禅修与观修指南 (Mandarin)


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We apologize because this summary of the Chinese book is in English. Soon we have this fixed but the book can be downloaded and it is all in Mandarin.

Thrangu Rinpoche has spent the last 40 years teaching meditation and other Buddhist topics to both Western and Asian students. The process of developing good meditation begins with Shamatha meditation which is to settle the mind and to gradually train it it so that we can rest without becoming overly distracted by thoughts and emotions.

The second step to developing good meditation is Vipashyana which is to learn how to look directly at the mind and see its true nature. When we are able to do this, we can begin to reduce our disturbing emotions and thoughts and anxieties.

Both of these meditations can be done anywhere  without any special settings, implements, or empowerments. Shamatha and Vipasyana can be practiced in sitting meditation and also in the daily activities such as working, commuting, eating, explaining things. In other words, the meditation explained by Rinpoche is very useful to the modern practitioner who is very busy with family and work. 

In this book Rinpoche explains meditation in a simple, non-technical language based on a tradition that is over 1,000-year-old and has produced many enlightened individuals.

Another book on this topic is Tranquility and Insight, a 170 page book by Thrangu Rinpoche available on this website that gives extensive descriptions of Shamatha and Vipashyana. This book also includes a discussion of the purpose of these meditations, their different levels of practice, the obstacles and antidotes to these obstacles that can arise, and the accomplishments that can come out of of each practice. As a result this book is a careful study of the mind from the point of view of actual meditation practice.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 18 January, 2025.