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New Mahasi translation--Manual of Insight

Greetings.
I thought the Dharma Overground crowd might be interested in this Buddhist Geeks mag article I did on the first translation available in the West of Mahasi Sayadaw's two-volume Manual of Insight. To me, the interesting wrinkle here is that the senior vipassana teacher behind this translation effort had as a specific goal introducing the Progress of Insight to a wider audience of practitioners. Also noteworthy is that some of the founders of Western vipassana ended up agreeing with him that there is a big downside to not teaching people the states and stages of the path. A bit of anti-mushroom push-back, yo.
Enjoy!
http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/the-practical-dharma-of-mahasi-sayadaw/

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4/21/10 6:39 PM as a reply to J Groove.
Thank you for posting that, Joel. It was totally worth the read if only for the pleasure of hearing a western Dharma teacher talk about a student attaining to first path emoticon

Do you know if there's some preview version available online for those of us too impatient to wait until it's out in print?

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4/22/10 7:00 AM as a reply to Eran G.
Hi Eran.
LOL. Exactly--you mean those path things are REAL?!
Steve mentioned that he has a PDF of Chapter 5 that he sometimes sends out to people. I'll will try to get a copy of it from Steve and will ask him if he would mind me sending it to you or anyone else who requests it. In the meantime, if you want to use the Dharma Overground to e-mail me your personal e-mail address, I'll be able to send the attachment once I receive it from Steve.
Thanks!
Joel

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4/22/10 11:51 AM as a reply to J Groove.
That sounds great. Gonna message you my email address right now.

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4/28/10 10:05 PM as a reply to Eran G.
FYI--For those who are interested, Steve sent Chapter 5 as a PDF, along with some related exercises. I've attached these here.
Thanks!
Joel