by Jack Kornfield · Viena · tapa dura · ISBN 9788483304068
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Meditation for Beginners is a guide to incorporating short meditation sessions into daily life. In this book, Jack Kornfield explains how, through breathing, physical sensations, and emotions, one can create serenity and focus awareness on the present moment. The book comes with a CD containing 6 guided meditations.
Jack Kornfield is an American psychologist, writer, and teacher in the Vipassana movement in American Theravada Buddhism. He trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Burma and India, first as a student of the Thai forest master Ajahn Chah and Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. He has taught mindfulness meditation worldwide since 1974. In 1975, he co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein, and subsequently in 1987, Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. Kornfield has worked as a peacemaker and activist, organized teacher training, and led international gatherings of Buddhist teachers including the Dalai Lama.
