Touching Enlightenment: Finding Realization in the Body by Reginald Ray

What does it mean to "meditate with the body"? Until you answer this question, explains Reginald Ray, meditation may be no more than a mental gymnastic ―something you can practice for years without fruitful results. In Touching Enlightenment, the esteemed author of five books about Buddhist history and practice guides you back to the original practice of the Buddha: a systematic process that results in a profound awareness in your body rather than in your head. Ray studied Tibetan Buddhism, traditional shamanic wisdom, and yogic-contemplative practices with the Tibetan refugee and recognized Vajrayana traditional-wisdom holder Chögyam Trungpa. Ray first encountered Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, in 1970, and studied with him until Rinpoche's death in 1987. In 1974, at the invitation of Trungpa Rinpoche, Ray left a tenure-track position at Indiana University and relocated to Boulder, Colorado—then the center of Trungpa Rinpoche's community–to become the first full-time faculty member and chair of the Buddhist Studies Department at Naropa University. Ray is the director of the Dharma Ocean Foundation. The Foundation, in addition to teaching meditation programs and hosting intensive retreats, also functions as a non-profit foundation "dedicated to the practice, study and preservation of the teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche." 395 pages. Book is in excellent condition.