Практика внимательности в повседневной жизни

Медитацию лучше всего осваивать под руководством учителя, такого, как Согьял Ринпоче, но если нет такой возможности, то очень рекомендую кассету Шинзен Янга «Пять классических медитаций» (Shinzen Young. Five Classic Meditations). Это один из лучших учителей медитации для западных учеников, какого я только знаю; кассета дает возможность направляемой медитации, так что вы можете начать практику. Это коммерчески распространяемая кассета; многие другие его лекции по медитации и направляемые медитации, а также информацию о его учении и расписание ретритов можно получить в Vipassana Support Institute, 4070 Albright Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90066.

В нижеследующий список литературы, ориентированной преимущественно на практическое овладение различного рода медитациями, включены также несколько книг более теоретического содержания, которые, впрочем, интересны и широко доступны. Я отметил звездочками книги, которые кажутся мне особенно полезными для обучения медитации.

** Benson, Herbert. The Relaxation Response. New York: Morrow, 1975.

Benson, Herbert. The Mind/Body Effect: How Behavioral Medicine Can Show You the Way to Better Health. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979.

Blofeld, John. The Tantric Mysticism of Tibet: A Practical Guide. New York: E.P.Dutton, 1970.

Bodian, Stephan, Jack Kornfield, Frances Vaughan, Swami Ajaya and Arthur Deikman. If the Buddha had been a shrink. Yoga Journal, no. 88 (September/October 1989), 42-55.

** Brunton, Paul. The Notebooks of Paul Brunton. Vol. 4, Part I: Meditation. Burdett, N.Y.: Larson Publications, 1987.

Carrington, Patricia. Freedom in Meditation. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor, 1977.

Chogyam, Nagpa. Journey into Vastness: A Handbook of Tibetan Meditation Techniques. Worcester: Element Books, 1988.

Deikman, Arthur J. 1963. Experimental meditation. Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases 136, 329-373. Reprinted in Charles T.Tart (ed.), Altered States of Consciousness. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990.

Deikman, Arthur J. 1966. Deautomatization and the mystic experience. Psychiatry 29, 324-338. Reprinted in Charles T.Tart (ed.), Altered States of Consciousness. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990.

** Dhiravamsa. The Way of Non-Attachment: The Practice of Insight Meditation. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Turnstone Press, 1984.

Emmons, M. L. The Inner Source: A Guide to Meditative Therapy. San Luis Obispo, Calif.: Impact Publishers, 1978.

Epstein, Mark. 1987. Did Freud unconsciously use meditation techniques? Common Ground 5 (no. 2): 7.

** Fontana, David. The Elements of Meditation. New York: Element, 1992.

** Fontana, David. The Meditator's Handbook. New York: Element, 1992.

** Goldstein, Joseph, and Jack Kornfield. Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1987.

** Goldstein, Joseph. The Experience of Insight: A Simple and Direct Guide to Buddhist Meditation. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1987.

** Goleman, Daniel. The Varieties of Meditative Experience. New York: Dutton, 1977.

** Goleman, Daniel. The Meditative Mind: The Varieties of Meditative Experience. Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1988.

Govinda, Anagarika. Creative Meditation and Multi-Dimensional Consciousness. Wheaton, Illinois: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1984.

Gyatso, Gesche Kelsang. Light of Bliss: Mahamudra in Vajrayana Buddhism. London: Wisdom Publications, 1982.

** Gyatso, Tenzin (the Dalai Lama). Kindness, Clarity and Insight. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1984.

Harding, Douglas E. On Having No Head: Zen and the Re-Discovery of the Obvious. London: Arkana Paperbacks, 1986.

Hendlin, Steven. The Discriminating Mind: A Guide to Deepening Insight and Clarifying Outlook. London: Unwin, 1989.

Hirai, Tomio. Zen and the Mind. Tokyo: Japan Publications, 1978.

Hopkins, Jeffrey. Compassion in Tibetan Buddhism. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1980.

Johansson, Rune. The Psychology of Nirvana. London: Alien & Unwin, 1969.

Johnson, Willard. Riding the Ox Home: A History of Meditation from Shamanism to Science. London: Rider & Company, 1982.

** Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Full Castrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness. New York: Delacorte, 1991.

Kornfield, Jack. Living Buddhist Masters. Santa Cruz, Calif.: Unity Press, 1977.

** Kornfield, Jack, and Paul Breiter. A Still Forest Pool: The Insight Meditation of Achaan Chah. Wheaton, Illinois: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1985.

** LeShan, Lawrence. How to Meditate. Boston: Little, Brown, 1974.

Levine, Stephen. Who Dies? An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying. Garden City, New York: Anchor Press/Double-day, 1982.

Lipman, Kennard, and Merrill Peterson. You Are the Eyes of the World: Longchempa. Novato, Calif.: Lotsawa, 1987.

Miller, O. A sharing of breaths: An Eastern approach to illness and dying. The Quest, Autumn 1991 65-69.

Mullin, Glen. Selected Works of the Dalai Lama III: Essence of Refined Gold. Ithica, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 1985.