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your opinions please?

jcsuperstar wrote:your opinions please?

A good book to start with would be Ven Nyanaponika's HEART OF BUDDHIST MEDITATION, from there Joseph Goldstein's INSIGHT MEDITATION and then Ven Pesala could give you a good guide as to what books by Mahasi Sayadaw that would be good. Also, U Pandita's books can be added to this list.

I listed several books here, most of them available online:
http://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=341#p6695" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Mike

Also, STRONG ROOTS by Jake Davis, http://www.dharma.org/bcbs/Pages/docume ... gRoots.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; is an interesting, lengthy look at the Mahasi Sayadaw practice and its coming to the West. It is quite good.

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.aimwell.org/Books/books.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

" The Middle Path Of Life. Talks on Insight Meditation" by Dhiravamsa.
Dont know about " best" book though. Different books for different stages of practice/life.

Why not go right to the source himself?

Practical Insight Meditation: Basic and Progressive Stages by  Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw
http://www.pariyatti.org/Bookstore/prod ... cfm?PC=457" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Satipatthana Vipassana: Insight Through Mindfulness
by  Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw
http://www.pariyatti.org/Bookstore/prod ... cfm?PC=484" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Progress of Insight: A Treatise on Satipatthana Meditation by Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw
http://www.pariyatti.org/Bookstore/prod ... cfm?PC=461" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Three of my favorite books.

This is just what the doctor ordered!

Thank you jcsuperstar for reading my mind and making this thread. And thank you all for posting such excellent suggestions.

i have a lot of his books, but for some reason i felt a thread needed to be made