A Record of Awakening: Practice and Insight on the Buddhist Path - Couverture souple

Smith, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1899579184 ISBN 13 : 9781899579181

Editeur : Windhorse Publications, 1999

Synopsis

In this text, David Smith, "an ordinary working class chap" who came across Buddhism shares his personal inner experience of the faith. He describes the basic principles of his practice and the process whereby the "tap root of ignorance is cut" and the "Awakened Mind" is born.

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Biographie de l'auteur

David Smith was born in 1946 in Oxford, England. His Buddhist training began over 30 years ago, in Zen. He practised for six years with the late Venerable Myokyo-ni, a teacher from the Rinzai school, at the Buddhist Society in London. He then went to Sri Lanka and lived there for three years as a Theravada novice monk. It was while he was in Sri Lanka that his spiritual breakthrough took place, and it is this that forms the framework of this book. Returning to England, he went back to his occupation as a gardener. Greatly inspired by the direct non-conceptual approach found in Zen and Dzogchen, which also mirrors his own understanding of the Dharma, David says the spirit of that training has never left him. Now that he has turned to Dharma teaching, he leads a traditionally inspired yet non-sectarian Dharma group that has at its very basis the cultivation of that non-conceptual spirit. Its practice framework is within the all-embracing spirit of Mahayana Buddhism. David leads regular weekly and monthly meetings as well as residential retreats with his DharmaMind group. He is also a guest leader of retreats around Britain and abroad, and the author of a second book, Dharma Mind Worldly Mind, published in 2002.

Présentation de l'éditeur

A Record of Awakening is the remarkable fruit of more than twenty years' immersion in Buddhist practice: a practice that has been both deep and far-reaching. In this book, David Smith, 'an ordinary working-class chap' who came across Buddhism, shares his extraordinary inner experience. Taking us through his journey- from initial practice in the Zen tradition and three years as a Theravadin monk to his recent years as a lay practitioner in East London - he describes the basic principles of his practice and the process whereby the 'tap root of ignorance' is cut and the Awakened Mind is born. His account reminds us that the Awakened Mind is within the reach of every one of us who is prepared to make the effort.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Windhorse Publications
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1899579184
• ISBN 13: 9781899579181
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible