Publication
Imprint: Eugene, Oregon : Center for Sacred Sciences, 2009. Edition: First edition. Responsibility: Joel Morwood. Physical: 1 volume : x, 396 pages : 23 cm. Features: Bibliography, indexes.
Call number
CSS Teachings / Morwo
ISBN
0962038725 / 9780962038723
Original publication date
2009
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: A product of twenty years of experience guiding students on the spiritual path, this book is an instruction manual for anyone who wishes to walk a mystical path and discover directly whether or not what the mystics say is true. Here you will find the universal teachings and essential practices of the mystics from all the world's major religious traditions, distilled and presented in generic terms suitable for all seekers, both those who belong to an established religion and those who do not. -- publisher description.
Table of Contents: Part I: Overview of the Way
Chapter 1. The Truth That Makes You Free
Chapter 2. Who Are You, Really?
Chapter 3. Enlightenment
Chapter 4. Understanding Delusion
Chapter 5. Love and Truth
Chapter 6. Four Principles of the Path
Part II: Making Preparations
Chapter 7. Finding a Teacher
Chapter 8. Tracking Dreams
Chapter 9. Going on Retreat
Part III: Entering the Path of Knowledge (Jnana)
Chapter 10. The Chain of Conditioning
Chapter 11. Concentration Meditation
Chapter 12. Choiceless Awareness Meditation
Chapter 13. Contemplating Impermanence
Part IV: Entering the Path of Devotion (Bhakti)
Chapter 14. Verbal Prayer
Chapter 15. Prayer-in-the-Heart
Chapter 16. Remembrance through Unceasing Prayer
Part V: Cultivating Love and Compassion
Chapter 17. The Mystics’ View of Morality
Chapter 18. Keeping Precepts
Chapter 19. Sending and Taking
Chapter 20. Serving Others
Chapter 21. Serving God
Chapter 22. Be Grateful for Everything
Chapter 23. Effort and Grace
Part VI: Dismantling the Delusion of Self
Chapter 24. Liberating Thoughts
Chapter 25. Purifying Emotions
Chapter 26. Deconstructing the Delusion of Time
Chapter 27. Avoiding Pitfalls
Part VII: Contemplating Reality
Chapter 28. Contemplating the Nature of Objects
Chapter 29. Contemplating the Nature of Self
Chapter 30. Contemplating the Nature of God
Chapter 31. Contemplating Nothing
Chapter 32. Returning to the Source
Part VIII: End of the Way
Chapter 33. Kenosis
Chapter 34. Gnosis
Chapter 35. Life after Gnosis
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Table of Contents: Part I: Overview of the Way
Chapter 1. The Truth That Makes You Free
Chapter 2. Who Are You, Really?
Chapter 3. Enlightenment
Chapter 4. Understanding Delusion
Chapter 5. Love and Truth
Chapter 6. Four Principles of the Path
Part II: Making Preparations
Chapter 7. Finding a Teacher
Chapter 8. Tracking Dreams
Chapter 9. Going on Retreat
Part III: Entering the Path of Knowledge (Jnana)
Chapter 10. The Chain of Conditioning
Chapter 11. Concentration Meditation
Chapter 12. Choiceless Awareness Meditation
Chapter 13. Contemplating Impermanence
Part IV: Entering the Path of Devotion (Bhakti)
Chapter 14. Verbal Prayer
Chapter 15. Prayer-in-the-Heart
Chapter 16. Remembrance through Unceasing Prayer
Part V: Cultivating Love and Compassion
Chapter 17. The Mystics’ View of Morality
Chapter 18. Keeping Precepts
Chapter 19. Sending and Taking
Chapter 20. Serving Others
Chapter 21. Serving God
Chapter 22. Be Grateful for Everything
Chapter 23. Effort and Grace
Part VI: Dismantling the Delusion of Self
Chapter 24. Liberating Thoughts
Chapter 25. Purifying Emotions
Chapter 26. Deconstructing the Delusion of Time
Chapter 27. Avoiding Pitfalls
Part VII: Contemplating Reality
Chapter 28. Contemplating the Nature of Objects
Chapter 29. Contemplating the Nature of Self
Chapter 30. Contemplating the Nature of God
Chapter 31. Contemplating Nothing
Chapter 32. Returning to the Source
Part VIII: End of the Way
Chapter 33. Kenosis
Chapter 34. Gnosis
Chapter 35. Life after Gnosis
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Other editions
The Way of Selflessness: A Practical Guide to Enlightenment Based on the Teachings of the World's Great Mystics by Joel Morwood (Paperback)
The way of selflessness : a practical guide to enlightenment based on the teachings of the world's great mystics by Joel Morwood (Paperback)
Physical description
x, 396 p.; 23 cm
Description
Praised as "a spiritual treasure" by Huston Smith, The Way of Selflessness is an authoritative guide for anyone who wishes to walk a mystical path and discover directly the truth testified to by the mystics of the world's spiritual traditions. Drawing from the universal teachings and essential practices of the mystics from all the world's major religious traditions, distilled and presented in generic terms suitable for all seekers, The Way of Selflessness is appropriate for both those who belong to an established religion and those who do not.
Language
Original language
English