Tibetan Mediation

Tibetan Mediation
Tarthang Tulka
Dharma Publishing
ISBN: 0-89800-371-7
Non-Fiction, Spirituality, Meditation
Reviewed by Dr. Tami Brady

If you are looking for a good overall book on meditation, I highly suggest Tibetan Mediation. Over the years, I have a read a lot of books on mediation. Usually, these books are extremely narrow in the knowledge that they provide and the methods that they teach. In this way, many authors will either focus on meditation as part of a spiritual journey or a more worldly technique for focus, awareness, or stress relief. In almost all cases, the master illustrates a single, very precise way to undertake meditation. For the most part, these resources leave the reader feeling talked at and frustrated that they can’t replicate the instructions perfectly.
Tibetan Mediation actually explains the benefits of meditation for use in our daily world as well as for spiritual questing. Instead of a single method of practice, this book included twenty very different exercises ranging from visualization and the practice of mindfulness through breathing exercise and simple yoga postures to the use of mantras and mandalas. Each section was actually part of a whole package of explanation, a story, and a practice. I really liked this format. It seemed extremely well thought out and complete.
Another aspect of this book that I really appreciated was the author’s voice. As I read the text, I felt like the author was sitting with me, trying to help me find what I needed in my meditation practice- part wise master and part really good friend. This feeling made it easier to the exercises, almost like experiments to see what worked best for me.