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How to Understand the Mind: The Nature and Power of the Mind

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UPC:
9781906665821
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
2014-08-01
Author:
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Language:
english
Edition:
First published as Understanding the Mind in 1993. Fourth edition substantially revised.
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This book offers us deep insight into our mind, and shows how an understanding of its nature and functions can be used practically in everyday experience to improve our lives.
Part 1 is a practical guide to developing and maintaining a light, positive mind - showing how to recognize and abandon states of mind that harm us, and to replace them with peaceful and beneficial ones.
Part 2 describes different types of mind in detail, revealing the depth and profundity of the Buddhist understanding of the mind. It concludes with a detailed explanation of meditation, showing how by controlling and transforming our mind we can attain a lasting state of joy, independent of external conditions.