Thiền quán - con đường của tuệ giác

by Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, Pháp Minh Trịnh Đức Vinh (Translator)

Tác phẩm Thiền quán – con đường của tuệ giác ra đời từ sự hợp tác của hai tác giả trong quá trình hướng dẫn các khóa thiền nhập thất Vipassanā trên khắp thế giới. Những khóa thiền tích cực này, với độ dài từ vài ngày nghỉ cuối tuần cho đến ba tháng, tạo cơ hội nghiên cứu trực tiếp và đơn giản về thân và tâm. Thông qua việc phát triển chánh niệm tỉnh giác, tuệ giác trực tiếp của bản thân hành giả về bản chất thay đổi của các sự vật hiện tượng sẽ ngày càng sâu sắc hơn. Sau đó, nó dẫn đến một sự hiểu biết về nguyên nhân của đau khổ trong bản thân chúng ta và những người khác; về năng lực của lòng từ bi và tự do thực sự.

Cuốn sách đưa ra lời giải thích rõ ràng cho các hướng dẫn thiền tập và những bài tập được đưa ra trong khóa tu nhập thất. Mặc dù hương vị và phạm vi của nó được đưa ra từ sự thực hành nhập thất yên lặng, nhưng những lời dạy này cũng được thiết lập trong một bối cảnh rộng lớn để biến việc hành thiền trở nên có ý nghĩa và thích ứng với cuộc sống thường ngày của chúng ta. Những lời dạy này có nguồn gốc căn bản từ truyền thống đạo Phật, đặc biệt là truyền thống đã phát triển và nở rộ tại Thái Lan và Miến Điện. Hai truyền thống chính đã được trộn lẫn vào nhau trong cuốn sách này là truyền thống tu viện trong rừng [thiền lâm: ND] của Thiền sư Achaan Chah và việc thực hành thiền vipassanā (Tứ niệm xứ) tích cực được ngài Mahasi Sayadaw hướng dẫn trước đây. Chúng sẽ cùng nhau cung cấp một tầm nhìn rộng lớn và sự hiểu biết sâu sắc – những đặc tính của tuệ giác của đức Phật.

Genres: Buddhism, Meditation, Spirituality, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

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First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Joseph Goldstein (born 1944) is one of the first American vipassana teachers (Fronsdal, 1998), co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) with Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg, contemporary author of numerous popular books on Buddhism (see publications below), resident guiding teacher at IMS, and leader of retreats worldwide on insight (vipassana) and lovingkindness (metta) meditation.

While the majority of Goldstein's publications introduce Westerners to primarily Theravada concepts, practices and values, his 2002 work, "One Dharma", explored the creation of an integrated framework for the Theravada, Tibetan and Zen traditions.

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book with many new insights for me. Interesting to read the mixture of two western practitioners. Quotes from all over the place including Christian mystics, Hindu, Islam and of course Buddhist thinkers; really bringing together deep thinking from many traditions.

It is an older book, the foreword is by the Dalai Lama and is date April of 1987. Though it did not seem dated in the least when reading, it could of just as well been written and released this year.

I would recommend this book for those on a spiritual path of any persuasion, though there are probably better first books on Buddhism than this one.

[Marc Perry · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this to be a great book for not only beginners, but also seasoned practitioners. I love to go back and re-read bits here and there, gaining new insights each time (even though I know I have read that sentence at least 10 times previously). To me, the messages seem to speak in different ways to different people (or in my case, speak in different ways at different times on the path). This is my most used (and most useful) book on Theravadan Buddhism

[Christian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Since I started getting really interested in concentration practices earlier this year, I've gotten into the habit of lurking around the Buddhism section of the Redmond Half Price Books, looking for whatever Shambhala Publishing castoffs they might have floating around, and there are generally quite a few. The quality varies, but this one I can recommend without hesitation.

The authors, Goldstein and Kornfield, are two of the most well-known antecedents of the Mindfulness craze in the West, having been among the cohort of East coast academic seekers who traveled the Hippie Trail into Asia in the 60s and 70s, absorbing the surprisingly comprehensive psychological systems detailed in the Pali Canon and bringing it all back home just in time for modern brain science to start confirming even the more alarming teachings therein: we're essentially running around atop a loose bundle of desires connected to the senses and various prehistoric survival routines, with the "self" perched precariously in the driver's seat much like a bug-eyed and slavering Ed Roth hot rod monster, having evolved as a sort of social proboscis back when we started living in huts and farming Einkhorn wheat. The Buddha called this phenomenon "anatta", or no-self, which many take as an assertion that the self doesn't exist, but of course it does. Mickey Mouse exists too, you can see him on TV and he makes more money than any of us.

This is an extremely detailed and thorough "next-level" guide to the what, how and why of Theravada insight meditation. As I understand it these guys mostly got their chops in Burma, Sri Lanka, and Ceylon, where the main strain of "small vehicle" Buddhism had gotten even smaller and more refined due to a bunch of monks retreating into impenetrable jungle to examine their own minds for decades on end. The timing was perfect: the Burmese in particular were experiencing a flourishing revival of jungle Buddhism traditions in the 1960s, as a reaction against the destruction of monastery culture by white colonialism, so Kornfield and Goldstein, among others, were (somewhat uncomfortably ironically) able to study directly with masters like Mahasi Sayadaw and Ajahn Chah, receiving transmissions of knowledge that had been stored there in the jungle pretty much unchanged for two thousand years, returning to found influential study centers in Massachusetts and California, and so on to the radiant and went-swept yoga models posing in green fields on the cover of the Mindfulness magazines you see in the check-out aisle, between the Trident and the Goldfish (what's with the nautical snack themes, grocers? What are you trying to tell us?). The substance of the teachings has clearly been diluted somewhat in the intervening years, so this book (from 1987) is a welcome balance of popular introduction and explanations of intermediate and advanced topics.

Buddhism is full of lists, many obscure due to the abstract and subtle nature of the concepts described, as well as through layers of indistinct translation from the original Pali. The authors here provide breakdowns that are both simple and scholarly, on the Five Hindrances, the Seven Factors of Enlightenment, and several of the other Big Important Lists. There are even concise but complete summaries of significant side-topics like Buddhist cosmology and the life of the historical Buddha (or at least the mythic version of that biography which has been preserved by history). Things can get a little weird here for Western readers, as unlike the meditation methods brought into the average cubicle farm by today's stress-reduction gurus (who, nothing against them, seriously, they're doing good work), the teachings exposited here make no bones about their origins and implications. Buddhism is an easy and practical science to dip a toe into, but one doesn't have to go far before opening doors to a conceptual landscape resembling something out of an an acid-drenched Jack Kirby comic book, which would be easy enough to dismiss if it didn't look so unsettlingly close to the kinds of facts about the universe that are dripping out to the public from the last hundred years or so of Western science, starting from Einstein and getting progressively weirder from there.

I don't want to make any definitive statements about this stuff really, but here's what I can say: concentration practices are good for you and will improve your life. You can learn more with this book.

[Roberta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Inspired by Joseph Goldstein's leadership of a silent retreat I attended in St. Louis last summer, I got this book to read slowly, and there is much to take in. It's been 9 months since I began, and it will be re-read. The book is a collaboration between Goldstein and Jack Kornfield, both American Buddhist teachers. In one of the early chapters, this ancient poem is written:

"The world is entangled in a knot.
Who can untangle the tangle.

It is to untangle the tangle that we begin meditation practice."

One of my favorite chapters is "The Path of Service" in which Kornfield writes:

"At its best, spiritual service is not a giving from the ego-sense of 'See what I have done.' It is not even a way of bettering the world through achieving desirable ends. But the spirit of service asks us to touch and act from a deeper place, a chord of the heart that responds to life out of connectedness and compassion, independently of results."

It is a book worth spending 9 months on--and longer.

[Sandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A slow read and at times sermonizing but the last chapter about integrating meditation into your life was very helpful and doable.

[Wouter Zwemmer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Juist inzicht in het leven:
1. Wat moet je leren om wijs te leven?
2. Hoe moet je op de juiste manier liefhebben?

Economie en politiek lossen het lijden in de wereld niet op; wordt veroorzaakt door vooroordeel en angst in het menselijke hart.

Karma = wet van oorzaak en gevolg: onze handelingen en manier van doen bepalen onze toekomstige ervaringen. Als we boos leven, dan zullen mensen ons ook met boosheid op ons reageren; als we liefdevol leven, komt dat ook naar ons terug. Als we vriendelijkheid ontwikkelen, dan ervaren we meer vriendelijkheid in onszelf en in ons leven.

Samsara = eindeloze zoektocht naar zekerheid, affectie, macht, seks, rijkdom, vermaak en roem, gedreven door verlangen, angst en agressie.

Dharma = de wet. De leefregels van het boeddhisme om overeenkomstig de natuur te leven.

Diep begrijpen door een stil en intuïtief weten, eigen helder en direct inzicht in:
1. Bewust gedrag: niet doden (meer eerbied en zorg), niet stelen (meer delen, ook natuur, vrijgevigheid), niet liegen (waarheid, wijsheid, vriendelijkheid), geen seksueel wangedrag (vanuit liefde, intimiteit, schoonheid), niet onachtzaam verdovende middelen gebruiken (niet verdoven maar opmerkzaam zijn).
2. Stabiliteit van hart en geest: samadhi trainen.
3. Heldere visie of wijsheid: intuïtieve wijsheid is in het moment, zonder dromen, plannen, herinneringen en commentaren van de denkende geest.

Samadhi = evenwichtigheid en concentratie van de geest. De geest kan worden getraind in het loslaten van gedachten over verleden en toekomst, gedachten, gehechtheid en fantasieën, en gewaarwording van wat er werkelijk gebeurt in het moment van voelen.

Wijsheid: niet een ervaring, denkbeelden of kennis; wel: een doorlopend proces van verkenning en ontdekking als we in balans en met volle aandacht leven.

Onderzoeken in meditatie:
- Verlangen: prettig of pijnlijk, ontstaan en invloed op ons leven.
- Rust, stilte, tevredenheid.
- Innerlijke werking van karma.
- Vergankelijkheid en gehechtheid aan zaken die verandering, de spanning die dat vastklampen oplevert.
- Dingen die niet aan verandering onderhevig zijn.
- Zaken waardoor ons hart zich sluit, of juist opent.
- Innerlijke gewaarwordingen.
- Schaduwzijden: angst, pijn, onderdrukte gevoelens.
- Functioneren psychologische patronen die we ‘persoonlijkheid’ noemen.
- (Waan)denkbeelden over onze grenzen ten opzichte van de wereld om ons heen, verbinden van het innerlijke en uiterlijke.
- Wat is ‘ik’ en ‘zelf’ als alles veranderlijk is?
- Dat wat het ‘zelfgevoel’ overstijgt: wat stil, tijdloos en universeel is.

Vijf hindernissen bij mediteren:
1. Verlangen: kracht van verlangen zit niet in het object maar in de geest. Verlangen naar prettige ervaringen op zich niet verkeerd; probleem is verlokking tot ‘als ik maar’-denken, leidt tot ‘nooit genoeg’-mentaliteit, belemmert tevreden te zijn met hoe dingen zijn hier en nu. Begeerte rukt ons uit de realiteit naar de verbeelding. Verlangen is de kracht achter commercie, oorlogen. Liefde, mededogen en wijsheid kunnen de drijvende kracht achter verlangen zijn.
2. Afkeer: boosheid, wrok, haar, angst, oordelen, verveling.
3. Slaperigheid: luiheid, loomheid, slaperig, sufheid. De geest is niet wakker en alert.
4. Rusteloosheid: geagiteerd, nervositeit, angst, bezorgdheid. Lichaam gespannen, tobben, piekeren.
5. Twijfel. Twijfel over onszelf en meditatie verlamt de meditatie. De geest zit vast.

Omgaan met hindernissen. Onderdrukken heeft geen zin, is vorm van afkeer. Beste manier is er opmerkzaam op te zijn, er een meditatieobject van te maken.

Krachten die verdriet in de wereld veroorzaken: hebzucht, angst, vooroordeel, haat, verlangen.

Hindernissen in boeddhisme gesymboliseerd door Mara, verleider. Mara verschijnt in meditatie in verschillende gedaanten:
1. Aanvankelijk komt Mara als verleiding en verlangen, fantasie, lichamelijk ongemak.
2. Daarna als aanvaller: boosheid, geïrriteerdheid, twijfel.
3. Tenslotte als trots: ‘kijk hoe goed ik het doe’, verstrikt raken in een vaste manier om toestand vast te houden.

7 factoren van verlichting, kwaliteiten van geest:
1. Opmerkzaamheid. Zien hoe de dingen echt zijn: fysiek, emotioneel, gesteldheden van geest en hart, de dharma.
2. Energie, inzet, inspanning.
3. Onderzoeken. Van de dharma, natuur, zelf ontdekken wat waar is. Onderzoeken houdt het midden tussen teveel rationaliseren/analyseren en blind geloven.
4. Enthousiasme, belangstelling, vreugde.
5. Concentratie/samadhi.
6. Rust.
7. Gelijkmoedigheid. Onbewogen blijven onder verandering.

Zelfbeheersing: niet onderdrukking of wegduwen.
Terughoudendheid: niet wegduwen of ontkennen.
Wel: alles zien zonder ons er in te verliezen. Voorkomen van verslaving door vastklampen aan fijn gevoel. Milde discipline om verlangens te laten opkomen en weer laten verdwijnen zonder behoefte of drang om te reageren.
Geldt ook voor vereenzelvigen met angsten en remmingen.

Zelfbeheersing leidt ons naar de beloning van de dharma: eenvoud en tevredenheid. Is: minder krachten van verlangen, hunkering, inhaligheid en bevrediging, meer vrijwillige soberheid.

Vijf spirituele krachten: vertrouwen, inzet, opmerkzaamheid, concentratie, wijsheid.
Drie basiskenmerken van alle gecreëerde verschijnselen: lijden, vergankelijkheid, zelfloosheid.

Vertrouwen: angsten en gehechtheden loslaten en openstellen voor de veranderingen van het leven.

Psychologische dualiteiten (Ken Wilber):
1. Subject - object
2. Persona (zelfbeeld) - schaduw (afgewezen en onderdrukt deel vd geest)
3. Ego - rest van de geest
4. Geaccepteerde aspecten van ego - afgewezen aspecten van ego.
Telkens beperktere blik op jezelf. Dharma is de weg terug omhoog, naar integratie.

Eenvoud:
1. Lichaam. Eenvoudige meditatiehouding, ontspannen.
2. Handelen. Met een houding van fundamentele vriendelijkheid. Met een open hart.
3. Levensstijl. Vrijwillige soberheid.
4. Innerlijk. Eenvoudige relatie met de geest, erkennen van veranderende gesteldheden van de geest.

[Steve Woods · Rating 5 out of 5]

Often in embarking on practice of meditation and exploring Buddhist teachings a person can become overwhelmed in the foreign nature of the concepts and the peculiarity of language. This is probably the clearest and most succinct explanation of what it's all about. It encapsulates the purpose of it all and serves as a reinforcement of my own commitment and an assurance that all is well. Inspiring to say the least. Has to be among my top five dealing with the issue.

[Judith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Een goed, duidelijk boek als het om vipassana-meditatie gaat, al neigt het wel af en toe naar white-lights-and-bunny-farts. Niet uitgelezen omdat ik een cursus bij het Han Fortmanncentrum ging doen en de praktijk beter vond.

[Corey Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a beautiful & inspirational piece of work. If you are interested in meditation I would highly recommend this book!!

[Chandana Watagodakumbura]

In “Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation”, the authors, Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield, put forth the significance of our body as a whole (including the heart and gut) in accessing insights as part of the Buddhist meditation practices. When the term mind is referred to, it implicitly means the heart and mind together, and openhearted practices of loving-kindness, compassion, and appreciative joy are highlighted in addition to the recurring featuring notions of mindfulness, concentration, ethical conduct, effort and equanimity. Once a basic level of concentration is established, a path to a higher level of consciousness and wisdom can be achieved through continuous practice while overcoming hindrances such as hatred, desire, restlessness, laziness and doubt. Through enhanced consciousness, we get to see and accept reality as is with an embodied understanding of the changing nature of phenomena/impermanence, the unpleasantness of challenging life situations such as ageing, getting sick and dying and the insubstantiate nature of phenomena. Such open acceptance of life as is with equanimous states of mind helps us minimise unavoidable suffering while continuing to be productive members of society.

Towards the end of the book, following some enthralling discussions, the authors highlight the importance of integrating meditation practices into every possible daily routine we undertake to reap the maximum benefits. Put differently, we endeavour to be mindful of as many actions we engage in daily. Moreover, an important aspect of our practice is to be of service to the world in numerous ways through our more evolved selves and deep understanding of the interconnected/interdependent nature of all living things. Social activism for a healthy and needy cause, such as protecting the environment, is one example.

It is interesting to see that neuroscientists are scientifically investigating many aspects of ancient meditative practices. From the viewpoints of neuroscience, engaging in a contemplative developmental path makes us more integrated, whole persons. For example, the body scans commonly used among many other meditative practices help us in body-mind integration or integration in the vertical domain. It is interesting to note from recent research that we have neural systems in our hearts and guts in addition to the brain inside the skull. Similarly, in some instances, they help in bilateral integration of the functions of the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

Moreover, research reveals that integration across multiple domains leads to psychological wellbeing and resilience. According to Buddhist philosophy, even our mere intentions, not necessarily actions, will have future effects depending on the wholesome and unwholesome nature of the intentions as per the law of cause and effect. Interestingly, neuroscience research shows that even our thoughts, such as intentions, we hold for a few seconds can form appropriate physical neural connections within the brain (the notion of neuroplasticity). Good thoughts, such as loving and compassionate ones, will create positive neural connections that will be useful in future and will result in wellbeing- one possible explanation, at least partly, to a complex subject matter. It is great to see some consilience between ancient experiential wisdom and third-person scientific inquiry of them.

[Garnette · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve never been fond of self-help books; most of them seem glib and shallow. And Insight Meditation is clearly something that can only be learned through experience. I’ve toyed with meditation on occasion for years, using it as a stress reliever. But now my interest is growing, and I needed a systematic introduction. The challenge of this kind of book is to write logically about a type of understanding that is not grounded in logic. Paradoxically, this is a self-help book aimed to help the reader to understand the self, finally concluding that the self does not exist. Goldstein does a surprisingly good job at this. I still rebel against the supernatural bits of Buddhism (karma reflected in reincarnation, for example), but Buddhism, especially Insight Meditation, provides a path to a different kind of experiential knowledge

[Anu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Comprehensive roundup of different facets of secular Buddhist meditation and a glimpse into some religious facets as well. I loved the simplicity with which abstract and deep concepts are expressed, along with the accompanying exercises where you can test your understanding of the said concept in action. The entire premise of Buddhism is scientific - there is empirical evidence supporting each of the principles and meditation practitioners are instructed to verify each principle via their own experience. The exercises proffer an easy way to do that.
Only complaint : The flow feels a bit janky given the styles of the two co authors are so different (I definitely preferred Goldstein over Kornfield - more rational, less flowery and a lot more impactful)

[Salma · Rating 3 out of 5]

يقف البوذي وينتهي حيث يبدأ المسلم، فرق بين أن ينتهي سيرك إلى نقطة، وأن تكون هذه النقطة هي نقطة الانطلاق التي ينبني عليها كل شيء؛ البوذي بعد سنين من التأمل ومراقبة النفس يصل إلى ثمرة مهمة وهي أنه لا يملك من أمره شيئا، فيسلّم، والمسلم يبدأ من الحقيقة الأولى وهي حقيقة العبودية وأنه لا يملك من أمره شئ وأنه عبد لملكه وسيده فيقطع كل الحبال التي بينه وبين نفسه ويوصلها بالله المالك الحقيقي ويعيش في جنة العبودية على الأرض قبل الآخرة، لا يحتاج أن ينخرط في هذا الطريق الوعر للنفس، ولا يحتاج إلى الاحتيال النفسي وقلب الحقائق اللذان تقدمهما التنمية البشرية والطاقة والبوذية، والله إن الله تجلى باسمه المضل على كل فكر إنساني لا ينطلق من هذه الحقيقة العظمى، العبودية

[Francisco M. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un buen libro para conocer a fondo qué es, como practicar y que beneficios esperar de la meditación Vipassana. En concreto las partes de Golstein son geniales.

El único problema es que el libro vuelve varias veces sobre los mismos temas, además de alargarse mucho en algunas explicaciones, y acaba resultando repetitivo.

Si tuviese un enfoque algo más práctico y se redujese el contenido a lo esencial (sin repetirse), sería ideal. Pero con el formato actual se convierte en un libro interesante pero muy poco apetecible de releer.

[Litbitch · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book found me at a magically perfect time. A week before I went on a Vipassana 10-day retreat for the second time, this appeared to me at a used bookstore. It not only fulfilled the need I was looking for that week - something that would help me get the most out of the retreat - it was the perfect companion after I came back, pointing out pitfalls, helpful guidance, and useful practices.

Not for the casual meditator or Buddhist-dabbler, I don't think. But intensely useful for folks committed to the path and the dharma.

[Phil Calandra · Rating 1 out of 5]

Insight Meditation or Vipassana is a complex and elaborate philosophy into the nature of reality. In my opinion, the author has failed to provide a true sense of Vipassana and has failed to present its central tenets in a cogent and systematic manner. A few books that provide a better understanding of Vipassana are "An Ancient Path: Talks On Vipassana" by S.N Goenka, " The Quiet Man" by John Coleman and "Meditation Now: Inner Peace through Inner Wisdom" by S.N. Goenka

[Veronica Vargo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Learned that suffering is the gateway to compassion. “An important aspect of our dharma practice consists in clearly comprehending suffering and our conditioned reactions to it, and practicing opening to what is unpleasant instead of turning away from it. In this sense the practice of awareness is the practice of compassion; we allow ourselves to feel what is there with openness, connecting directly to each moment’s experience” (125).

[Sanna Suova · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kaunis, koskettava ja oivaltava kirja insight meditaatiosta ja buddhalaisuudesta. Selkeitä ohjeita ja opetuksia. Minulta meni puoli vuotta lukea kirja loppuun ja luen sen varmasti vielä uudelleen. Yksi parhaimmista kirjoista joita olen lukenut.

[Amy Iverson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Informative and practical

I appreciated the simplicity of the layout, the stories, the information, followed by the practices to help start and enhance the different aspects of my meditation practice.

[Phuoc Truong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phải nói là một cuốn sách quá hay. Tiếc là không còn trên thị trường để mua một cuốn để dành đọc. Đọc thông qua mượn sách của thư viện. Phải đọc từ từ chầm chậm mới hiểu hết nội dung sâu lắng mà cuốn sách mang lại. Hiểu thêm được nhiều điều mới. Không có thời gian comment nhiều. Thanks hai tác giả!

[Prophe Mangwa · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Martin Mühlpacher · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love how Jack and Joseph put together this book - it has bit of everything. From vipassana fundimentals, across main teachings of Buddha, up to compassion and loving-kindness. I have really enjoyed this thoroughly and i will definetely return for the refresh.

[Serenac · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read a lot of books about Buddhism and meditation, and this is one of the best. A gem. Highly recommended. Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield are two of my favorite teachers, and this book is from much earlier in their teaching, but still so, so wise.

[Chris Duprey · Rating 5 out of 5]

A truly inspirational dharma book.

[Junaid Noor · Rating 5 out of 5]

A totally new intro to Meditation and Buddhism

I have read a lot about Meditation and Buddhism but this book is the best intro to both. Highly recommended.

[Anatta Home · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Jun Chen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'd give this book a seven star if I could. It is a book that I will come back to often.

[Abby · Rating 4 out of 5]

He presents some good concepts and outlines a few precepts

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great case for not giving up on a book. Section 3 about Karma was very enjoyable and educational. I read straight through, but this would be useful as a subject reference too.

[Salvador · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jack Kornfield y Joseph Goldstein exponen de manera increíble lo que es Insight Meditation, así como la psicología y filosofía que envuelven al Budismo. Muy recomendado.