Living This Life Fully Stories and Teachings of Munindra

by Knaster, Mirka; Goldstein, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9781590306741
• ISBN10: 1590306740
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-12
• Publisher: Shambhala

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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