And like the mystical works described by Borges; it seems to recreate itself anew, each time I open it. There is such a vast array of tremendously valuable exercises and wisdom herein; both in expanse and in depth. I have such tremendous gratitude in my heart for Tulku Thondup in that he took time to write such a detailed treatise on healing that is resonant with compassion, practical in its suggestions/exercises, and beautifully written -- with striking imagery and the perfect balance of theoretical knowledge to illustrative anecdotes. This is a book I hope to keep near for a very long time to come, and to exult in the warm embrace of its healing splendor, rays of encouragement and sage counsel. Moved by such a fine hand and rooted knowing, this book is a tremendous support and reference; the abundance of information and the clarity of its personal expression create a golden alchemy of healing mind, body, soul and heart. I love this book.