Martina Draszczyk : The Buddha's Gift to the World A Practitioner's Guide to the Roots of Mindfulness

Martina Draszczyk here offers the first comprehensive exploration of mindfulness practice—based not only on the Theravada Buddhist traditions more commonly taught in the West but also on Mahayana Buddhist sources, including the Buddha’s discourses as well as treatises and texts by eminent Indian and Tibetan Buddhist masters.

Draszczyk balances rigorous scholarship with her decades of experience as a Dharma and mindfulness teacher to guide readers through this vast subject. She conveys how mindfulness intersects and diverges in Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism and offers insight into how Buddhist-inspired mindfulness is applied in contemporary non-Buddhist contexts, such as the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program. This provides readers with a more complete understanding of the role mindfulness plays in Buddhist practice beyond the current trend of enhancing relaxation and calm—and shows how to integrate the wisdom of classical teachings into any mindfulness practice.

SHAMBHALA PUBLICATIONS
10/22/2024
PAGES: 280
SIZE: 6 X 9
ISBN: 9781645472469
Paperback