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Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening by Joseph Goldstein — WisdomDeck honest review
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Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening

by Joseph Goldstein

Goldstein's detailed commentary on the Satipatthana Sutta, the Buddha's discourse on mindfulness. Comprehensive and for serious practitioners.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Four foundations.
  2. Ardent, clearly knowing, mindful.
  3. Liberation is the aim.

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Mindfulness, comprehensively.

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