The Beginners Guide to Insight Meditation - Softcover

Weisman, Arinna; Smith, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 086171671X ISBN 13: 9780861716715

Publisher: Wisdom Publications,U.S., 2010

Synopsis

In this informative introduction to insight meditation, Arinna Weisman and Jean Smith combine clear explanations of the Buddha's teachings on freedom and happiness with their own personal stories that highlight challenges and insights from their practice. The authors offer advice about going on retreat, as well as help in choosing a teacher and a sangha (practice community). Any newcomer to insight meditation can get started right away with this enormously practical book that covers every aspect of the teachings beginners need to know.

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About the Author

Arinna Weisman has studied insight meditation since 1979 and has been teaching since 1989. Her root teacher is Ruth Denison who was empowered by the great teacher U Bha Khin. She is the founding teacher of Insight Meditation Center of the Pioneer Valley. Her dharma practice and teaching have been infused with her political and environmental activism. She was the first out queer teacher with Eric Kolvig to lead insight meditation retreats for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Gender Queer community. She also leads 'Uncovering the Heart Retreats' integrating the practice of awareness of the social dynamics of inequity with the dharma practice of liberation.

Jean Smith is the author/editor of numerous successful books on Buddhism, including365 Zen, A Beginner's Guide to Insight Meditation, and Breath Sweeps Mind. A longtime associate of the Insight Meditation Society, she is the head of the executive board of the Mountain Retreat Center, in Taos, New Mexico, where she lives.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wisdom Publications,U.S.
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 086171671X
• ISBN 13: 9780861716715
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268