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# True Meditation: Discover the Freedom of Pure Awareness

**Brand:** adyashanti
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## Customer Reviews

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    Excellent Zazen/Shikantaza Primer
  

*by K***N on Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2013*

What Adyashanti describes as "True Meditation" is essentially Zen/Buddhist meditation called "Shikantaza" or Zazen. This practice is very hard to describe and many Zen books don't describe it in detail. I have searched for many books to get instructions on how to do Zazen but couldn't find any that describes it so well as this one does.In most Zen places though, they make the students start in a concentration technique like counting/following breaths. This is for attaining certain level of concentration so that the clinging to thoughts becomes lesser before we actually take up shikantaza or just sitting practice. Earlier when I took up Zen practice, I was drawn towards the beauty of this Shikantaza practice. But I really hated following the breath and all those other concentration practices. Those didnt feel natural to me and somehow I had the feeling that "Shikantaza" alone would be enough. I am happy that Adyashanti endorses this (starting directly with shikantaza without any breath following required). In the Q&A section (interview at the end of the book) he also clearly explains why he thinks breathing practices won't be necessary and why "Just Sitting" or Shikantaza would be enough. Infact I later found that there are a few Zen schools (Gudo Nishijima lineage and famous american Zen teacher Brad Warner) that teach only shikantaza and say breath following or any such concentration practice is not necessary. Though Adya doesn't recommend any particular posture, I personally prefer the Zen style posture of Sitting on a Zafu with eyes open and facing the wall compared to closing the eyes and back to the wall kind of method. That kind of gives me better alertness and openness.I highly recommend this book and this practice to all those interested in meditation. It is also a good idea to read and understand about Zazen and Zen meditation practices to get a complete picture though this book alone would be sufficient.

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    Excellent Insights
  

*by M***L on Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2007*

Just from my having attended a ten day retreat with Adyashanti six years ago I can truthfully say he's the "real deal", that he's among the few out there that "walks the talk."But as helpful as the retreat is, just this book with the companion CD may be sufficient because it directs both the neophyte and experienced meditator into more beneficial results with meditation.  They come to see that it's NOT about the altered states that come as a byproduct to meditation but instead awakening to one's own natural state.  Furthermore, there's also value to be gained in meditative self-inquiry to further understand what this is all about.(additional comment since last post).......I wouldn't alter in any radical manner what I had written but have since discovered what I feel to be a more helpful meditation "technique", one in which the meditator is the object of focus instead of focusing on an object(or even shikantaza for that matter).  This is based on the Indian Sage Nisargadatta Maharaja's comment regarding meditation and can be discovered through the non-verbal stateless state of I AM.I'd also add that the Adya's account of self inquiry(which is essentially the Neti Neti or 'not this, not that')while informative isn't enough because by just explaining what this is about a practitioner ONLY derives a mental understanding in contrast to the benefit from self inquiry as prescribed by Ramana Maharshi or Nisargadatta Maharaj.

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    True Meditation is awesome
  

*by D***E on Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2008*

I thought this was a great book.  During hypnosis sessions I had been guided by spirit to "MEDITATE".  What I had been taught about meditation in my life made me uncomfortable. I had tried meditating (the way I thought it had to be done) but found it to be very boring!  I thought I was doing it "wrong" because my mind would wander. Plus, I could not just sit still for hours.  Yuk!  Anyway, with Adyashanti's guidance through this book and CD, I was able to let go of a lot of what I thought meditation was supposed to be.  I was able to open up and accept that my mind was going to wander, etc.  I also am now at the point where I realize that I am in a constant state of meditation when I am present.  When I am not projecting my thoughts in the past or in the future.  My "meditation time" is better spent walking in nature, or just walking around my neighborhood.  God (or whatever you prefer to call the all that is), is always there for me when I am walking and asking questions.  Always!  When I am walking and enjoying the beauty all around me, I am present. This book and CD are well worth the read and listen.  Thank you Adyashanti! Bless your heart!

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