{"product_id":"calm-abiding-and-special-insight-achieving-spiritual-transformation-through-meditation-paperback","title":"Calm Abiding and Special Insight: Achieving Spiritual Transformation Through Meditation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeshe Gedun Lodro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Hopkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Hopkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalm Abiding and Special Insight\u003c\/i\u003e presents an intimate and detailed picture of the intricacies of meditation so vividly that the reader is drawn into a Tibetan worldview of spiritual development. Geshe Ged n Lodr , one of the foremost scholars of Tibet, reveals methods for overcoming afflictive states and disorders to create a mind which is stable, calm, and alertly clear. This book illustrates the mind's potential for profound transformation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe dangers of not recognizing states contrary to successful meditation are great, and the possibilities of implementing the wrong antidote, or of overextending an appropriate one until it becomes counterproductive, are many. Through such detail, Geshe Ged n Lodr  makes vividly clear a Tibetan approach to meditative transformation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a completely revised new edition of \u003ci\u003eWalking Through Walls\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeshe Gedün Lodrö (1924-1979) entered Debung Monastic University near Lhasa at the age of nine as a novice monk. He gained the degree of geshe in 1961 in exile in India as the first among three scholars who were awarded the number one ranking in the highest class. A scholar of prodigious intellect, he was famed for his wide learning and ability in debate. In 1967, the Dalai Lama sent him to teach at the University of Hamburg, where he learned to speak German fluently and became a tenured member of the faculty. He served as Visiting Professor at the University of Virginia in 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 9.03 x 6.03 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48338470109354,"sku":"9781559391108","price":47.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/1475\/4218\/files\/SmM5U29qc2IxMmx1RC9ZZ20wMWtUUT09.webp?v=1779393343","url":"https:\/\/wiccancenter.com\/products\/calm-abiding-and-special-insight-achieving-spiritual-transformation-through-meditation-paperback","provider":"Wiccan Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}