The Journey And The Guide: A Practical Course In Enlightenment

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Building on the success of his Life with Full Attention A Practical Course in Mindfulness Maitreyabandhu here offers a challenging but profoundly useful work on how to practise Buddhism in everyday life Drawing on examples from the life of the Buddha as well as weaving in astute references to poetry & art Maitreyabandhu gives an easily understood outline of the system of spiritual life as undertaken by Buddhists in the Triratna Community The journey starts with our own mind particularly when we begin to look into the truth of things
- the truth of the old man on the escalator the friend in hospital the coffin we help carry to the graveside What we find in our guide the Buddha is a man with a 'fit' mind a healthy happy non-neurotic honest-to-goodness mind To get fit we need to work on becoming a happy healthy human being We need to integrate our thinking faculty with our emotions We need to wake up to thought & tune in to direct experience & we need to work against the ever-rising tide of trivia dissipation & overstimulation of the modern world Maitreyabandhu takes us on this journey with practical week-by-week exercises focusing on cultivating mindful awareness being happy integrating & simplifying our lives knowing ourselves & truly being ourselves