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by Tarthang Tulku (Author)
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  • Paperback: 171 pages
  • Publisher: Bookpeople (Dec 1977)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 091354616X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0913546161
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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A classic in the field of meditation and awareness
What makes it so difficult for people to change, to go beyond their usual limitations? Gesture of Balance offers the answer. "The secret it reveals is the open secret of a way of being that is readily available to us in each moment." –AHP Newsletter.

The warm, intimate discussions of Gesture of Balance evoke a deeper self-understanding that becomes a guide to healing and awareness. Its step-by-step approach teaches how to make direct contact with sensory perception, feelings, images, and thoughts. Once in contact with experience, we can learn how to balance mental, emotional, and physical energies. This balance increases wellness of both body and mind and greatly improves the quality of life.

Written in clear, precise language, Gesture invites an investigation into the nature of mind, the emotions, and wholesome and destructive patterns of behavior. It offers a profound solution to the problem of human frustration and stress,identifying both the root causes and the exact methods for their alleviation. It is a book that people return to again and again, always finding new riches. Chapters include: Opening the Heart, Awakening Compassion, Transforming Anxiety, and Awakening Inner confidence.

"This volume is a translation of very complex ideological systems into a straightforward message on how to use Buddhism in one’s day-to-day life." –Choice Magazine. "The ease with which Gesture can be read should not blind us to its profundity. We have here an epoch-changing work that belongs at the very top of its field." Marion Stuart in Yoga Journal. Translated into Dutch, German,Italian, Portuguese, Spanish. Adopted for use in over 170 college and university courses, in fields such as Religious Studies, Sociology, Eastern Psychology,communications Studies, Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary Sciences, East/West Psychological Perspectives, Group Process, and Mysticism.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A truly worthwhile book, 11 Mar 2002
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I read this, Tulku's first book, over ten years ago. It offers a unique view of Buddhism based on the lama's own tradition, Nyingma Buddhism, that is non technical and very approachable. I feel it is of value to the Buddhist and non-Buddhist reader alike. Of all the modern books on Buddhism and meditation there are no more than ten or so that are really worth reading and this certainly one of them.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gesture of Balance , 16 Nov 2007
By Tami Brady "Whole Health Therapist" (Calgary, Canada) - See all my reviews
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Years ago, when I first started learning about meditation, I read every book I could get my hands on about the process. I would read the text and become excited that I had found the "right" way to practice. Immediately, I would follow the instructions as best I could. Without fail, I would get frustrated when I couldn't sustain the right pose or hold my tongue in the proper way as I tried to breathe correctly. Inevitably, throughout the whole exercise I worried that I couldn't stop my thoughts.

Over time, I have learned exactly what Gesture of Balance provides for those wanting to try meditation: that meditation focused on "a right way", particular goals, or the desire for special powers ultimately leads to frustration. In fact, that is the purpose of the practice. True meditation is not about doing or practicing, it is about letting go of all expectations and just experiencing. Meditation isn't something we undertake to impress others or to prove our value. It is an extremely personal process that asks us to question and examine everything we think, feel, or believe.

I wish I had come across this book years ago. Its guidance would have been even more valuable. Today, it reminds me of the path I've travelled and the journey I continue to experience. Gesture of Balance will definitely have a permanent place on my bookshelf of favourites.

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