I have realized since receiving feedback on the first edition of MCTB that, when I wrote this book, I had access to many written and living examples of softer styles of practice and very skillful yet non-gung-ho perspectives. Some examples are Achaan Chah's A Still Forest Pool, and Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, as well as the gentle, settling, heart-centered, down-to-earth, and non-map-based styles of meditation teachers Sharda Rogell and Yvonne Weier. If you don't have the opportunity to sit with them, you can find their talks (and many other great meditation talks) for free on
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