Swallowing the River Ganges: A Practice Guide to the Path of Purification

by Matthew Flickstein, Henepola Gunaratana (Foreword)

An invaluable roadmap for anyone who meditates, Swallowing the River Ganges is a comprehensive practice guide to the "great treatise" of Theravadan Buddhism, the "path of purification" (Visuddhimagga). Written in the fifth century, this encyclopedic manual of Buddhist doctrine and meditation organizes the various teachings of the Buddha into one clear path. Step by step, this meditation course guides readers through the seven stages of purification, explaining the teachings and putting them into a modern context.

Genres: Buddhism, Spirituality

224 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1999

Reviews

[Dale]

This was a solid book - just somehow not what I thought it was going to be; which, of course is on me not the book itself.