Beyond distraction five practical ways to focus the mind
"The mind can be a potent tool, used to guide extraordinary achievements, inspire good works, and incline your spiritual path toward peace and awakening. But the mind can also produce thoughts that lead to suffering. For many people, thoughts run rampant and seem to oppress or control their liv...
| Main Author: | Catherine, Shaila (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Somerville, MA :
Wisdom Publications,
[2022]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Lost in Thought
- 1. Knowing Your Own Mind: Many Kinds of Thoughts
- 2. Thoughts That Help and Thoughts That Hurt: What Intentions Do You Nurture?
- 3. Antidotes and Alternatives: Strategy #1: Replace Unwholesome Thoughts with Wholesome Thoughts
- 4. Weighing the Costs: Strategy #2: Examine the Dangers of Distracting Thoughts
- 5. Withdrawing the Fuel: Strategy #3: Avoid It, Ignore It, Forget It
- 6. Unravelling the Causes: Strategy #4: Investigate the Causes of Distraction
- 7. Saying No and Meaning It!: Strategy #5: Apply Determination and Resolve
- 8. Applying the Five Strategies: A Complete Training Sequence
- 9. Mastering Your Mind: Moving Toward Liberation
- Appendix 1: Dvedhāvitakka Sutta: Two Kinds of Thought
- Appendix 2: Vitakkasaṇṭhāna Sutta: The Removal of Distracting Thoughts
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of Exercises
- General Index
- About the Author.