Product Description

This popular and practical best-selling manual, now revised to make it more accessible to the general reader, allows us to discover for ourselves the inner peace and lightness of mind that come from meditation. The author explains twenty-one step-by-step meditations leading to increasingly peaceful and beneficial states of mind, and that together form the entire Buddhist path to enlightenment. By practising these meditations, we can transform our daily lives, fulfil our spiritual potentials, and find lasting happiness.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18924 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 223 pages

Innerchange Magazine
"A wonderful revision of a classic... Kadam Lamrin will lead you to this state of inner peace."

Kirkus Reviews UK
"The book benefits from Gyatso's clear, inspirational writing."

Foreword magazine
"Geshe Kelsang Gyatso’s words provide a stimulating peaceful perspective."

Customer Reviews

ACTUALLY LEARN TO MEDITATE
All I have ever wanted to do was to meditate, and I have brought many meditation books, but none have been simple or even gave me any motivation to meditate.

This book provides all the knowledge and meditations that are needed to attain inner peace and is set up in a easy manner (it can be used by anyone from beginner to advanced).

The beginning of the book teaches us why and how to do basic breathing meditation.
The next part of the book explains why we should practice the 21 meditations in the book (which are really good).
Then in the next part, there are the 21 meditations for you to do. It is set out so that you can do one a day (or more if you wish).

What I really like about this book is that the 21 meditations are set out in such an easy to read manner. Each meditaiton provides a quick introduction to the meditation, then it provides the contemplation (for you to meditate on) and then the main point to focus single-pointedly on. It is THAT SIMPLE. And even better, at the end of each meditation, Geshe-Kelsang writes a paragraph as to how to put that meditaiton into practice in your daily life. Therefore, this book can be applied to one's whole life.

The meditations can take from 5 minutes to as long as you like. I work a lot of hours, therefore this book is vital to helping me develop the minds to get enlightened. Believe me, once you start those 21 meditaitons, your life will be better (as well as everyone else's).

Great + profound book on Buddhist meditation!
This book is wonderful! Only after really working with the meditations and learning more about the Buddhist Path to Inner Happiness I understand the value of it. It is concentrated stuff, and I spend sometimes a week on one meditation, like for example the 'Precious Human Life' meditation. I found it very uplifting and practical. Some are challenging, but that is what i like about it. It is not wishy-washy, but crystal clear and to the point. I do use the ' Transfor your Life' book as well, to compliment the 21 meditations! I can just say that this book shines!

Meditation handbook by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
I am surprised to see such tags as "cults", "brainwashed" and "charlatan" suggested on the review menu of this website for this particular book. I certainly didn't feel brainwashed or sucked into a cult after reading it, nor did I feel ripped off by a charlatan. The book is, as it says in the title, a handbook; instructions for a particular activity. As in all legitimate Buddhist instruction, the writer urges the reader to seek further explanation and practice, not necessarily from the writer himself or his followers. The volume offers a straight-forward and simple guide to what a novice can expect when undertaking Mahayana meditation (emphasis on "novice"). Worth reading if you don't know anything at all about basic Buddhist meditation, and want to know more.