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Turning the Mind Into an Ally by Sakyong Mipham

Turning the Mind Into an Ally

By Sakyong Mipham

By Sakyong Mipham

By Sakyong Mipham

By Sakyong Mipham

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Category: Philosophy | Religion

Category: Philosophy | Religion

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    About Turning the Mind Into an Ally

    “In language totally fresh and jargon-free, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche distills the wisdom of many centuries. Simple as it is profound, his book bears reading many times.”—Peter Conradi, author of Iris Murdoch: A Life and Going Buddhist

    Strengthening, calming, and stabilizing the mind is the essential first step in accomplishing nearly any goal. Growing up American with a Tibetan twist, Sakyong Mipham talks to Westerners as no one can: in idiomatic English with stories and wisdom from American culture and the great Buddhist teachers. Turning the Mind Into an Ally makes it possible for anyone to achieve peace and clarity in their lives.

    About Turning the Mind Into an Ally

    “In language totally fresh and jargon-free, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche distills the wisdom of many centuries. Simple as it is profound, his book bears reading many times.”—Peter Conradi, author of Iris Murdoch: A Life and Going Buddhist

    Strengthening, calming, and stabilizing the mind is the essential first step in accomplishing nearly any goal. Growing up American with a Tibetan twist, Sakyong Mipham talks to Westerners as no one can: in idiomatic English with stories and wisdom from American culture and the great Buddhist teachers. Turning the Mind Into an Ally makes it possible for anyone to achieve peace and clarity in their lives.

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    About Sakyong Mipham

    SAKYONG MIPHAM is the head of the Shambhala lineage, which is grounded in the power of creating enlightened society in everyday life. With a unique blend of Eastern and Western perspectives, he teaches this way of social transformation throughout the… More about Sakyong Mipham

    About Sakyong Mipham

    SAKYONG MIPHAM is the head of the Shambhala lineage, which is grounded in the power of creating enlightened society in everyday life. With a unique blend of Eastern and Western perspectives, he teaches this way of social transformation throughout the… More about Sakyong Mipham

    Product Details

    Category: Philosophy | Religion

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Riverhead Books
    Jan 06, 2004 | 256 Pages | 5-1/8 x 8 | ISBN 9781573223454

    Category: Philosophy | Religion

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Riverhead Books
    Jan 06, 2004 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9781101043257

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    Praise

    “In language totally fresh and jargon-free, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche distills the wisdom of many centuries. Simple as it is profound, his book bears reading many times.”&#151Peter Conradi, author of Iris Murdoch: A Life

    “With warmhearted clarity and wise simplicity, Sakyong Mipham offers some of the best advice you can find for establishing and sustaining a strong, dedicated, and genuinely transformative meditation experience.”&#151Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart

    “Like Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, this book addresses the complexities, obstacles, and joys of meditation with a simple and extraordinarly generous voice. It’s an amazing guidebook for a beginner, in the sense that one is always a beginner and that the journey never ends.”&#151Rudy Wurlitzer, author of Hard Travel to Sacred Places

    “One of the best of the Buddhism-for-Westerners genre.”&#151Publishers Weekly

    Awards

    Nautilus Award WINNER

    Table Of Contents

    Turning the Mind Into an AllyForeward by Pema Ch?dr?n
    Preface

    One: Why Meditate?
    1. The Rock and the Flower
    2. Bewilderment and Suffering
    3. Peaceful Abiding

    Two: The Art of Peacefully Abiding
    4. Taking Our Seat
    5. Mindfulness and Awareness
    6. How to Gather a Scattered Mind
    7. The Virtues of Boredom
    8. Laziness
    9. Forgetting the Instructions
    10. Not Too Tight, Not Too Loose
    11. Nine Stages of Training the Mind

    Three: Turning the Mind Into An Alley
    12. Turning the Mind
    13. The Joy of Being Human
    14. The Unchanging Truth of Change
    15. First We Got Old
    16. And Then We Die
    17. Samsara and Karma
    18. Jumping into the Heart of the Buddha

    Four: Warrior in the World
    19. Rousing Motivation
    20. Wisdom and Emptiness
    21. Warrior in the World

    Appendixes
    A. Preparing to Practice
    B. The Posture of Meditation
    C. Instructions for Contempletive Meditation

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