Meditation
Here are entered works on mental prayer as a method of promoting the spiritual life. Collections of thoughts on spiritual truths for use in meditation are entered under Meditations.
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Broader terms:Related term:Narrower terms:- Meditation -- Buddhism
- Meditation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Meditation -- Hinduism
- Meditation -- Miscellanea
- Meditation -- Theravāda Buddhism
- Transcendental Meditation
- Mental prayer
- Prayer, Mental
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Transmission: A Meditation for the New Age (fifth edition, c2006), by Benjamin Creme (PDF with commentary at share-international.org)- Guide of the Man of Good Will in the Exercise of Mental Prayer (American edition translated from French; 1887), by Joseph Simler (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Letters on Occult Meditation (ca. 1922), by Alice Bailey (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Silence (Los Angeles: The Master Press, 1925), by Evelyn Whitell (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Ways of Mental Prayer (Dublin: M. H. Gill and Son, 1917), by Vital Lehodey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Yoga, Meditation and Japa Sadhana, by Swami Krishnananda (HTML at Divine Life Society)
- The Issue at Hand: Essays on Buddhist Mindfulness Practice (in multiple languages; c2001), by Gil Fronsdal (HTML and PDF files with commentary at insightmeditationcenter.org)
- Dhamma Texts (revised edition, c1991), by U Ba Khin (PDF at International Meditation Centre)
- A Guide to Buddhist Monasteries and Meditation Centres in Thailand (third edition, 1991), by Bill Weir (HTML at dharmanet.org)
- Basic Themes, by Phra Sutthithammarangsīkhamphīramēthačhān (Lī), trans. by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Buddhist Meditation, by Francis Story (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Buddhist Meditation and Depth Psychology, by Douglas M. Burns (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Buddho, by Phra Rātchanirōtrangsīkhamphīrapanyāwisit (Thēt), trans. by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (HTML at Access to Insight)
- The Craft of the Heart, by Phra Sutthithammarangsīkhamphīramēthačhān (Lī), trans. by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (PDF at Access to Insight)
- The Dhamma Teaching of Acariya Maha Boowa in London, by Phra Maha Boowa Nanasampanno (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Food for Thought, by Phra Sutthithammarangsīkhamphīramēthačhān (Lī), trans. by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Forest Meditations: The Verses of the Arahant Talaputa Thera, by Talaputa Thera, ed. by Bhikkhu Khantipalo (HTML at Access to Insight)
- A Guide to Awareness: Dhamma Talks on the Foundations of Mindfulness, by Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, trans. by Phikkhu Ariyesako and Bhikkhu Kantasilo (PDF at buddhanet.net)
- Inner Strength: Sixteen Talks, by Phra Sutthithammarangsīkhamphīramēthačhān (Lī), trans. by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Keeping the Breath in Mind; and, Lessons in Samadhi, by Phra Sutthithammarangsīkhamphīramēthačhān (Lī), trans. by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Practical Advice for Meditators, by Bhikkhu Khantipalo (HTML at Access to Insight)
- The Progress of Insight (Visuddhiñana-katha): A Modern Treatise on Buddhist Satipatthana Meditation, by Mahā caññʻ Cha rā toʻ ʼA rhaṅʻ Sobhana, trans. by Nyanaponika Thera (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Satipatthana Vipassana, by Mahā caññʻ Cha rā toʻ ʼA rhaṅʻ Sobhana (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Straight from the Heart: Thirteen Talks on the Practice of Meditation, by Phra Maha Boowa Nanasampanno (HTML at Access to Insight)
- A Taste of Freedom, by Achaan Chah (HTML at Access to Insight)
- The Way of Mindfulness: The Satipatthana Sutta and Its Commentary, trans. by Soma Thera (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Anapana Sati: Meditation on Breathing, by Mahathera Nauyane Ariyadhamma (HTML at Access to Insight)
- The Essentials of Buddha Dhamma in Meditative Practice, by U Ba Khin (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Lay Buddhist Practice: The Shrine Room, Uposatha Day, Rains Residence, by Bhikkhu Khantipalo (HTML at Access to Insight)
- The Power of Mindfulness, by Nyanaponika Thera (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Protection Through Satipatthana, by Nyanaponika Thera (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Investigation for Insight, by Susan Elbaum Jootla (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Anapana Sati: Meditation on Breathing, by Mahathera Nauyane Ariyadhamma (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Steps Along the Path, by Phra Rātchanirōtrangsīkhamphīrapanyāwisit (Thēt), trans. by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (HTML at Access to Insight)
- The Power of Mindfulness, by Nyanaponika Thera (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Protection Through Satipatthana, by Nyanaponika Thera (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Investigation for Insight, by Susan Elbaum Jootla (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Satipatthana Vipassana, by Mahā caññʻ Cha rā toʻ ʼA rhaṅʻ Sobhana (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Inquiring Mind (selected issues and articles of this Buddhist journal, 1984-2015) (partial serial archives)
- Meditations: A Spiritual Logbook, by Avi Sion (frame-dependent HTML at thelogician.net)
- Vaishvanara Vidya, by Swami Krishnananda (HTML at Divine Life Society)
- Foundation for a New Consciousness: An Essay on Art, Science and Religion, by John Caris (illustrated HTML at Westgate House)
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation, by Robert Roth (HTML at tm.org)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Contemplation- The Spiritual Guide Which Disentangles the Soul and Brings It by the Inward Way to the Getting of Perfect Contemplation and the Rich Treasure of Internal Peace, by Miguel de Molinos (PDF with commentary at adamford.com)
- A Method for Prayer (based on 1710 edition, with modernized spelling, glossary, and added prayers; c2013), by Matthew Henry, ed. by Steve Kindorf (multiple formats with commentary at mrmatthewhenry.com)
- A Call to Prayer (text slightly modernized), by J. C. Ryle, ed. by Daniel W. Wright (HTML at anglicanlibrary.org)
- Concerning Prayer: Its Nature, Its Difficulties and Its Value (London: Macmillan, 1916) (HTML and PDF at arfalpha.com)
- How I Know God Answers Prayer: The Personal Testimony of One Life-Time, by Rosalind Goforth (Gutenberg text and page images)
- The Inner Chamber and the Inner Life (New York et al.: Fleming H. Revell Co., c1905), by Andrew Murray (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Method For Prayer: With Scripture Expressions, Proper to be Us'd Under Each Head (second edition, with additions; London: Printed for N. Cliff and D. Jackson, 1710), by Matthew Henry
- A Method For Prayer: With Scripture Expressions, Proper to be Used Under Each Head; With Directions for Daily Communion With God; Showing How to Begin, How to Spend, and How to Close Every Day with God; To Which is Now Added A Discourse Concerning Meekness and Quietness of Spirit (Glasgow: D. McKenzie, 1834), by Matthew Henry (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Power of Prevailing Prayer (fifth edition), ed. by Albert Sims (PDF at nnu.edu)
- Prayer and its Remarkable Answers: Being a Statement of Facts in the Light of Reason and Revelation (Chicago: J. S. Goodman; et al., 1876), by William W. Patton
- Prayer Availeth Much, by T. M. Anderson (multiple formats with commentary at CCEL)
- Prayer Changes Things (New York et al.: F. H. Revell Co., ca. 1910), by S. D. Gordon (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Prayer Life (originally published 1912), by Andrew Murray (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Short, Easy, and Comprehensive Method of Prayer (1761), by John Kelpius (HTML with commentary at passtheword.org)
- The Supreme Need: In Response to a Call to the Church in Mrs. Head's Booklet, "The Forgotten Friend" (Edinburgh and London: Oliphants, n.d.), by Andrew Murray (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Teach Us to Pray, by Charles Fillmore (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- The Ways of Mental Prayer (Dublin: M. H. Gill and Son, 1917), by Vital Lehodey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Wonders of Prayer (Chicago: F.H. Revell, c1885), ed. by D. W. Whittle, contrib. by Henry T. Williams (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Book of Private Devotion: A Series of Prayers and Meditations, With an Introductory Essay on Prayer, Chiefly from the Writings of Hannah More (revised and enlarged; New York: R. Carter and Bros., 1850), contrib. by Hannah More (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)
- The State of the Church: A Plea for More Prayer (New York et al.: Fleming Revell Co., ca. 1911), by Andrew Murray (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Touching Incidents and Remarkable Answers to Prayer, by S. B. Shaw (HTML and RTF at CCEL)
More items available under broader and related terms at left.