Insight Meditation: A Step-by-step Course on How to Meditate - Softcover

Sharon Salzberg; Joseph Goldstein

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1564559068 ISBN 13: 9781564559067

Publisher: Sounds True, 2002

Synopsis

Presents the fundamentals of meditating in the Buddhist tradition, with a gift-boxed set that includes two CDs with guided meditations, as well as a 229-page workbook and 12 study cards.

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About the Author

Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg, a student of Buddhism since 1971, has been leading meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. Influenced by her more than twenty-five years of study with Burmese, Indian, and Tibetan teachers, she teaches intensive awareness practice (vipassana or insight meditation) and the profound cultivation of lovingkindness and compassion (the Brahma Viharas). She is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society and The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, both in Massachusetts. Salzberg is the author of several books including The Kindness Handbook, Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, A Heart as Wide as the World,  and the New York Times bestseller Real Happiness. She has also authored several Sounds True audio and interactive learning kit works including Insight Meditation (with Joseph Goldstein), Unplug, and Lovingkindness Meditation.

Joseph Goldstein

Joseph Goldstein has been leading insight and lovingkindness meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. He is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society, the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, and the Forest Refuge. Since 1967, he has studied and practiced different forms of Buddhist meditation under eminent teachers from India, Burma, and Tibet. His books include A Heart Full of Peace, One Dharma, Insight Meditation, and The Experience of Insight.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sounds True
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1564559068
• ISBN 13: 9781564559067
• Binding: Paperback