Living This Life Fully Stories and Teachings of Munindra
by Knaster, Mirka; Goldstein, JosephFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-10-12
Publisher(s): Shambhala
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Summary
"Whatever you are doing should be done mindfully, dynamically, with totality and completeness. Then it becomes meditation. It is not thinking, but experiencing from moment to moment, living from moment to moment, without clinging, without condemning, without judging."-Munindra Anagarika Munindra (19152003) was a Bengali Buddhist master and scholar who became one of the most important Vipassana meditation teachers of the twentieth century. Unassuming, genuine, and always encouraging, Munindra embodied the Buddhist teachings, exemplifying mindfulness in everything he did. Living This Life Fullyis the first book about Munindra, and it features never-before-published excerpts of his teachings, stories and remembrances from Western students, a biography, and rare photographs.
Author Biography
Mirka Knaster is an independent scholar and freelance writer and editor who holds a PhD in Asian and Comparative Studies. She has studied Vipassana meditation since 1981. For more information, visit mirkaknaster.com.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. vii |
| Anagarika Munindra: A Brief Biography | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. xix |
| Be Simple and Easy, Just Rest in Awareness | p. 1 |
| If You're Not Happy In Body, You're Not Happy Out of Body | p. 17 |
| It's Really Possible to Wake Up | p. 29 |
| Give Everything with an Open Heart | p. 47 |
| Take Care of Dharma and Dharma Takes Care of You | p. 63 |
| Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say | p. 79 |
| I Made Up My Mind | p. 93 |
| Slow and Steady Wins the Race | p. 109 |
| When the Fruit Is Ripe, It Will Fall from the Tree | p. 119 |
| If You Love Your Enemies, Then You Will Have No Enemies | p. 129 |
| Can I Help You? | p. 147 |
| There's No Pizza in Nirvana-Are You Still Interested in It? | p. 159 |
| Joy Is a Factor of Awakening | p. 171 |
| Come and See for Yourself | p. 181 |
| No I, No Me, No Mine | p. 195 |
| It's All a Passing show | p. 211 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 225 |
| Notes | p. 229 |
| Glossary | p. 231 |
| Contributors | p. 239 |
| The Munindra Memorial Scholarship and Archives | p. 253 |
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