Silence
Silence
Christine feldman
EXTENT: 256pp
FORMAT: 235mm x 190mm (7 1/2in x 9 1/4in)
BINDING: Paperback with flaps
ILLUSTRATIONS:
Over 250 illustrations
WORDS: 50,000
Christina Feldman
has been training in the Tibetan, Mahayana, and Theravada Buddhist traditions since 1970, and has been teaching meditation throughout the world since 1974. She is the cofounder and a guiding teacher at Gaia House, a Buddhist meditation centre in Devon, England, and is a guiding senior dharma teacher at the Insight Meditation Centre in Barre, Massachusetts. She co-teaches Women in Meditation, an annual retreat at the Spirit Rock Meditation Centre,in Woodacre, California.
Christina Feldman is the coauthor of Soul Food and Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart
(both with Jack Kornfield), as well as the author of The Buddhist Path to Simplicity, Meditation, Principles of Meditation, The Quest of the Woman Warrior, Way of Meditation, and Woman Awake.
Silence. It is a precious commodity that even the most successful of us may not have. As we work to ensure our status in the world, it is easy to forget that we are not merely physical creatures. The state of our spiritual health can be easily tested. Sit in silence for ten minutes. When the noise of the world dies away and we are left with ourselves, we get a pretty clear indication of the true extent of our inner peace.
In Silence, Christina Feldman charts a four-part course to accessing and staining this nurturing state—even in the midst of our busy lives. She writes, “We can learn to find it in all moments and things; we discover it has never been lost but is only hidden.” Beginning with “First Encounters,” she defines silence and how it is not just the absence of audible noise. Moving on to “The Way,” she teaches us how to create sanctuaries of stillness throughout the day. Even those with no experience of meditation can follow her lead. Next, she discusses “The Fruits of Silence,” such as self-knowledge, inner peace, inner strength, and new perspectives. Finally, she explores maintaining “The Silence Within.” Here we uncover vital capacities that we may not have known even existed.
With over 230 four-colour photographs and a striking contemporary design, Silence is intended to be a calming book to look at, to read, and—most important—to use.