	A place to learn and practise Mahasi Vipassana Insight Meditation

	Buddhist Retreat
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Recommended Reading for Beginners

Mahasi

In This Very Life
Sayadaw U Pandita
(Perhaps the best book written on the Mahasi method of meditation.)

Doctrine - Theravada

The Buddha’s Ancient Path
Piyadassi Thera
(A very easy beginner’s book)

What the Buddha Taught
Walpola Rahula
(Slightly more academic, but a good companion to the above.)

Vipassana

Experience of Insight
Joseph Goldstein
(A good book to begin with.)

Insight Meditation
Joseph Goldstein
(From talks given on a course.)

The Heart of Buddhist Meditation
Nyanaponika Thera
(A more academic full approach – still considered the classic work.)

Meditation in Daily Life

Mindfulness Meditation for Everyday Life
Jon Kabbat-Zinn

Path with Heart
Jack Kornfield

(Both very good at helping to integrate meditation with daily life.)

Loving Kindness

Loving Kindness
Sharon Salzberg
(Vipassana should be balanced with Metta, loving-Kindness practice. An excellent book.)

Where to buy:

Check the Wisdom book website: www.wisdom-books.com

Order your books from them: sales@wisdom-books.com

If Wisdom Books don’t have some titles try: Buddhist Publication Society: email: bps@mail.lanka.net