B E G I N N E R'S M I N D buddhist meditation
Why Can’t I Meditate?
How to Get Your Mindfulness Practice on Track
Nigel Wellings
Foreword Becca Crane
Bangor University
Piatkus 2015
Tarcher Perigee 2016
"I am very happy to finally see someone writing about why people can’t meditate. I’ve known Nigel for many years; he’s a sincere practitioner who has been thinking about how to untangle the blockages in the human mind for some time now. We had a lot of discussion together about the ideas presented here and I think his book will be very useful. It’s helpful to know the underlying causes of meditation problems - this book shows how to work with them.”
Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Present With Suffering
Being With The Things That Hurt
Nigel Wellings and Elizabeth Wilde McCormick
Foreword Henry Shukman
Confer 2021
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"There is something about everything that makes it not quite satisfactory. Even things we really love are spoilt by not being quite enough or – the opposite – going on too long. People entering psychotherapy want to feel better – more authoritative, less anxious or depressed, more whole – and although it can help, an enormous amount of difficult and painful emotions continue to arise. After years and years of therapy many of us feel as mad as ever. There is no ‘happy ever after’. This all begs the question; what is the place of suffering in human experience and how best can we be with it?"
Dzogchen
Who's Who & What's What in the Great Perfection
A handbook by Nigel Wellings
Foreword Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Mud Pie Books published December 2022
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This generously sized reader friendly handbook alphabetically lists the deities, teachers and the principle ideas that we first meet when we receive Dzogchen teachings. It also provides a time line for Indian and Tibetan Buddhism to give a sense of context, a small list of resources to continue study and an extensive word list that translates Tibetan phonetics into English. This classic dipping in book is much more than a simple glossary, it contains over 400 comprehensive sections.
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"Nigel Wellings has laid out, in the form of a handbook, accurate explanations of terms, including historical information about the origin of certain teachings and biographies of major teachers."
Tsoknyi Rinpoche
The Nyingma Icons
Deities, Masters & Guardians of the Inner Tantras
A commentary compiled by Nigel Wellings
Published May 2025
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Commissioned from the Tibetan master artist Auleshi and published over fifty years ago, this group of ninety-four line drawings now have for the first time a commentary explaining who each of them are.
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This is a valuable resource for all those engaged with the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism and those interested in Tibetan Buddhist iconography generally. Auleshi, and the accompanying explanations, enables easy identification of all the principal Nyingma deities, those masters and treasure finders of the long and short lineages, and the many Nyingma Dharma Protectors.
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"This beautiful book is a true offering to this living tradition. through the extraordinary line drawings of Auleshi and the heartfelt commentary by Nigel Wellings, it brings forward the presence of the lineage that is both accessible and heartfelt."
Tsoknyi Rinpoche
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