Balancing the Mind: A Tibetan Buddhist Approach to Refining Attention
by B. Alan Wallace
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Author: B. Alan WallaceEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-06-25
ISBN: 1559392304
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications
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Book Review: A first-rate book
Summary: 5 Stars
Yes, the reviewer calling this "a misleading title" is right. It was originally published under the title, The Bridge of Quiescence: Experiencing Tibetan Buddhist Meditation, by Open Court Publishing Company in 1998. But the rave review blurbs on the back cover are right; it is a first-rate treatise on the science of meditation. It includes a careful translation of the meditative quiescence section of one of the last works written by one of the greatest meditation masters of all time, Tsongkhapa. This has been used successfully in Tibet for nearly six centuries by countless skilled meditators who leave us Westerners behind in the dust. That is a major reason why it seems so difficult to us. We are, by comparison, rank beginners in meditation. No wonder we prefer simpler presentations. But this one sets out in detail what can be and has been achieved in meditation, showing us where we need to go, and how to get there. Can we realistically expect it to be easy?
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B.Alan Wallace, widely recognized as of the clearest facilitators of the dialogue between science and Buddhism explains the methods and exoeriences fo those Tibetan practitioners and compares these with investigations of consciousness by Western scientists.General Books
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