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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Daniel Goleman |
ISBN: | 0874774632 9780874774634 |
OCLC Number: | 16900758 |
Notes: | Updated ed. of: The varieties of the meditative experience. c1977. |
Description: | xxiv, 214 pages ; 21 cm |
Contents: | Part one: The Visuddhimaggi: a map for inner space: Preparation for meditation -- The path of concentration -- The path of insight -- Part two: Meditation paths: a survey: Hindu Bhakti -- Jewish Kabbalah -- Christian Hesychasm -- Sufism -- Transcendental meditation -- Patanjali's Ashtanga yoga -- Indian Tantra and Kundalini yoga -- Tibetan Buddhism -- Zen -- Gurdjieff's fourth way -- Krishnamurti's choiceless awareness -- Part three: Meditation paths: the essential unity: Preparation for meditation -- Attention -- Seeing what you believe -- Altered states in meditation -- Part four: The psychology of meditation: Abhidhamma: an Eastern psychology -- Psychology East and West -- Meditation: research and practical applications. |
Responsibility: | Daniel Goleman ; foreword by Ram Dass. |
Abstract:
Looks at Hindu, Jewish, Christian, Sufi, and Zen meditation, explains how to prepare the mind for meditation, and discusses the psychological aspects of altered mental states.
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