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The Path Is The Goal

A Basic Handbook of Buddhist Meditation

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According to the Buddha, no one can attain basic sanity or enlightenment without practicing meditation. The teachings given here on the outlook and technique of meditation provide the foundation that every practitioner needs to awaken as the Buddha did. Trungpa teaches us to let go of the urge to make meditation serve our ambition; thus we can relax into openness. We are shown how the deliberate practice of mindfulness develops into contrived awareness, and we discover the world of insight that awareness reveals. We learn of a subtle psychological stage set that we carry with us everywhere and unwittingly use to structure all our experience - and we find that meditation gradually carries us beyond this and beyond ego altogether to the experience of unconditioned freedom.

©1995 Diana J. Mukpo (P)2014 Audible Inc. Buddhism Spirituality Meditation Mindfulness
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Trungpa books are always amazing. The reader is very good but the way he pronounces 'Trungpa' or 'Rinpoche' is too hard.

Great book

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not suited to my "reading" style, with exchanges of narrative between 70's American students and the author. But the message is in their and, I'm sure, clearer to some! enjoy

for me, a touch challenging to get into

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If by chance you’ve landed here, you’ll find Possibly one of the most demystified, down to earth basic meditation manuals you are likely to come across. Breathtakingly no nonsense instructions from a superlative, authentic teacher. Remarkably helpful, runs a risk of stimulating even the sharpest intellect and help both dull ones and bright to make progress on or to get off the path. Helped me stay on course and increase aspiration and practice. Excellent reading of the text too made this a must re-listen, for the content is step-by-step pithy and wonderful. Verdict: more than good (5*)

Meditation Rocks

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Not as clear to me as 'Smile at Fear' but (having just listened to Smile at Fear) this book, 'The Path is The Goal' made more sense to me the second time around. It was the confusion of the student in the exchanges that confused me, I think. Smile at Fear is much clearer in its exposition and progression. The Path is The Goal seems to jump around more with the questioning. I found the narrator to have a very pleasant and expressive voice except the way he said 'rinpoche' and some other terms was strange to me and distracting. Nevertheless, Chogyam Trungpa is such a great teacher that perseverance is rewarded with many gems.

a mixed bag

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Loved the student-teacher discussion on Buddhist values and principles. Ageless wisdom explained in a simple manner

Interesting take on Buddhist wisdom

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