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Pointing Out the Great Way : the Stages of Meditation in the Mahāmudrā Tradition by Daniel Brown Ph.D. & Robert Thurman is a health book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Pointing Out the Great Way : the Stages of Meditation in the Mahāmudrā Tradition about?
Many books have been published in recent years on the topic of mahamudra, or meditation on the fundamentally clear nature of the mind. This book is different in the systematic way it draws from a variety of source texts in order to construct a complete, graded path of practice informed by an understanding of the particular obstacles faced by meditators in the West. Dan Brown is a clinical psychotherapist who has also spent much time evaluating the experiences of meditators on longterm retreats. He knows the Tibetan literature on mahamudra meditation and has over thirty years of both personal meditation experience and observation of the experiences of others. He co-wrote, with Ken Wilber and Jack Engler, the book Transformations in Consciousness , and he teaches an annual seminar on mahamudra meditation at the Esalen Institute. Pointing Out the Great Way is a spiritual manual that describes the Tibetan Buddhist meditation known as mahamudra from the perspective of the 'gradual path.' The gradual path is a progressive process of training that is often contrasted to sudden realization. As such, this book contains a step-by-step description of the ways to practice, precise descriptio
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- Author
- Daniel Brown Ph.D. & Robert Thurman
- Publisher
- Perseus Books Group
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780861719631
- Category
- health
- Subjects
- Religion, Buddhism, Body Mind & Spirit
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (51 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14