- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Shambhala (Jun 22 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1570623503
- ISBN-13: 978-1570623509
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.9 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 299 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,072,183 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In any meditation class, one of the first things one learns is the importance of breathing. For Larry Rosenberg, a seasoned instructor of insight meditation, the breath is everything. And he's not in bad company since the Buddha himself delivered a sutra on the subject. Rosenberg's Breath by Breath is an elaboration on this short classic but couched in familiar language, liberally spiced with anecdotes from Rosenberg's decades of practice and teaching. It's Rosenberg's earthy humor and patient instruction that make him such a popular teacher and that make Breath by Breath a rewarding read. He takes the beginning student from the wandering "doggy mind" to becoming a chicken, along the way getting a teacher's bite and sitting like a frog. For the hurried and harried, he includes a nutshell, two-step version of the sutra's 16-step practice (appended in the full text of the sutra). More of a coach than a disciplinarian, Rosenberg takes a see-what-happens attitude. "You don't make liberation happen," he says. "To contemplate breathing is to contemplate life itself." --Brian Bruya
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Rosenberg, a teacher at the Insight Meditattion Center in Cambridge, MA, provides a clear description of meditative practice. The technique is based on the Anapanasati Sutra, the Buddha's own instructions to meditators.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Buddhism straight up,
By Rob (Montreal, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Breath by Breath (Paperback)
This book really inspired my meditation- it simplified all the baggage I had acquired from a lot of other reading about Buddhism. No mysticism, no dogmatism, no exoticism, just a practical breakdown of what happpens as you practice. It made me realize that meditation is not about some later enlightenment experience, but about the experiences you are having now- that understanding made meditation much less of a labour.
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wonderful, clear book!,
By John sullivan (Thermaling over minden) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Breath by Breath (Paperback)
Very good book on vipassana practice and how to do it. Rosenberg writing style is very good and his simple and clear explanations of complex or confusing ideas is most helpful. One of the best books I've read on buddhism or meditation. Highly recommended.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best book I've ever read on insight meditation!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Breath by Breath (Paperback)
Simple and written in plain English. Larry Rosenberg is a wonderful teacher. I read it over and over and get something new out of it every time.
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