Jewish Meditation: A Practical Guide by Aryeh Kaplan Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Jewish Meditation: A Practical Guide
Book Review: Fabulous Book!
Summary: 5 Stars
Jewish Meditation: A Practical Guide by Aryeh Kaplan is the best book I have read so far on this topic. It is extremely interesting, inspiring, and easy to understand and has a wealth of information. I liked the fact that the author warns his readers about certain methods of meditation that are not for beginners while at the same time gives clarity about the various types of meditations that are safe with guidelines how to practice them. There are also a lot of extremely interesting facts about Judaism that I was happy to learn. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in meditation from a Jewish perspective and gaining some basic knowledge about Kabbalah.Book Review: Fascinating and helpful
Summary: 5 Stars
In this work, the late Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan explores the Jewish roots of meditation, as well as a practical on how to meditate according to Jewish tradition.
He points out how meditation is an ancient part of Jewish religious tradition, contrary to popular belief. How the synagogue was meant originally to be a meditative experience, and how much of Jewish prayer liturgy is meant to be a meditative type connection with the Creator.
He marvels at how so many Jews look outside their Judaism for spiritual enlightenment, while it is all available within their own spiritual tradition.
As Kaplan takes us on this journey of exploration he deals with such questions as `What is meditation?', `Why meditate' , the various types of meditation available and how to do them as well as a chapter on
Musar, self-perfection, an important school in Jewish thought.
After reading this excellent work, you will never see Judaism, spirituality or meditation in the same way. It also can serve as a simple and helpful aid to begin your own meditation.
Book Review: Jewish Meditation a practical guide
Summary: 5 Stars
I am very pleased to recomend this book to anyone interested in meditation. It is easy to read and gives you an overview of the meditation process that is very helpful. Basic Knowledge is not needed for reading this book. The process is explained in simple yet elegant language.Book Review: Judaism
Summary: 5 Stars
This book represents an idea that very few people, including Jews and non-Jews, know about. There are reasons for this, notably, that many in Jewish theological circles regard Jewish meditation and mysticism (Kabbalah and Zohar) outside the realms of the Jewish canon.With regards to Jews, there are a substantial number of whom find their meanings in the teachings of the Eastern religions, unable to find a state of higher consciousness in the religion they were raised in.
This book is one of a number to address the above sentiments, in a gentle, clear, and concise manner. And it shows that there are indeed many levels within Judaism, that have been expounded, for over a thousand years.
Book Review: News: Judaism has real traditions of meditation!
Summary: 5 Stars
The late great Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan combed the sources to discover the various traditions of meditation that had been passed down in the rabbinic tradition for centuries. Many of them are summarized here and explained in clear, helpful terms. If you're interested in developing a practice, you will probably want to read also MINDING THE TEMPLE OF THE SOUL by Tamar Frankiel and Judy Greenfeld, which integrates meditation with traditional prayer and conscious movement. Also, Rabbi Kaplan's MEDITATION AND KABBALAH and MEDITATION AND THE BIBLE are good supplements to enrich your background for understanding this book.