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Title: The Art of Living : Vipassana Meditation as Taught By S.N. Goenka (Audio Book) by S. N. Goenka, S.N. Goenka, William Hart ISBN: 0-9649484-8-6 Publisher: Vipassana Research Publications of America Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (17 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: a modern classic exposition of an ancient technique
Comment: This meditation can free you from migraine, as the teacher S.N. Goenka's own experience proves the happiness one may benefit from the meditation practise. It encourages you to attend a practical 10 day course which is well organised and charges no amount from the student. A spirit motivated by conviction in dhamma and an international academy in bombay establishes itself to be a professional body in offering courses in vipassana and dhamma. If one visits the main centre in bombay, one can meet the principal teacher S.N. Goenka and see that his work is really commentable. One can sense his compassion and sincerity in his efforts to help people, and you can feel immeasurable happiness in seeing how he helps immates , prisoners who suffers so much mental agony by introducing meditation and how they are transformed after the noble dhamma is taught and practised. They return to society to become good people The art of living mindfully, by focusing on one's breathing and comtemplation of feeling are just some of the foundation of mindfulness so much exphasized in ancient buddhist texts. It is not a book written to just impress the general reader of any of its organised theory, but one of direct experience and aim at to encourage practical aspects of meditation. This book has no sectarism and it brings you to realise the nature of your own physical and mental structure, by observing ones bodily sensations. It is said that one can understand the emotional aspects of human and attain wisdom and compassion when one penetrates the true nature of ones aggregates, through mindful introspection . For example, a meditator contemplating of the sensations of his body experiences pain, happy and neutral sensations. In understanding this, he realises all beings by nature experience this and would not cause pain to any beings, such as pouring hot water to a rat or beating animals, hurting people etc. Finally, in the world of today, this book introduces one to its courses which teaches the practise of loving kindness meditation, such more in need of demand in midst of the samsaric conditionings of the world such as war, poverity and disaster, may all beings practise insight meditation and reach to true happiness, true liberation. May you read this book and attend a 10 days course taught by s.n. goenka or his assistants and derive benefit. Your in the truth Asoka lai hoe peng singapore feb 1998
Rating: 4
Summary: Not really about meditation per se, but very good.
Comment: If you're looking for a book on "how to meditate" you should look elsewhere. This book is not about Vipassana meditation technique, it's more about the philosophy that underlies it. So the title may mislead, depending on what you're looking for. However, having said that I found the discussions that are contained in the book to be extremely good and very useful from the point of view of Vipassana as an approach to life in general. So if you think of LIFE as an extended meditation, then perhaps the book really is about Vipassana meditation. Anyway, as long as you're not expecting a book on meditation technique, I highly recommend this one. Good stuff.
Rating: 5
Summary: A book of possibilities
Comment: The author says you should learn meditation only at a Vipassana Center so why buy this book? My understanding was that if we take swimming as an analogy, learning swimming by reading a book might not be a great idea for one who is not familiar with it; and this I felt was what the author meant by emphasizing that its not a Learn To Do It Yourself book.
However the book does give an idea that swimming is a very real possiblity. That it is possible for a man to learn to stay afloat, even in a churning sea with waves throwing him up or pushing him down all the time.
The course itself helped me begin to understand and accept who I really am, not who I appear to be. The book is also useful as a reference guide after taking the course, one that can be reread occasionally to always find some or the other new point every time.
Placing the book under Buddhism is slightly misleading I think; the book and the technique is about Dharma, the foundation of any religion. If we compare it to computer software, Dharma is like the 1s and 0s; while any religion is like a device driver or application software built over the fundamental concepts. I happen to be a Hindu, and can attest that I'm still a Hindu, though I feel I'm a better Hindu then what I used to be. At the same time, Im able to more honestly make an attempt to see the point of view of other religions. In other words, my religion no longer divides me from the rest of humanity.
Cheers,
Sanjay Mysoremutt
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Title: Meditation Now: Inner Peace through Inner Wisdom by S. N. Goenka ISBN: 1928706231 Publisher: Independent Publishers Group Pub. Date: 24 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Discourse Summaries by S. N. Goenka, William Hart ISBN: 1928706096 Publisher: Vipassana Research Publications of America Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Beyond the Breath: Extraordinary Mindfulness Through Whole-Body Vipassana Meditation by Marshall Glickman ISBN: 1582900434 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Satipatthana Sutta Discourses by S. N. Goenka, S.N. Goenka, Patrick Given-Wilson ISBN: 0964948427 Publisher: Pariyatti Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Karma and Chaos : New and Collected Essays on Vipassana Meditation by Paul R. Fleischman M.D., Paul R. Fleischman ISBN: 0964948451 Publisher: Vipassana Research Publications of America Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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