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How to Practice Shamatha Meditation: The Cultivation of Meditative Quiescence Paperback – October 16, 2011

by Gen Lamrimpa (Author), B. Alan Wallace (Translator)

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In 1988, Gen Lamrimpa, a Tibetan monk, led a one-year retreat in the Pacific Northwest, during which a group of Western meditators devoted themselves to the practice of meditative quiescence (shamatha). This book is a record of the oral teachings he gave to this group at the outset of the retreat. The teachings are brought to life by Gen Lamrimpa's warmth, humor, and extensive personal experience as a contemplative recluse. An invaluable practical guide for those seeking to develop greater attentional stability and clarity, this work will be of considerable interest to meditators, psychologists, and all others who are concerned with the potentials of the human mind.

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"It is Gen Lamrimpa's familiarity with meditation on a deep experiential level that makes his teachings so valuable and this a book to be recommended."—Tibetan Review

"How to Practice Shamatha Meditation provides very practical and experientially grounded teachings."—Tibet Journal

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Gen Lamrimpa, born in Tibet in 1934, spent most of his life in meditative retreat in Dharamsala, India. He is the author of Calming the Mind, one of the clearest books in English on shamatha meditation.

Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Snow Lion; Third Edition edition (October 16, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 155939384X
ISBN-13: 978-1559393843
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,048,632 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1110 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Philosophy > Eastern > Buddhism > Rituals & Practice
- #1303 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Philosophy > Eastern > Buddhism > Tibetan
- #1648 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Worship & Devotion > Meditations

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Steve Spaziani

This is a very good book on shamatha

October 30, 2014

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This is a very good book on shamatha. Lacking only in detail only what one may experience as obstacles. It may be that there are so many that the author felt it would have been impossible to express them. Or that a person might otherwise experience them because he believes he should. And that maybe it is best to discover and resolve many hardships and obstacles as they come up.

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Ulf Wolf

Very Informative

April 6, 2015

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I am a practicing Theravada Buddhist whose main meditative practice consists of Ānāpānasati (Awareness of the Breath), but I have for some time been fascinated by B. Alan Wallace’s writings and translations, and this book proves no exception.

Gen Lamrimpa, a highly experience Tibetan monk, does an admirable job outlining the Samādhi path up to, though not including, the First Jhāna (which, for me, is the best way to describe the Tibetan Shamatha goal and practice).

Much like Wallace himself does in “The Four Immeasurables” and in other books, Lamrimpa both the prerequisites to, problems encountered in, and the way to advance through the nine stages of meditative states leading to Shamatha—Jhāna’s doorstep.

Read and understood in consort with Ānāpānasati guides and discussions, Lamrimpa’s lucid and time-honored advice would serve any serious meditator very well.

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Cuna

Just what I needed...

June 22, 2014

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As I was doing an afford to practise Shamata meditation regularly, the book is just something I needed at the moment. I have a huge respect for the late master Gen Larimpa what also played a part.

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Velveteen Elvine

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Wonderful book

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Greate book

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Josep Oriol

A How-to on meditation not so for beginners

March 16, 2012

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Great book for those wanting to improve its meditative practices! This is a transcription of Gen Lamrimpa teachings, so you take for granted that those are the words of a true master. And you know it as you read.
In fact, these words are for a deep study. You can't read it and say "I know shamatha", in fact you will read it and as long as you keep practicing you'll need to come back to the book in order to move on. Some kind of a how-to not for beginners. You need a basic buddhist background.

This is a buddhist meditation book not for beginners in buddhism as it keeps on without explaining some buddhist terms and for the newbies it can be confusing.

Anyway, great book! I'm truly happy to read it as it allowed me to move way further from where I stood :)

For those beginning shamatha meditation I truly recommend another Alan Wallace book which is great and step-by-step well-explained process of deepening The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind and for those with a background I recommend this book as a trustworthy support for establishing the right shamatha.

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