Abiding in Emptiness A Guide for Meditative Practice

<B>An incisive look into the early Buddhist teachings on emptiness, and a manual for bringing those teachings into our everyday lives.</B><BR><BR>Before the growth of the Mahayana and the Perfection of Wisdom, the Buddha gave his own teachings, to his attendant Ananda, on the importance of emptiness (Pali <I>sunnata</I>, Sanskrit <I>sunyata</I>) in formal meditation and everyday practice. In this volume, renowned scholar-monk Bhikkhu Analayo explores these teachings and shows us how to integrate them into our lives.<BR> <BR> Bhikkhu Analayo draws from instructions found in the Greater and the Smaller Discourses on Emptiness (the <I>Mahasunnatasutta</I> and the <I>Culasunnatasutta</I>). In each chapter, he provides a translation of a pertinent excerpt from the discourses, follows this with clear and precise explanations of the text, and concludes by offering instructions for practice.<BR> <BR> Step by step, beginning with daily life and concluding with Nirvana, Bhikkhu Analayo unpacks the Buddha’s teachings on the foundational teaching of emptiness.