Boundless Healing Medittion Exercises to Enlighten the Mind and Heal the Body

by THONDUP, TULKU

• ISBN13: 9781570628788
• ISBN10: 1570628785
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-16
• Publisher: Shambhala

Summary

This book offers simple meditation techniques to awaken healing energies in the body and mind. Using Buddhist principles as a basis, Tulku Thondup has created a universal guide that anyone can use. It will benefit those who want to preserve good health as well as those who need comfort and relief from illness or mental distress.Boundless Healingoffers: Ways to employ the four healing powers: positive images, positive words, positive feelings, and positive belief Detailed healing exercises that can be done individually or as part of a twelve-stage program Exercises for dispelling anxiety Healing prayers for the dying and the deceased, plus advice for helpers and survivors These meditations draw on our innate capacity for imagination and memory, our natural enjoyment of beauty, and our deep-seated longing for a state of quiet calm. For all those who wish to become healthier, happier, and more peaceful in everyday life.

Author Biography

Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, an esteemed author and teacher, was born in East Tibet and studied at the famed Dodrupchen Monastery. In 1958 he settled in India, where he taught at Indian universities for many years. He came to the United States in 1980 as a visiting scholar at Harvard University. For the past two decades he has lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, engaging in translation and writing on Tibetan Buddhism, particularly the Nyingma teachings, under the auspices of the Buddhayana Foundation. Among his books are The Healing Power of Mind, which has been published in seventeen languages, and Boundless Healing, in twelve languages.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Daniel Goleman
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(10)
Part One: HOW WE CAN HEAL
Healing the Mind and Body	11	(21)
The Peaceful Mind	13	(3)
The Mind as a Source of Negativity	16	(4)
The Path to Peaceful Feelings	20	(2)
Awareness of the Peaceful Mind	22	(2)
Positive Perception	24	(2)
Steps toward Being Happier	26	(1)
The Interconnectedness of Mind and Body	27	(2)
Using the Body to Lead the Mind	29	(1)
A Meditative View of the Body	29	(3)
A Positive Approach to Meditation	32	(8)
The Four Healing Powers of Mind	33	(4)
Two Ways to Apply the Four Healing Powers	37	(1)
Sources of Healing	38	(1)
Healing the Whole Body	39	(1)
Benefits of Healing Meditations	40	(8)
General Benefits of Healing	41	(1)
Spiritual Benefits of Healing	42	(1)
Physical Benefits of Healing Meditation	43	(3)
Delayed and Unanticipated Benefits	46	(2)
Realizing the Potential to Heal	48	(9)
Three States of Health	48	(1)
Four Healing Objects	49	(2)
Two Sources of Healing Power: External Objects and Ourselves	51	(1)
Three Ways of Facing a Problem	52	(1)
The Importance of a Focal Point	53	(1)
The Importance of Recognizing Enlightenment as Our True Nature	54	(3)
Encouraging Our Meditation	57	(12)
Some Preparations	57	(2)
Some Tips for Meditation	59	(1)
Duration of Meditation	59	(1)
Overcoming Resistance	60	(2)
Feeling Good about Meditation	62	(1)
Making It Simple	63	(1)
Avoiding Expectations	64	(1)
Staying with It	64	(1)
Rejoicing in Progress	65	(4)
Part Two: HEALING MEDITATIONS ON THE MIND AND BODY
The Guided Meditations	69	(52)
Introduction	69	(3)
The Twelve Stages of Meditation	72	(42)
Bring Your Mind Back to Your Body	72	(4)
Scan the Anatomical Details of Your Body	76	(5)
See Your Body as Made of Infinite Individual Cells	81	(3)
See Each Cell as a Cell of Light	84	(2)
See Each Cell as Vast as the Universe	86	(3)
Feel That Each Cell Is Filled with Healing Energies	89	(2)
Heal Your Body with Waves of Light and Energy	91	(4)
Perform a Special Meditation to Heal Proliferating Sick Cells (Optional)	95	(3)
Hear the Healing Sound of AH	98	(2)
Open to Healing with the Blossoming Lotus Movement	100	(5)
Open to Healing with Other Movements to Relieve Physical Ailments and Promote General Health (Optional)	105	(5)
Share the Healing Waves with Others	110	(1)
Share the Healing Waves with the Whole Universe	111	(1)
Protect Yourself with a Healing Aura (Optional)	112	(1)
Rest in Oneness with the Healing Experience	113	(1)
How to Use the Twelve Stages If You Have Little Time	114	(3)
Some Specific Healing Remedies	117	(4)
Healing Meditations for Sleeping and Waking	121	(10)
Meditation for Falling Asleep	122	(1)
Meditation for Waking Up	122	(3)
Dispelling Anxieties upon Sleeping or Waking	125	(1)
A Healing Aura for Sleeping and Waking	126	(5)
Part Three: BUDDHIST MEDITATIONS TO HEAL MIND AND BODY
Meditation on the Healing Buddha	131	(41)
Introduction	131	(12)
The Twelve Stages of Meditation on the Healing Buddha	143	(26)
Bring Your Mind Back to Your Body	143	(2)
Visualize the Healing Buddhas with Devotion	145	(2)
With Prayers, Invoke the Blessings of the Healing Buddhas	147	(2)
Receive the Healing Blessings	149	(3)
Transform Your Body into a Body of Blessing Light and Energy	152	(1)
See That Your Body Is Made of Infinite Cells of Light and Energy	153	(1)
Feel That Each Cell Is a Boundless Pure Land of Healing Buddhas	154	(3)
Heal with the Waves of Blessing Light and Energy	157	(3)
Sing AH, the Sound of Blessing Light and Energy Waves	160	(2)
Perform the Blossoming Lotus Movement with Blessing Waves	162	(3)
Perform Other Healing Movements That Bring Blessings (Optional)	165	(2)
Share the Blessing Waves with the Whole Universe	167	(1)
Rest in Oneness with the Healing Experience	168	(1)
Dedication, Aspiration, and Benediction	169	(1)
The Healing Buddha Meditation in Brief	170	(2)
Healing Meditations for the Dying and Dead	172	(7)
A Buddhist Approach to Dying	174	(1)
Meditations for the Dead or Dying	174	(2)
Instructions for the Dead or Dying	176	(1)
How Helpers and Survivors Should Behave	177	(2)
Appendix 1: Buddhist Sources of the Healing Meditations	179	(20)
Appendix 2: Answers to Some Frequently Asked Questions	199	(6)
Notes	205	(4)
Glossary	209	(4)
Bibliography	213