A Meditator's Diary | Free Book
A Western Woman's Unique Experiences in Thailand Monasteries
It is rare for a foreign woman to be accepted for instruction in
intensive meditation in a Buddhist temple in Thailand. Jane
Hamilton-Merritt writes about this experience from the inside,
describing the extraordinary journey into the self, the expansion of
her consciousness. In a personal account of her struggles, her fears
and her experiences - some euphoric, some terrifying, some beautiful
in the form of psychedelic visions and some that were genuinely
threatening. A Meditator's Diary is an intellectually
disciplined attempt to understand what Buddhist meditation techniques
have to offer us, those in the Western world caught up in a cycle of
destruction that we cannot control, and shows how to access its
secrets. Jane Hamilton-Merritt describes her own dawning understanding
of 'compassion without attachment', her eventual arrival at a state of
peace and reconciliation and the sense of living flow with the whole
of the universe that has transformed her life. Encouraging her readers
to try meditation she describes how we can take the first steps on the
long road to tranquillity for ourselves.
About the Author
Jane Hamilton-Merritt is a journalist and photographer. She worked as a war correspondent in Vietnam, Laos and Thailand (and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for her work in covering the Vietnam War). She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 and 2000 for her work on behalf of the Hmong tribal people of Laos.
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