Joyful Mind: A Practical Guide To Buddhist Meditation [Hardcover]

Susan Piver (Compiler, Producer)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2002

In Joyful Mind, a variety of Buddhist meditation styles are presented, each by a respected teacher. The practices they offer are grounded in traditions that are thousands of years old. If you were to visit monasteries in India, Tibet, Japan, or Burma, these are the teachings you would receive. As a bonus, we've also included yoga instruction to prepare the body for sitting.

In addition to the written teachings, Joyful Mind offers the opportunity to actually sample the practices directly. On the first compact disc in this book, each teacher guides you through the practice they've written about. The second is a music-only disc featuring contemplative flute music perfect for relaxation and contemplation.

May these practices be of benefit.

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Joyful Mind
A Practical Guide to Buddhist Meditation

In Joyful Mind, a variety of Buddhist meditation styles are presented, each by a respected teacher. The practices they offer are grounded in traditions that are thousands of years old. If you were to visit monasteries in India, Tibet, Japan, or Burma, these are the teachings you would receive. As a bonus, we've also included yoga instruction to prepare the body for sitting.

In addition to the written teachings, Joyful Mind offers the opportunity to actually sample the practices directly. On the first compact disc in this book, each teacher guides you through the practice they've written about. The second is a music-only disc featuring contemplative flute music perfect for relaxation and contemplation.

May these practices be of benefit.

Susan Piver is the founder and creative director of Padma Projects, a media company creating products that support an awakened life. She has worked with authors Andrew Weil, Thomas Moore, and others, and has created projects about yoga, prayer, compassion, and wellness.

From the Back Cover

joyful mind

Shamatha: the practice of tranquillity -- by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

Vipassana: the practice of clear seeing -- by Larry Rosenberg

Zazen: the practice of freedom -- by Edward Espe Brown

Metta: the practice of compassion -- by Sharon Salzberg

Tonglen: the practice of transformation -- by Acharya Judith Lief

Healing Meditation: the practice of joy -- by Tulku Thondup

Om Yoga Poses -- by Cyndi Lee

Luminous Ragas -- by Steve Gorn

Includes one instructional CD and one music-only CD.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books (June 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579546080
• ISBN-13: 978-1579546083
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #545,843 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Susan Piver is the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including The Hard Questions: 100 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Say "I Do" and the award-winning How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life, chosen as best spiritual book of 2007 by Books for a Better Life.

Piver teaches internationally on love, creativity, meditation, and spirituality for actual humans with relationships, jobs, deep yearnings, depressions, triumphs, bad hair days, and a multitude of ridiculously petty grievances. She teaches from personal experience.

Piver has been a practicing Buddhist since 1995 and graduated from a Buddhist seminary in 2004.

Her new book is The Wisdom of a Broken Heart: An Uncommon Guide to Healing, Insight, and Love, published by Simon and Schuster in January 2010.

Piver has written for Body and Soul, SELF, Oprah magazine, Buddhadharma, and the Shambhala Sun and is regularly featured in the media, including appearances on Oprah, Today, The Tyra Banks show, CNN, and in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Money, and others.

For more information, visit susanpiver.com.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Gift, October 28, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Joyful Mind: A Practical Guide To Buddhist Meditation (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful gift to share with a new meditator. Beautifully produced. It includes two CD's. The perfect spiritual stocking stuffer. The pieces in the book are first rate and so to-the-point. Thanks for this treasure.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two music CDS enhance the quite pleasant experience, October 5, 2002

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Compiled and edited by Susan Piver (Founder and Creative Director of Padma Projects, a media company creating products in support of an awakened life), Joyful Mind: A Practical Guide To Buddhist Meditation combines soothing, easy-to-understand, practical instructions with illustrative color photographs, and two music CDS to enhance the quite pleasant experience of learning to practice Buddhist meditation. Simple exercises, mental disciplines, and natural wisdom fill this inviting spiritual practices guide which is especially recommended for those new to Buddhist meditation and studies.