I'm currently working my way - slowly! - through three new books that may be of interest to experienced meditators: Seeing That Frees: Meditations on Emptiness and Dependent Arising Rob Burbea 10 October 2014 Hermes Amara Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas Leigh Brasington 13 October 2015 Shambala Compassion and Emptiness in Early …
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Joseph Goldstein has just published a new book which looks in detail at the Satipatthana Sutta, the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, which is the key text for the practice of insight meditation. It should be a very helpful resource for anyone who wants to refine their understanding of mindfulness and its role in the development …
Continue reading Joseph Goldstein’s new book Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
I was recently given a copy of Ajahn Sucitto's latest free book, "Parami: Ways to Cross Life's Floods," and have found it to be one of those rare books that I don't want to put down, and can't wait to come back to. The ten parami (sometimes translated as "ten perfections") are qualities of heart/mind …
Jill Shepherd: insight meditation 