{"product_id":"the-practice-of-tranquillity-and-insight-pdf","title":"The Practice of Tranquillity and Insight (PDF)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe foundation of all meditation practice are: Tranquility (Shamatha) meditation which aims at stilling the mind and Insight meditation (Vipashyana) meditation produces insight into the nature of all phenomena. Shamatha and Vipashyana in the Tibetan tradition are similar but different from these meditations in the Hindu and Foundation schools.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThrangu Rinpoche gives in non-technical language an extensive descriptions of these two kinds of meditation. He includes a discussion of the purpose of meditation, their different levels of practice, the obstacles and antidotes that can arise, and the accomplishments of each practice based on Rinpoche's own practice. As a result this book becomes a careful study of the mind from the point of view of actual meditation practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003e \"With masterful scholarship and the ability to make subtle ideas easy to understand and apply in practice, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche explains this unified system of meditation for students both beginning and advanced.\"\u003cbr\u003e             --\u003ci\u003eThe Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThis 170 page book was translated by Peter Roberts and includes Notes, Glossary, a Tibetan Glossary, Bibliography and Index.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003eAmazon gives Tranquility and Insight 4.6 out of 5.0 stars based on 23 customer reviews.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: windowtext; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46429598777480,"sku":null,"price":1.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2121\/3576\/files\/2.PracticeofTranquillityandInsightCOVERcopy.jpg?v=1787178122","url":"https:\/\/namobuddhapublications.org\/products\/the-practice-of-tranquillity-and-insight-pdf","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}