--- product_id: 9884289 title: "A Beginner's Guide to Meditation: Practical Advice and Inspiration from Contemporary Buddhist Teachers" price: "₱2026" currency: PHP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.ph/products/9884289-a-beginners-guide-to-meditation-practical-advice-and-inspiration-from store_origin: PH region: Philippines --- # Practical, actionable meditation tips Comprehensive beginner's guide Insights from 15+ renowned teachers A Beginner's Guide to Meditation: Practical Advice and Inspiration from Contemporary Buddhist Teachers **Price:** ₱2026 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🧘‍♀️ Unlock calm and clarity with wisdom that works! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Beginner's Guide to Meditation: Practical Advice and Inspiration from Contemporary Buddhist Teachers - **How much does it cost?** ₱2026 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ph](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/9884289-a-beginners-guide-to-meditation-practical-advice-and-inspiration-from) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Concise & Practical:** Short, sharp lessons that cut through complexity - • **Learn from the Legends:** Wisdom from Pema Chödrön, Thich Nhat Hanh & more - • **Master Meditation Basics:** Clear, accessible guidance for newcomers - • **Transform Your Daily Life:** Bring mindfulness off the cushion with walking meditation - • **Build a Sustainable Practice:** Strategies to start, maintain, and deepen meditation ## Overview A Beginner's Guide to Meditation offers a practical, easy-to-follow introduction to Buddhist meditation, featuring advice from over a dozen contemporary masters. This book distills complex philosophies into actionable steps, helping readers build and sustain a mindful practice that transforms everyday life. ## Description A practical, accessible guide to the fundamentals of Buddhist meditation, with pointers from some of today's most respected Buddhist teachers, including Pema Chödrön, Thich Nhat Hanh, Cyndi Lee, and Sharon Salzberg. As countless meditators have learned firsthand, meditation practice can positively transform the way we see and experience our lives. This practical, accessible guide to the fundamentals of Buddhist meditation introduces you to the practice, explains how it is approached in the main schools of Buddhism, and offers advice and inspiration from Buddhism’s most renowned and effective meditation teachers, including Pema Chödrön, Thich Nhat Hanh, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Sharon Salzberg, Norman Fischer, Ajahn Chah, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, Sylvia Boorstein, Noah Levine, Matthieu Ricard, Judy Lief, and many others. Topics include how to build excitement and energy to start a meditation routine and keep it going, setting up a meditation space, working with and through boredom, what to look for when seeking others to meditate with, how to know when it’s time to try doing a formal meditation retreat, how to bring the practice “off the cushion” with walking meditation and other practices, and much more. Review: GOOD VALUE: This book told me several things I'd never heard before - In the best tradition, the two most important bits of advice seem to conflict each other: 1) Meditation is a hobby; don't turn it into a job. 2) If you only meditate when you want, you will only become familiar with the aspect of the mind that wants to meditate. I've read maybe 10% of the book, and probably 50% will not be applicable to me (because those parts are about different traditions, or are too advanced for me), but I still consider it Good Value because there are excellent wise words that apply to me, right now, and they are in short, meaningful articles, so they're not hidden or bogged down. Best of all, it has a very very brief, very good "How to Meditate" guide that you can show your friends when they ask. Review: Hands-down the best book on meditation for beginners - It's a great book on meditation and beginning practices in mindfulness meditation and Buddhist principles. The style of writing is easy, the book is authoritative but interestingly very pithy and sharp and very very readable. In a sense it is probably one of the finest example of how the most complex of ideas (and we are talking here serious philosophical issues like Shunyata or Emptiness) can be brought down to their "bare bones" and taught to people using practical, "to do" guidelines. This is hands-down the best book on meditation I have read. Trust me. ## Features - Shambhala Publications - ABIS BOOK - Sky/Pale blue ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,142,934 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,056 in New Age Reference (Books) #1,484 in Buddhist Rituals & Practice (Books) #11,574 in Meditation (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 83 Reviews | ## Images ![A Beginner's Guide to Meditation: Practical Advice and Inspiration from Contemporary Buddhist Teachers - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/710CeyawPjL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ GOOD VALUE: This book told me several things I'd never heard before *by H***X on March 26, 2014* In the best tradition, the two most important bits of advice seem to conflict each other: 1) Meditation is a hobby; don't turn it into a job. 2) If you only meditate when you want, you will only become familiar with the aspect of the mind that wants to meditate. I've read maybe 10% of the book, and probably 50% will not be applicable to me (because those parts are about different traditions, or are too advanced for me), but I still consider it Good Value because there are excellent wise words that apply to me, right now, and they are in short, meaningful articles, so they're not hidden or bogged down. Best of all, it has a very very brief, very good "How to Meditate" guide that you can show your friends when they ask. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hands-down the best book on meditation for beginners *by A***U on September 8, 2014* It's a great book on meditation and beginning practices in mindfulness meditation and Buddhist principles. The style of writing is easy, the book is authoritative but interestingly very pithy and sharp and very very readable. In a sense it is probably one of the finest example of how the most complex of ideas (and we are talking here serious philosophical issues like Shunyata or Emptiness) can be brought down to their "bare bones" and taught to people using practical, "to do" guidelines. This is hands-down the best book on meditation I have read. Trust me. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An excellent Buddhist mindset/meditation primer. *by M***N on June 7, 2016* An excellent Buddhist mindset/meditation primer. Some people have complained about getting lost in the jargon, but I found it all use and interesting--probably just a difference of perspective or desire. The book covers a lot of different ground, many different approaches and schools of Buddhism, so there are a few essays that I found baffling or unuseful, but I'm sure everyone will take something different from such a multifarious book. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ph/products/9884289-a-beginners-guide-to-meditation-practical-advice-and-inspiration-from](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/9884289-a-beginners-guide-to-meditation-practical-advice-and-inspiration-from) --- *Product available on Desertcart Philippines* *Store origin: PH* *Last updated: 2026-09-17*