Who Is My Self?

A Guide to Buddhist Meditation

Khema

• Publisher: Wisdom Publications
• Year: 1997
• Print ISBN:
  9780861711277
• eBook ISBN:
  9781614290315
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Eastern Philosophy

Self-transformation is an essential element in all forms of Buddhist meditation--from Tantra to Zen. Ayya Khema, author of the best-selling Being Nobody, Going Nowhere, uses one of the earliest Buddhist suttas to guide us along the path of the oldest Buddhist meditative practice for understanding the nature of "self." By following the Buddha's explanation with clear, insightful examples from her years of teaching meditation, she guides us back and forth between the relative understanding and higher realizations of the Buddhist concept of "self." Her thoughtful contemplation of the Buddha's radical understanding of "self" and her practical advice for achieving insight offer the reader a profound understanding of the "self." Both beginning and advanced practitioners will greatly benefit from Ayya Khema's warm and down-to-earth exposition of the Buddha's meditation on "self."

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• Preface
• 1. The Beginning: Morality
• 2. Guarding the Senses: Mindfulness and Clear Comprehension
• 3. Setting Aside the Hindrances
• 4. The First Meditative Absorption
• 5. The Second and Third Meditative Absorptions
• 6. The Fourth Meditative Absorption
• 7. The Fifth and Sixth Meditative Absorptions
• 8. The Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Meditative Absorptions
• 9. Disenchantment, Dispassion, and the Four Noble Truths
• 10. The Cessation of Craving: What Is Conducive to Nibb›na
• 11. Removing the Illusion of Self
• 12. Which Is the Real Self?
• 13. Path and Fruition: The Goal of the Practice
• Appendix: Loving-Kindness Meditations
• Notes
• Glossary
• About the Author
• Also Available by Ayya Khema from Wisdom Publications
• About Wisdom Publications
• Copyright