With over a quarter of a million copies sold, "Mindfulness in Plain English" is one of the most influential books in the burgeoning field of mindfulness and a timeless classic introduction to meditation. This is a book that people read, love, and share - a book that people talk about, write about, reflect on, and return to over and over again.
Bhante Gunaratana is also the author of "Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness," "Beyond Mindfulness in Plain English," "The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Plain English," and his memoir "Journey to Mindfulness."

Use the unique Buddhist practice of meditation on perception, as taught by the best-selling author of "Mindfulness in Plain English," to learn how shifting your perspective can transform mental and physical health.
Perception -- one of the basic constituents of the body and mind -- can be both a source of suffering and pain, as well as a source of happiness and health. The Buddhist tradition teaches that perception can be trained and ultimately purified through the practice of meditation. When we understand how perception impacts our lives, we can use it, just as we do any other object of meditation, to overcome harmful ways of thinking and acting and to develop healthy states of mind instead. In "Meditation on Perception" Bhante G brings us, for the first time in English, an illuminating introduction to the unique Buddhist practice of meditation on perception as taught in the popular Girimananda Sutta.
The ten healing practices that comprise meditation on perception make up a comprehensive system of meditation, combining aspects of both tranquility and insight meditation. Tranquility meditation is used to calm and center the mind, and insight meditation is used to understand more clearly how we ordinarily perceive ourselves and the world around us. Alternating between these two practices, meditators cultivate purified perception as explained by the Buddha. As a result of these efforts, we progress on the path that leads to freedom, once and for all, from illness, confusion, and other forms of physical and mental suffering.
"Meditation on Perception" gives us the keys to move beyond ordinary, superficial perception into an enlightened perspective, freed from confusion and unhappiness.

Countless people worldlwide have made "Mindfulness in Plain English" a beloved and bestselling classic in almost a dozen languages. Now after nearly two decades, Bhante helps meditators of every stripe take their mindfulness practice to the next level - helping them go, in a word, "beyond" mindfulness. In the same warm, clear, and friendly voice, Bhante introduces the reader to what have been known for centuries as the "jhanas" - deeply calm, joyous, and powerful states of meditation that, when explored with the clearly presented tools in this book, can lead to a life of insight and unshakeable peace.

An insightful introduction to meditation, this book reveals that people already possess the necessary foundation within themselves that allows them to live in a more productive, conscious, and peaceful way: mindfulness. The author, a Buddhist monk, asserts that meditation and mindfulness are beneficial to humankind's mentality and spirituality, and explains in an accessible language the basic aspects of meditation and how to apply them. "Una introduccion iluminadora a la meditacion, este libro revela que las personas ya poseen la fundacion necesaria para vivir sus vidas de una manera mas productiva, consciente y pacifica: mindfulness. El autor, un monje budista, afirma que la meditacion y la atencion plena son beneficiosas para la mentalidad y la espiritualidad, y explica de manera asequible las herramientas de la meditacion y como emplearlas."