Insight Meditation - The Practice of Freedom - by Joseph Goldstein
The fruit of some twenty years' experience leading Buddhist meditation retreats, this book touches on a wide range of topics raised repeatedly by mediators and includes favorite stories, key Buddhist teachings, and answers to most-asked questions.
Joseph Goldstein is one of the first American
vipassanateachers, co-founder of the
Insight Meditation Society(IMS) with Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg, contemporary author of numerous popular books on Buddhism, resident guiding teacher at IMS, and leader of retreats worldwide on insight (
vipassana) and
lovingkindness(metta) meditation.
Since 1967, Goldstein has practiced different forms of Buddhist meditation under well-known teachers from India, Burma and Tibet. In his 2002 book, "
One Dharma," he lists his teachers as:
"Lord Buddha Shakyamuni, Guru Rinpoche, Anagarika Sri Munindra, Sri S.N. Goenka, Mrs. Nani Bala Barua (Dipa Ma), Joshu Sasaki Roshi, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw, the Venerable Sayadaw U Pandita, His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, and Tsoknyi Rinpoche."