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Pointing Out the Great Way : The Stages of Meditation in the Mahamudra Tradition by Daniel P. Brown (2006, Perfect)
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PublisherWisdom Publications
ISBN-100861713044
ISBN-139780861713042
eBay Product ID (ePID)2709482
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Book TitlePointing Out the Great Way : the Stages of Meditation in the Mahamudra Tradition
Number of Pages608 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMindfulness & Meditation, Buddhism / Tibetan, Buddhism / Rituals & Practice
Publication Year2006
GenreReligion, Body, Mind & Spirit
AuthorDaniel P. Brown
FormatPerfect
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Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight26.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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LCCN2006-020146
Reviews Pointing Out the Great Way weaves together insights from a variety of Buddhist root texts, practice manuals, and commentaries, into a step-by-step 'gradual path' description of the methods of Mahamudra practice, descriptions of the various stages of practice and associated experiences, as well as common obstacles and their antidotes. The text is dense but surprisingly readable and contains a helpful introduction, elaborate footnotes, and an extensive glossary and index., I rejoice and congratulate [Dan Brown] for this grand achievement, and I rejoice and congratulate the readers, who will find by working through and living with this monumental book, a real pointing out of the gentle, 'great embrace' that this beautiful reality holds them in right now, whatever else they think might be going on., A clinical psychotherapist and meditation instructor, Daniel Brown has spent more than thirty years studying and translating the vast Tibetan literature on the Mahamudra system of meditation. In Pointing Out the Great Way , he expertly guides the reader through each stage of the path in plain English, referencing the classic sources on Mahamudra sparingly and in a manner that supports his presentation without confusing it. The resulting manual is a valuable synthesis of more than a thousand years of meditation instructions filtered through the author's understanding of Tibetan and Western ways of describing the mind.
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal294.3/4435
Edition DescriptionAnnotated edition
SynopsisMany books have been published in recent years on the topic of mahamudra, or meditation on the fundamentally clear nature of the mind. This book is different in the systematic way it draws from a variety of source texts in order to construct a complete, graded path of practice informed by an understanding of the particular obstacles faced by meditators in the West. Dan Brown is a clinical psychotherapist who has also spent much time evaluating the experiences of meditators on longterm retreats. He knows the Tibetan literature on mahamudra meditation and has over thirty years of both personal meditation experience and observation of the experiences of others. He co-wrote, with Ken Wilber and Jack Engler, the book Transformations in Consciousness , and he teaches an annual seminar on mahamudra meditation at the Esalen Institute. Pointing Out the Great Way is a spiritual manual that describes the Tibetan Buddhist meditation known as mahamudra from the perspective of the 'gradual path.' The gradual path is a progressive process of training that is often contrasted to sudden realization. As such, this book contains a step-by-step description of the ways to practice, precise descriptions of the various stages and their intended realizations, and the typical problems that arise along with their remedies. Simply put, mahamudra meditation involves penetrative focus, free of conceptual elaboration, upon the very nature of conscious awareness. A unique feature of this book is its integrative approach to the stages of mahamudra meditation. A number of works on Buddhist meditation stages in general and mahamudra meditation in particular are already available in English, yet none, single text or commentary on the stages of mahamudra meditation, captures the inner experience of these stages in sufficient detail to convey its richness. This book represents the needed alternative by integrating material from a variety of root texts, practical manuals, and commentaries. Another unique feature of this book is its relational approach. It is intended as a return to the original teacher/student style of teaching meditation, which may be better suited to Western culture than the monastic or retreat style of practice. The book distills and codifies the experiences of many great masters who have traversed the path of meditation to the point of perfect mastery., This spiritual manual describes mahamudra meditation from the perspective of the "gradual path," a progressive process of training that is often contrasted to sudden realization. The book contains a step-by-step description of the ways to practice, precise descriptions of the various stages and their intended realizations, and the typical problems that arise along with their remedies. Drawn from a variety of sources, Pointing Out the Great Way distills the experiences of many great masters who have traversed the path of meditation to the point of perfect mastery., This spiritual manual describes mahamudra meditation from the perspective of the "gradual path, " a progressive process of training that is often contrasted to sudden realization. The book contains a step-by-step description of the ways to practice, precise descriptions of the various stages and their intended realizations, and the typical problems that arise along with their remedies. Drawn from a variety of sources, "Pointing Out the Great Way" distills the experiences of many great masters who have traversed the path of meditation to the point of perfect mastery.
LC Classification NumberBQ7699.M34B76 2006
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- 19 Feb, 2016
Excellent summary of a complicated process.
What happens when a psychologist examines a self-help program and simplifies the instructions written in a foreign language? In a way, that is what Dr. Dan Brown has done. Aside from being a psychologist, he also has (at least) a familiarity with the Tibetan Language, and can read and interpret the complicated instructions for the Mahamudra process. I'm being more than a little flippant, because the Mahamudra teachings are so much more than that - but this is one of the few times the instructions have been made so clear (to me). As a long-time practitioner of path indicated in these teachings, reading this book was the first time that many of my teacher's instructions made sense to me. "So that's what he's pointing me towards!". It's not like Trungpa Rinpoche's enlightened perspective, it's more like an instruction manual with step-by-step directions. For anyone involved in this particular version of the Buddhist path, it's both interesting and chock-full of great details that are hard to find, otherwise. It's the most concise English-language synthesis of several abstruse (and largely unavailable) Tibetan instruction manuals of the Mahamudra teachings.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
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