Analayo Bhikkhu - Abiding In Emptiness A Guide For Meditative Practice - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: An incisive look into the early Buddhist teachings on emptiness and a manual for bringing those teachings into our everyday lives. Before the growth of the Mahayana and the Perfection of Wisdom the Buddha gave his own teachings to his attendant Ananda on the importance of emptiness (Pali sunnata Sanskrit sunyata) in formal meditation and everyday practice. In this volume renowned scholar - monk Bhikkhu Analayo explores these teachings and shows us how to integrate them into our lives. Bhikkhu Analayo draws from instructions found in the Greater and the Smaller Discourses on Emptiness (the Mahasunnatasutta and the Culasunnatasutta). In each chapter he provides a translation of a pertinent excerpt from the discourses follows this with clear and precise explanations of the text and concludes by offering instructions for practice. Step by step beginning with daily life and concluding with Nirvana Bhikkhu Analayo unpacks the Buddha's teachings on the foundational teaching of emptiness.
Title: Abiding In Emptiness A Guide For Meditative Practice
Author(s): Analayo Bhikkhu
Publisher: Wisdom Publications U. S.
Barcode: 9781614299172
Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Date: 3/12/2024
Category: Religion & Beliefs