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Unit number: MET
202
Unit title: Introduction
to Individual and Group Meditation
Credit value: 3 credits
Description: This unit presents an accessible, clear and practical overview of meditation based on an integrated knowledge of teachings from various traditions, brought up to date for the needs of the contemporary person with a Western life. In this approach, meditation is explained in terms of six fundamental features with corresponding instructions for practice: centering, alignment, review, expansion, awareness and service.
Key textbook: Bloom, William. Meditation in a Changing World. Second edition. Glastonbury, Somerset, UK: Gothic Image Publications, 1993. This edition is out of print at the time of writing but there may be second-hand copies available on www.amazon.com or www.abebooks.com (USA) and www.amazon.co.uk or www.abebooks.co.uk (UK).
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