<p><a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Buddhanet</a> contain a lot of meditation related <a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/ebooks_m.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ebooks</a> on the topic which you can read. A good introductory book would be:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/essentials.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Essentials of Insight Meditation Practice</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/mindfulness-plain-english" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MINDFULNESS IN PLAIN ENGLISH</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/Writings/right_mindfulness_v140930.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Right Mindfulness: Memory &amp; Ardency on the Buddhist Path</a></li>
</ul>

<p>Also following questions on the site might be of interest also:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/60/introductory-books-to-buddhism">Introductory books to Buddhism</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/2243/beginner-academic-text-recommendation">Beginner academic text recommendation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/48/learning-materials-for-dependent-origination-pa%E1%B9%ADiccasamupp%C4%81da-in-theravada-bud">Learning materials for Dependent Origination (Paṭiccasamuppāda) in Theravada Buddhism</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/4109/english-or-other-european-translations-of-pali-canon">English (or other European) translations of Pali Canon</a></li>
</ul>

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Mindfulness in Plain English is great, and is freely available online: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/personal-development-workshops/mindfworkshop_resources/Mindfulness_in_plain_english
R. Barzell
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Thanks for the site. Following page gives more links if someone is interested: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/personal-development-workshops/mindfworkshop_resources
Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena
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Possible duplicate of http://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/9045/important-readings-in-vipassana/9046#9046. Should the questions be merged?
Crab Bucket
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Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena
<p>Daniel Ingram's <em>"Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha"</em> is a superb reference for this. It also explains the differences between different forms of practice, which is useful for deciding when and if to do what. See <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/1278/199">this answer</a> for more details. And the book itself is freely available from <a href="http://integrateddaniel.info/book/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Daniel's site</a>.</p>

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<p>I just read Allan Wallace's "The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind" book. He cites <em>vipashyana</em> (or vipassana, vipassanā, vipaśyanā, lha-thong) but he doesn't deepen much on it.</p>

<p>Can you refer to some texts and books regarding this meditation?</p>

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The best is that you do a course on meditation. There are many meditation centres as per different linages. If you are interested in meditation as taught by S.N.Goenka please visit: https://www.dhamma.org/ and register for a course. There are centres in many countries. The main thing about insight meditation is the practice  aspect which you cannot easily grasp from a book.
Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena
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Vipassana texts and books references request
# Vipassana texts and books references request

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-10)

I just read Allan Wallace's "The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind" book. He cites *vipashyana* (or vipassana, vipassanā, vipaśyanā, lha-thong) but he doesn't deepen much on it.

Can you refer to some texts and books regarding this meditation?

**Tags:** vipassana, reference-request, books

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The best is that you do a course on meditation. There are many meditation centres as per different linages. If you are interested in meditation as taught by S.N.Goenka please visit: https://www.dhamma.org/ and register for a course. There are centres in many countries. The main thing about insight meditation is the practice  aspect which you cannot easily grasp from a book.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-12-10. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

[Buddhanet](http://www.buddhanet.net/) contain a lot of meditation related [ebooks](http://www.buddhanet.net/ebooks_m.htm) on the topic which you can read. A good introductory book would be:

* [Essentials of Insight Meditation Practice](http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/essentials.pdf)
* [MINDFULNESS IN PLAIN ENGLISH](http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/mindfulness-plain-english)
* [Right Mindfulness: Memory & Ardency on the Buddhist Path](http://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/Writings/right_mindfulness_v140930.pdf)

Also following questions on the site might be of interest also:

* [Introductory books to Buddhism](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/60/introductory-books-to-buddhism)
* [Beginner academic text recommendation](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/2243/beginner-academic-text-recommendation)
* [Learning materials for Dependent Origination (Paṭiccasamuppāda) in Theravada Buddhism](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/48/learning-materials-for-dependent-origination-pa%E1%B9%ADiccasamupp%C4%81da-in-theravada-bud)
* [English (or other European) translations of Pali Canon](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/4109/english-or-other-european-translations-of-pali-canon)

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Mindfulness in Plain English is great, and is freely available online: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/personal-development-workshops/mindfworkshop_resources/Mindfulness_in_plain_english  
> **username_1**: Thanks for the site. Following page gives more links if someone is interested: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/personal-development-workshops/mindfworkshop_resources  
> **username_3**: Possible duplicate of http://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/9045/important-readings-in-vipassana/9046#9046. Should the questions be merged?  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2014-12-10. Score: 3

Daniel Ingram's *"Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha"* is a superb reference for this. It also explains the differences between different forms of practice, which is useful for deciding when and if to do what. See [this answer](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/1278/199) for more details. And the book itself is freely available from [Daniel's site](http://integrateddaniel.info/book/).


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