Quiet Mind: A Beginner's Guide to Meditation

This unique book-and-audio program brings together some of the country's most beloved meditation teachers. Each contributor presents a short written teaching along with an audio recording of a guided practice. Quiet Mind features:    • Sakyong Mipham on shamatha, the practice of tranquillity    • Larry Rosenberg on vipassana, the practice of clear seeing    • Edward Espe Brown on zazen, the practice of freedom    • Sharon Salzberg on metta, the practice of lovingkindness   • Judith Lief on tonglen, the practice of transformation    • Tulku Thondup on healing the body and mind through meditation    • Yoga teacher Richard Faulds on the link between yoga and meditation Includes a 78-minute CD. Graham Christian - Library Journal Piver (The Hard Questions) brings together the collective insight of six noted teachers of meditation in the Buddhist tradition, including Sakyong Mipham on tranquility, Larry Rosenberg on vipassana, and Sharon Salzberg on loving-kindness. For all the variety and richness of experience these teachers offer, there is a remarkable unity in the simplicity and focus of their brief essays. Both Buddhists and non-Buddhists will find this introduction brief and clear. For most collections. (Accompanying CD not heard.)