Cover of Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator's Handbook

Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator's Handbook

Meditation: it's not just a way to relax, or to deal with life's problems. Done correctly, it can be a way to radically encounter bliss and to begin - and sustain - real transformation in ourselves.

Read more

In Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond, self-described meditation junkie Ajahn Brahm shares his knowledge and experience of the jhanas - a core part of the Buddha's original meditation teaching. Never before has this material been approached in such an empowering way, by a teacher of such authority and popularity.

Full of surprises, delightfully goofy humor, and entertaining stories that inspire, instruct, and illuminate, Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyondwill encourage those new to meditation, and give a shot in the arm to more experienced practitioners as well.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator's Handbook? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator's Handbook. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. The Experience of Insight: A Simple & Direct Guide to Buddhist Meditation Shares Buddhism, meditation, spirituality
  2. Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization Shares Buddhism, meditation, theravada
  3. Beyond Mindfulness in Plain English: An Introductory guide to Deeper States of Meditation Shares Buddhism, meditation, mindfulness
  4. Mindfulness with Breathing: A Manual for Serious Beginners Shares Buddhism, meditation, spirituality

“People who read Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator's Handbook tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Focused and Fearless: A Meditator's Guide to States of Deep Joy, Calm, and Clarity
  2. Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation
  3. The Great Path of Awakening: The Classic Guide to Lojong, a Tibetan Buddhist Practice for Cultivating the Heart of Compassion
  4. Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: Meditations on the Buddhist Path

“If you want more of the same (self-help about buddhism), start with these.”

  1. Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness
  2. Dancing With Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering
  3. The Road Home: A Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path
  4. Nothing Special

“If it was the Buddhism that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Stages of Meditation
  2. Meditation in Action
  3. How to Meditate: A Practical Guide
  4. Awakening Compassion: Meditation Practice for Difficult Times

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Genuine Happiness: Meditation as the Path to Fulfillment
  2. Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation
  3. Meditations
  4. Awakening Loving-Kindness