Meditations, Meditation, Buddhist Meditation, Spirituality, Zen Buddhism
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Overview
Patricia Clifford came to the Mercy Center in Burlingame, California to spend one week simply sitting still on a cushion in a room. She was an Episcopalian woman visiting a Catholic retreat center to practice Zen meditation under the direction of a Jesuit priest. For seven days she and twenty-five other people would sit together in silence for hours on end in an attempt to give mindful attention to each present moment. Sitting Still is a personal account of those seven days. One great accomplishment of the narrative is that it succeeds in making Zen meditation, which evolved within Buddhism, intelligible to western Christians. It also offers suggestions for carrying the techniques of silent, wordless meditation into the daily lives of busy westerners.More than just a day-by-day account of the author's retreat, this book offers valuable insights for anyone beginning to meditate. Clifford shows how the boredom, anxiety, physical discomforts, and distractions that so often discourage the beginner are actually a critical part of the meditative journey. And she shows how to bring the insights and practices into one's everyday life.
Book Details
Published
January 1, 1994
Publisher
New York, NY : Paulist Press, c1994.
Pages
85
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780809104703