Abiding in Emptiness: A Guide for Meditative Practice (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781614299172)

An incisive look into the early Buddhist teachings on emptiness, and a manual for bringing those teachings into our everyday lives.

Before the growth of the Mahayana and the Perfection of Wisdom, the Buddha gave his own teachings, to his attendant Ananda, on the importance of emptiness (Pali sunnata, Sanskrit sunyata) in formal meditation and everyday practice. In this volume, renowned scholar-monk Bhikkhu Analayo explores these teachings and shows us how to integrate them into our lives.

Bhikkhu Analayo draws from instructions found in the Greater and the Smaller Discourses on Emptiness (the Mahasunnatasutta and the Culasunnatasutta). In each chapter, he provides a translation of a pertinent excerpt from the discourses, follows this with clear and precise explanations of the text, and concludes by offering instructions for practice.

Step by step, beginning with daily life and concluding with Nirvana, Bhikkhu Analayo unpacks the Buddha's teachings on the foundational teaching of emptiness.

Author: Bhikkhu Analayo
ISBN-10: 161429917X
ISBN-13: 9781614299172
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Language: English
Published: 03/12/2024
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/15/2024