Boundless Healing Medittion Exercises to Enlighten the Mind and Heal the Body

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Pub. Date: 2001-10-16
Publisher(s): Shambhala
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Summary

This book offers simple meditation techniques to awaken healing energies in the body and mind. Using Buddhist principles as a basis, Tulku Thondup has created a universal guide that anyone can use. It will benefit those who want to preserve good health as well as those who need comfort and relief from illness or mental distress.Boundless Healingoffers: Ways to employ the four healing powers: positive images, positive words, positive feelings, and positive belief Detailed healing exercises that can be done individually or as part of a twelve-stage program Exercises for dispelling anxiety Healing prayers for the dying and the deceased, plus advice for helpers and survivors These meditations draw on our innate capacity for imagination and memory, our natural enjoyment of beauty, and our deep-seated longing for a state of quiet calm. For all those who wish to become healthier, happier, and more peaceful in everyday life.

Author Biography

Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, an esteemed author and teacher, was born in East Tibet and studied at the famed Dodrupchen Monastery. In 1958 he settled in India, where he taught at Indian universities for many years. He came to the United States in 1980 as a visiting scholar at Harvard University. For the past two decades he has lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, engaging in translation and writing on Tibetan Buddhism, particularly the Nyingma teachings, under the auspices of the Buddhayana Foundation. Among his books are The Healing Power of Mind, which has been published in seventeen languages, and Boundless Healing, in twelve languages.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Daniel Goleman
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1(10)
Part One: HOW WE CAN HEAL
Healing the Mind and Body
11(21)
The Peaceful Mind
13(3)
The Mind as a Source of Negativity
16(4)
The Path to Peaceful Feelings
20(2)
Awareness of the Peaceful Mind
22(2)
Positive Perception
24(2)
Steps toward Being Happier
26(1)
The Interconnectedness of Mind and Body
27(2)
Using the Body to Lead the Mind
29(1)
A Meditative View of the Body
29(3)
A Positive Approach to Meditation
32(8)
The Four Healing Powers of Mind
33(4)
Two Ways to Apply the Four Healing Powers
37(1)
Sources of Healing
38(1)
Healing the Whole Body
39(1)
Benefits of Healing Meditations
40(8)
General Benefits of Healing
41(1)
Spiritual Benefits of Healing
42(1)
Physical Benefits of Healing Meditation
43(3)
Delayed and Unanticipated Benefits
46(2)
Realizing the Potential to Heal
48(9)
Three States of Health
48(1)
Four Healing Objects
49(2)
Two Sources of Healing Power: External Objects and Ourselves
51(1)
Three Ways of Facing a Problem
52(1)
The Importance of a Focal Point
53(1)
The Importance of Recognizing Enlightenment as Our True Nature
54(3)
Encouraging Our Meditation
57(12)
Some Preparations
57(2)
Some Tips for Meditation
59(1)
Duration of Meditation
59(1)
Overcoming Resistance
60(2)
Feeling Good about Meditation
62(1)
Making It Simple
63(1)
Avoiding Expectations
64(1)
Staying with It
64(1)
Rejoicing in Progress
65(4)
Part Two: HEALING MEDITATIONS ON THE MIND AND BODY
The Guided Meditations
69(52)
Introduction
69(3)
The Twelve Stages of Meditation
72(42)
Bring Your Mind Back to Your Body
72(4)
Scan the Anatomical Details of Your Body
76(5)
See Your Body as Made of Infinite Individual Cells
81(3)
See Each Cell as a Cell of Light
84(2)
See Each Cell as Vast as the Universe
86(3)
Feel That Each Cell Is Filled with Healing Energies
89(2)
Heal Your Body with Waves of Light and Energy
91(4)
Perform a Special Meditation to Heal Proliferating Sick Cells (Optional)
95(3)
Hear the Healing Sound of AH
98(2)
Open to Healing with the Blossoming Lotus Movement
100(5)
Open to Healing with Other Movements to Relieve Physical Ailments and Promote General Health (Optional)
105(5)
Share the Healing Waves with Others
110(1)
Share the Healing Waves with the Whole Universe
111(1)
Protect Yourself with a Healing Aura (Optional)
112(1)
Rest in Oneness with the Healing Experience
113(1)
How to Use the Twelve Stages If You Have Little Time
114(3)
Some Specific Healing Remedies
117(4)
Healing Meditations for Sleeping and Waking
121(10)
Meditation for Falling Asleep
122(1)
Meditation for Waking Up
122(3)
Dispelling Anxieties upon Sleeping or Waking
125(1)
A Healing Aura for Sleeping and Waking
126(5)
Part Three: BUDDHIST MEDITATIONS TO HEAL MIND AND BODY
Meditation on the Healing Buddha
131(41)
Introduction
131(12)
The Twelve Stages of Meditation on the Healing Buddha
143(26)
Bring Your Mind Back to Your Body
143(2)
Visualize the Healing Buddhas with Devotion
145(2)
With Prayers, Invoke the Blessings of the Healing Buddhas
147(2)
Receive the Healing Blessings
149(3)
Transform Your Body into a Body of Blessing Light and Energy
152(1)
See That Your Body Is Made of Infinite Cells of Light and Energy
153(1)
Feel That Each Cell Is a Boundless Pure Land of Healing Buddhas
154(3)
Heal with the Waves of Blessing Light and Energy
157(3)
Sing AH, the Sound of Blessing Light and Energy Waves
160(2)
Perform the Blossoming Lotus Movement with Blessing Waves
162(3)
Perform Other Healing Movements That Bring Blessings (Optional)
165(2)
Share the Blessing Waves with the Whole Universe
167(1)
Rest in Oneness with the Healing Experience
168(1)
Dedication, Aspiration, and Benediction
169(1)
The Healing Buddha Meditation in Brief
170(2)
Healing Meditations for the Dying and Dead
172(7)
A Buddhist Approach to Dying
174(1)
Meditations for the Dead or Dying
174(2)
Instructions for the Dead or Dying
176(1)
How Helpers and Survivors Should Behave
177(2)
Appendix 1: Buddhist Sources of the Healing Meditations 179(20)
Appendix 2: Answers to Some Frequently Asked Questions 199(6)
Notes 205(4)
Glossary 209(4)
Bibliography 213

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