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Buddhist Meditation for Beginners

2007 Released
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Macmillan AudioISBN 9781604070200

Known for bringing insight meditation to the West and for his many bestselling books, including A Path with Heart (more than 100,000 copies in print), Jack Kornfield now offers a collection of his most popular teachings with Buddhist Meditation for Beginners. This specially designed gift-set includes four complete audio learning courses:
• The Beginner's Guide to Buddhism—Jack Kornfield illuminates Buddhism's most essential teachings, and how they make it possible to overcome challenging mental states such as fear, confusion, and anger.
• Meditation for Beginners—Comprehensive introduction to the vipassana ("insight") practice of meditation to cultivate a profound inner calm and awaken to the truth. Exercises include four complete meditations.
• Meditations of the Heart—Step-by-step meditations cast light on Buddhism's cornerstone, the Four Noble Truths. These meditations take less than 10 minutes each to practice, yet will take you to the heart of essential Buddhist teachings about on opening to the truth, forgiveness, fearlessness, and more.
• The Beginner's Guide to Forgiveness—Drawing from his background in meditation and psychology, Jack Kornfield reveals the path to forgiveness and the way out of our pain.

Jack Kornfield's bestselling meditation programs present him at his best—engaging, intelligent, helpful, and easy to follow. Join him to begin a journey that will enrich your life beyond measure.

Jack Kornfield, PhD

Jack Kornfield, PhD, trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack cofounded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. He holds a PhD in clinical psychology and is a husband, grandfather, and activist. His 17 books have sold 2 million copies, translated into 22 languages. They include The Wise Heart; A Path with Heart; After the Ecstasy, the Laundry; The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace; and No Time Like the Present. For more, visit jackkornfield.com.

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