Книги о медитации

Если я когда-нибудь еще буду работать с группами, я обязательно добавлю к обучению по развитию внимательности в повседневной жизни формальную сидячую медитацию. В ней достигается глубина прозрения, которой нелегко добиться при чувствовании-смотрении-слушании среди повседневной жизни, хотя эти глубокие прозрения трудно распространить на повседневную жизнь, как говорилось в Приложении I. Эти практики прекрасно дополняют друг друга.

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.

Murphy, Michael, and Steve Donovan. The Physical and Psychological Effects of Meditation: A Review of Contemporary Meditation Research with a Comprehensive Bibliography (1931-1988). Big Sur, California: Esalen Institute, 1988.

Naranjo, Claudio, and Robert Ornstein. On the Psychology of Meditation. New York: Viking Press, 1971.

Norbu, Namkhai. Dzog Chen and Zen. Nevada City, Calif,: Blue Dolphin Publishing, 1986.

Norbu, Namkhai. The Cycle of Day and Night: An Essential Tibetan Text on the Practice of Dzogchen. Barrytown, N.Y.: Station Hill Press, 1987.

Owens, Glair Meyers. Zen and the Lady: Memoirs – Personal and Transpersonal – in a World in Transition. New York: Baraka Books, 1979.

** Patanjali (translated by Alistair Shearer). Effortless Being: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. London: Unwin Hyman Ltd., 1989.

Progoff, Ira. The Practice of Process Meditation. New York: Dialogue House Library, 1980.

Roberts, Bernadette. The Experience of No-Self: A Contemplative Journey. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1982.

Russell, Peter. The TM Technique: An introduction to Transcendental Meditation and the Teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976.

Shafii, Mahammad. Freedom from the Self: Sufism, Meditation and Psychotherapy. New York: Human Sciences Press, 1985.

Shapiro, Deane. Precision Nirvana. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. 1978.

Shapiro, Deane. Meditation: Self-regulation Strategy and Altered States of Consciousness. New York: Aldine, 1980.

Shapiro, Deane and Roger Walsh (eds.). Meditation: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives. New York: Aldine, 1984.

** Shearer, Alistair and Richard Lannoy. Effortless Being: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. London: Unwin Hyman Ltd., 1989.

Sogyal Rinpoche. Dzogchen and Padmasambhava. Berkeley: Rigpa Fellowship, 1989.

** Sogyal Rinpoche. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992.

Sole-Leris, Amadeo. Tranquility and Insight: An introduction to the Oldest form of Buddhist Meditation. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1986.

** Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice. New York: John Weatherhill, 1970.

Tart, Charles T. 1972. A psychologist's experience with transcendental meditation. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 3, 135-140.

Tart, Charles T. Meditation and consciousness: A dialogue between a meditation teacher and a psychologist. Noetic Sciences Review, 1988, no. 8, 14-21.

Tarthang Tulku. Gesture of Balance: A Guide to Awareness, Self-healing and Meditation. Emeryville, Calif.: Dharma Publishing, 1977.

** Thich Nhat Hanh. Being Peace. Berkeley, Calif.: Parallax Press, 1987.

** Thich Nhat Hanh. The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation. Boston: Beacon Press, 1987.

Walker, Susan (ed.). Speaking of Silence: Christians and Buddhists on the Contemplative Way. New York: Paulist Press, 1987.

Walsh, Roger. Meditation research: The state of the art. In Roger Walsh and Frances Vaughan (eds.), Paths Beyond Ego: The Transpersonal Vision. Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher.

West, Michael A. (ed.). The Psychology of Meditation. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987.

Wilber, Ken, Jack Engler, and Daniel P. Brown. Transformations of Consciousness: Conventional and Contemplative Perspectives on Development. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1986.

Yeshe, Y.T. Light of Dharma: A Commentary on the Three Principle Paths to Enlightenment. London: Wisdom Publications, 1984.

Zahler, Leah. Meditative States in Tibetan Buddhism: The Concentrations and Formless Absorptions. London: Wisdom Publications, 1983.