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Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation [Paperback]

Larry Rosenberg
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Book Description

November 9, 2004
Freedom from suffering is not only possible, but the means for achieving it are immediately within our grasp—literally as close to us as our own breath. This is the 2,500-year-old good news contained in the Anapanasati Sutra , the Buddha's teaching on cultivating both tranquility and deep insight through full awareness of breathing. In this book, Larry Rosenberg brings this timeless meditation method to life. Using the insights gained from his many years of practice and teaching, he makes insight meditation practice accessible to modern practitioners.

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In any meditation class, one of the first things one learns is the importance of breathing. For Larry Rosenberg, a seasoned instructor of insight meditation, the breath is everything. And he's not in bad company since the Buddha himself delivered a sutra on the subject. Rosenberg's Breath by Breath is an elaboration on this short classic but couched in familiar language, liberally spiced with anecdotes from Rosenberg's decades of practice and teaching. It's Rosenberg's earthy humor and patient instruction that make him such a popular teacher and that make Breath by Breath a rewarding read. He takes the beginning student from the wandering "doggy mind" to becoming a chicken, along the way getting a teacher's bite and sitting like a frog. For the hurried and harried, he includes a nutshell, two-step version of the sutra's 16-step practice (appended in the full text of the sutra). More of a coach than a disciplinarian, Rosenberg takes a see-what-happens attitude. "You don't make liberation happen," he says. "To contemplate breathing is to contemplate life itself." --Brian Bruya --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Rosenberg, a teacher at the Insight Meditattion Center in Cambridge, MA, provides a clear description of meditative practice. The technique is based on the Anapanasati Sutra, the Buddha's own instructions to meditators.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Shambhala; First Edition edition (November 9, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1590301366
  • ISBN-13: 978-1590301364
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.7 x 8.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,932 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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45 of 47 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Witty and Interesting Meditation Guide March 8, 2001
Format:Paperback
I picked up this book after a professor read excerpts from it out loud in a class. I was taken with the author's wit and writing skill. This is an absolutely essential guide to meditation, great for beginners, advanced students, and folks like me who are just interested. Very clear, entertaining, lots of antecdotes. Not a dry tome by any means, but not a frivelous book either. It does get to be a bit repetitive at times, but otherwise, well done!
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62 of 67 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent... highly motivating... very promising April 6, 1999
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Format:Hardcover
I am one of those people who wish it was easier to sit for an hour a day. I am one of those who is struggling to motivate myself to pursue what I have come to believe is an essential part of my life. This book is one that constantly makes my efforts and my struggles easier and keeps me motivated. I just wish I could do justice to this author's efforts in sharing what he has had the good furtune to have gained. I have given my copy of this book away on a few occasions just to replace it with yet another copy soon after. If you are a meditation enthusiast, make sure this book is on your bookshelf, if not right next to you, always.
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39 of 41 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding... really modivated me to sit. March 31, 1999
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
I loved that the book is really written from a Western perspective. Allows the reluctant mediator (like me) to approach the topic from many different angles. This book helped moditvate me to meditate more regularly. Explains the paradox of meditation (i.e. the goal is to give up the goal) better than any book I've ever read.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best book on meditation for beginner
This is one of the best book on meditation for beginner. And the other great one is "Mindfulness in plain English". I give it 5 stars.
Published 14 days ago by ThachLaiThieu
5.0 out of 5 stars Most Thoughtful and Deep Exploration of Insight Meditation I've Read
Rosenberg's Breath by Breath: Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation is undoubtably one of the most in-depth explorations of Insight Meditation I've read yet. Read more
Published 1 month ago by John Robnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Best for Meditation
I am a Buddhist monk. I teach meditation classes. This has become my 2nd most important book. Along with the Art of Happiness by HHDL, these two books offer new and old students... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Alan L. Muller
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book.
I love the book. It is very well written and it was very easy to place the order and download the Kindle program. Thank you for the great service.
Published 4 months ago by Ozmo Piedmont
5.0 out of 5 stars Gift
The recipient is into meditation and considers this author one of the best and highly respected. It arrived promptly. Thanks
Published 4 months ago by Darlene G. Breen
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply put, the best of the best
This is the best meditation handbook I have ever read and practiced, and I have read lots of them for a period of over 35 years. Larry Rosenberg writes of what he really knows.
Published 5 months ago by Luis Pizarro Solano
5.0 out of 5 stars From breath to freedom
I highly recommend this book for beginning and experienced meditators.
Rosenberg refers to Buddhists principles throughout, but the basic
teaching is secular. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jack L.
5.0 out of 5 stars A classic
I have had a meditation practice for years. This book is a wonder as it gives practical instruction and spiritual guidance. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Grand Dude
5.0 out of 5 stars Pragmatic
I have read many books on the topic of mindfulness meditation, and have to say this was one of the best. Read more
Published 9 months ago by ks6079
5.0 out of 5 stars Made my "Books That Might Change Your Life" list
Meditation anytime, anywhere, for anyone. Does the word "meditation" conjure images of bald (or dreadlocked) dudes in robes sitting in a remote mountain temple, pondering wisely? Read more
Published 10 months ago by M. Chang
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