Quiet Mind: A Beginner's Guide to Meditation

This unique book-and-audio program brings together some of the country's most beloved meditation teachers. Each contributor presents a short written teaching along with an audio recording of a guided practice. Quiet Mind features:

Sakyong Mipham on shamatha, the practice of tranquillity
Larry Rosenberg on vipassana, the practice of clear seeing
Edward Espe Brown on zazen, the practice of freedom
Sharon Salzberg on metta, the practice of lovingkindness
Judith Lief on tonglen, the practice of transformation
Tulku Thondup on healing the body and mind through meditation
Yoga teacher Richard Faulds on the link between yoga and meditation

Includes a 78-minute CD.