I am still reading (well, listening to on Audible) Gelong Thubten's Handbook For Hard Times. A Monk's Guide To Fearless Living. Part biography, part guide to meditation, I am finding it fascinating, At the end if each chapter are tips on how to meditate and at the end of the book are a series of short guided meditations. Each relates to the subject of the chapters which include acceptance, compassion, forgiveness and courage.
Plenty to think about during my news blackout! (Now over, but what an interesting experience.)
Thubten distinguishes between mindfulness and meditation and suggests creating micro moments of mindfulness throughout your days.
I am new to the philosphy of Buddhism and am puzzled by the fact that Thubten promotes loving kindness to oneself and to others but has put himself through what sound to me like very punitive retreats, one lasting for four years. When he came out of that long retreat from the world, he said he gained a fresh perspective on current society and he writes a very interesting review of what he calls a culture of fear.
I have also bought his first book A Monk's Guide To Happiness. Equally fascinating. Have any of you read his books, or similar, and do you practice meditation?
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