
Come and Sit
A Week Inside Meditation Centers
Marcia Z. Nelson(Author)
SkyLight Paths Publishing,US
Published on 23. October 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-893361-35-5 (ISBN)
Description
Today's would-be student of meditation is confronted with such a wealth of available traditions from which to learn - Buddhist Hindu Christian Jewish Sufi - that it can make the prospect intimidating. Where should I start? Which one should I try? COME AND SIT is the perfect companion. Meditator and journalist Marcia Nelson takes the reader on visits to meditation centres of seven different traditions representing the options that can be found in many cities. She shows what a typical visit to each is like and talks to the people who go there to discover how they got started why they keep going and what benefits they are deriving from the practice. From Christian centring prayer to Islamic dhiker (chanting the names of God) to Zen Buddhist zazen (formal silent meditation) this book demystifies both the practices and the places people go to do them. Includes a glossary of terms a list of further resources for in-depth exploration of each tradition and a directory of centres.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Woodstock
United States
Publishing group
Jewish Lights Publishing
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
1 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-893361-35-5 (9781893361355)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Centering prayer: resting in God's presence -- Zen Buddhist meditation: true emptiness -- Insight meditation: being mindful -- Tibetan Buddhist meditation: diamond clarity -- Hindu meditation: that thou art -- Sufi meditation: remembering the beloved -- Jewish meditation: awakening to tradition.