Status
Available
Collection
Publication
HarperOne (2009), Edition: 1, 176 pages
Description
New Age. Nonfiction. HTML: This is Swedish translation of the classic introduction to Vipassana meditation: a full-length study of the teaching of S. N. Goenka, prepared under his guidance and with his approval. Useful for meditators and non-meditators alike. This was the first book to appear in English that accurately describes the practice of Vipassana at length for the general reader. It includes stories by Goenkaji as well as answers to students' questions that convey a vivid sense of his teaching..
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LibraryThing member sashame
im not terribly familiar w the modernist vipassana movement, so i cant exactly review this book in that light
its certainly not a history book tho
anyway its a fine enough summary of meditation principles and general precepts from the pali canon of thervada buddhism, but the authors interpretations,
its certainly not a history book tho
anyway its a fine enough summary of meditation principles and general precepts from the pali canon of thervada buddhism, but the authors interpretations,
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translations, and assertions r often incredibly frustrating Show Less
Physical description
176 p.; 7.8 x 0.6 inches
ISBN
0060637242 / 9780060637248