________________ Spirituality Lawrence G. Muller WISDOM ROADS Conversations with Remarkable Meditation Masters Father Laurence Freeman, Swami Satchidananda, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Father Edward McCorkell, Swami Shankarananda, Shree Chitrabhanu, Brother Wayne Teasdale, and Bhante Gunaratana This book of plain-speaking conversations brings together eight outstanding contemporary teachers of meditation from quite diverse wisdom traditions, including Christian meditation, Centering Prayer, and Christian Sannyasa; Buddhist Bon Dzogchen and Theravada Vipassana; Jain meditation; Integral Yoga and Kirya/Advaita Vedanta, This book does not focus on the theological or philosophical differences of its contributors and the traditions they represent but on the actual practice of meditation: how to meditate and how to get, the most out of it. All these meditation masters agree: meditation is for everyone. It is the practical, experience-based wisdom at the core of all religions and at the heart of the spiritual life. In line with its practical, experience-oriented bent, the book includes a Meditation Resource Directory at the back, listing addresses and web sites of the meditation centers and communities represented by the various wisdom traditions in the book. Lawrence G. Muller is a journalist, teacher, and long-time practitioner of meditation, who lives in the Shenandoah Valley. He is a lay member of the New Camaldoli Hermitage and the recipient of the Being Together Conferences (1991-1999) Award for his contribution to Interreligious Dialogue. Cover design by Bonnell Design Associates ISBN 0-8264-1234-3 Continuum . New York and London $19.95 90000> CONTINUUM ONTINUUN 9"780826 412348 Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
