The Path Is the Goal: A Basic Handbook of Buddhist Meditation

Lessons on the true purpose and power of meditation, from one of the great masters

According to the Buddha, no one can attain basic sanity or enlightenment without practicing meditation. It is the essential spiritual practice—and nothing else is more important.

In The Path is the Goal, Chögyam Trungpa teaches us to let go of the urge to make meditation serve our ambition; thus we can relax into openness. We are shown how the deliberate practice of mindfulness develops into contrived awarenes...