The Mind Illuminated

A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science

By: Culadasa John Yates PhD, Matthew Immergut PhD, Jeremy Graves

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

The book that best-selling meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg raves "brings the path of meditation to life", The Mind Illuminated is the first how-to meditation guide from a neuroscientist who is also an acclaimed meditation master. This innovative book offers a 10-stage program that is deeply grounded in ancient spiritual teachings about mindfulness and holistic health and also draws from the latest brain science to provide a road map for anyone interested in achieving the benefits of mindfulness. Dr. John Yates offers a new and fascinating model of how the mind works, including steps to overcome mind wandering and dullness, extending your attention span while meditating, and subduing subtle distractions. This groundbreaking manual helps you work through each stage of the process, offering tools that work across all types of meditation practices.

The Mind Illuminated is essential listening, whether you are a beginner wanting to establish your practice or a seasoned veteran ready to master the deepest state of peace and mindfulness.

©2015 John Charles Yates (P)2017 Tantor

Critic reviews

"A systematic, hands-on manual, The Mind Illuminated will be a great help to anyone who wants to completely fathom the process of meditative development in all its stages." (Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Happiness)

Informative

Love that book, great information and easy to follow absolutely wonderful, life-changing, eye-opening, and fantastic. It's truly amazing. I plan to read it many more times, sitting with the words, feeling what they say. It is the one single book that I would say is the most important book I've ever read. 

Best meditation book I’ve ever read!

The author has an incredible talent of explaining everything. A must read for beginners or experienced!

A wonderful step by step guide to meditation

Amazing, well-organized reference. I have bookmarked it thoroughly and keep going back to it to review various subjects and learn more as my practice evolves. I am also telling a lot of other people about it, because it's changing my life!

Trail guide to your self.

Narrator is excellent. Used as an object of attention, read countless times. Never bored.

Best overall

It was the best simple but thorough review of meditation and the many aspects there of. Has truly aided my practice