How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind [Paperback]

When something is bothering youa person is bugging you, a situation is irritating you, or physical pain is troubling youyou must work with your mind, and that is done through meditation. Working with our mind is the only means through which well actually begin to feel happy and contented with the world that we live in.Pema Ch?dr?n

Pema Ch?dr?n is treasured around the world for her unique ability to transmit teachings and practices that bring peace, understanding, and compassion into our lives. WithHow to Meditate, the American-born Tibetan Buddhist nun presents her first book exploring in depth what she considers the essentials for a lifelong practice.

More and more people are beginning to recognize a profound inner longing for authenticity, connection, and aliveness. Meditation, Pema explains, gives us a golden key to address this yearning. This step-by-step guide shows readers how to honestly meet and openly relate with the mind, embrace the fullness of our experience, and live in a wholehearted way as we discover:

The basics of meditation, from getting settled and the six points of posture to working with your breath and cultivating an attitude of unconditional friendliness
The Seven Delightshow moments of difficulty can become doorways to awakening and love
Shamatha(or calm abiding), the art of stabilizing the mind to remain present with whatever arises
Thoughts and emotions as sheer delightinstead of obstaclesin meditation

I think ultimately why we practice is so that we can become completely loving people, and this is what the world needs, writes Pema Ch?dr?n.How to Meditateis an essential book from this wise teacher to assist each one of us in this virtuous goal.