Active meditation

This classic - and long out-of-print - book by a Tibetan master is still an inspiration for beginners as well as long-time practitioners of Buddhist meditation. In it, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche shows that meditation goes beyond formal sitting practice and forms the foundation for compassion, mindfulness and creativity in all aspects of life. He explores the six activities of 'meditation in action' - generosity, discipline, patience, energy, mental clarity and wisdom - and explains that real wisdom can be gained through simple, direct experience: the ability to see clearly through situations and deal with them skillfully, without the self-consciousness associated with the ego.