Theravada, vipassana and mindfulness

[Righteous path]

Hello im new to this forum.. And I want to practice the theravads, vipassana and mindfulness meditation. What teachers, websites, books and practices should I turn to?


Namaste

[tiltbillings]

Here is a good place to search: http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/96/And there are many other teachers talks available there.

[LonesomeYogurt]

http://www.vipassana.com/meditation/min ... nglish.php

This is Mindfulness in Plain English. Many consider it a very important guide to the beginning stages of meditation. I would really encourage you to read it.

[Bakmoon]

I would highly reccomend listening to the Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi's talks on the Majjhima Nikaya because they are both very good and also free. Here's a link:
http://bodhimonastery.org/a-systematic- ... ikaya.html

One thing that you should keep in mind is that there are a lot of different traditions of meditation withing Theravada Buddhism. Some of the more major ones are the Mahasi Sayadaw tradition, the Pa Auk Sayadaw tradition, the U Ba Khin tradition (also called the Goenka tradition), and the Thai Forest tradition. Do you have any one of those in mind?

If you want to meditate according to the Mahasi Sayadaw tradition, here is a link to a playlist of videos by an excellent teacher, the Ven. Yuttadhammo:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL ... ature=plcp

If you want to try out the Thai Forest tradition, try out this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTWDEzbRza4

If you want to study the Buddhist scriptures, try this website. It has a selection of very helpful suttas:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index.html

[mikenz66]

Greeting, Righteous Path

Hello im new to this forum.. And I want to practice the theravads, vipassana and mindfulness meditation. What teachers, websites, books and practices should I turn to?

There is a list of resources here:
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=341

And a number of threads in the Meditation sub-fora.

Also, you should seriously consider finding a teacher and/or support group locally. A few minutes with a teacher can save a lot of time. This directly may be helpful:
http://www.buddhanet.info/wbd/



Mike

[Bakmoon]

On second thought, maybe this link is more helpful for meditating by the Thai Forest tradition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxrkIYc0 ... ure=g-vrec

[klasikos]

I'm a big fan of Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Here are many of his Dhamma talks, books, and essays for available for free download:

http://www.dhammatalks.org/

You can of also find some of his talks on Youtube.

[canmoresunflower]

I am new here too. I would like to suggest Tara Brach and Ajahn Brahm. They are both amazing teachers.


Cheers,

Canmore Sunflower

[YouthThunder]

Are we supposed to be mindful all the time?Doesn't that make us not planning anything at all?Mindful means "flow" or does it mean be aware of everything?When doing things like listening to music for example I rather let my fantasy run wild instead being "aware" of everyhting around us.%%%