Meditation: as taught by Buddha

The Buddha says that just as in the great ocean there is but one taste, the taste of salt, so in his doctrine and discipline there is but one taste, the taste of freedom. The taste of freedom that pervades the Buddha's teaching is the taste of spiritual freedom, which from the Buddhist perspective means freedom from suffering. In the process leading to deliverance from suffering, meditation is the means of generating the inner awakening required for liberation. The methods of meditation taught in the Theravada Buddhist tradition are based on the Buddha's own experience, forged by him in the course of his own quest for enlightenment.This book explores the method of meditation which was taught by Buddha himself and thus provide a greater perspective of the activity that became as a pillar for peace and freedom. This book provides the method taught by Buddha "as it is", thus giving unaltered picture from a Buddhist perspective.Read more