A Heart of Stillness: A Complete Guide to Learning the Art of Meditation
A comprehensive guide to meditation for people of all faiths, from the best-selling author of God Is a Verb.
The only complete nonsectarian guide to meditation, A Heart of Stillness is a comprehensive guidebook to its basic principles and practices.
By showing the way to what mystics have experienced for thousands of years, David Cooper's accessible, clear advice provides invaluable guidance both for students already studying with a meditation teacher, and for those who want to develop a meditative practice on their own.
Drawing from the wisdom of the world's great spiritual traditions, Cooper teaches basic meditative principles and practices to lead us onto the path of self-discovery.
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Book details
- Author
- David Cooper
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Religion › Judaism
- Topics
- mindfulness · inner peace · spirituality · Jewish spiritual practice · self-discovery · contemplative practice
- ISBN-13
- 9781893361034
About the author
RABBI DAVID A. COOPER was a rabbi, mystic, and author who studied mysticism for more than thirty years. His books include Three Gates to Meditation Practice, The Handbook of Jewish Meditation Practices and Silence, Simplicity & Solitude.
Cooper was ordained by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi in 1993 and studied Kabbalah and Hasidism in the Old City of Jerusalem for over six years during the 1980s. He was initiated into Sufism by Pir Vilayat Khan, practiced Zen Buddhism with Roshi Bernie Glassman, and Tibetan Buddhism with Tsoknyi Rinpoche.
When not writing, Cooper and his wife Shoshana founded the Heart of Stillness Hermitage in Boulder, Colorado. His books draw on decades of immersion in Jewish, Sufi, Zen, and Tibetan contemplative traditions.