Seeking the Heart of Wisdom
by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield
A collaborative guide to insight meditation: instructions, obstacles, the factors of enlightenment, with exercises. Thorough and trustworthy.
Read it if…
you want a complete vipassana manual from two senior teachers.
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Skip it if…
you want a quick introduction.
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Three things you will actually use
- Insight comes from steady attention.
- Obstacles are the path.
- Wisdom and compassion together.
Do this first
Follow the first meditation instruction for a week.
Our verdict
Insight meditation, complete.
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