This is Bhikkhu K. Nananandas Guide to Insight Meditation – Seeing Through.
This 15-page guide delves into the nature of consciousness and perception, drawing parallels between the mind’s illusions and a magic show. Ñāṇananda emphasizes that to overcome the delusions created by our perceptions, one must gain insight into the ‘tricks’ of consciousness, thereby comprehending it with wisdom.
The guide underscores the importance of developing penetrative wisdom to liberate the mind from the bondage of Saṃsāra (the cycle of birth and rebirth). It highlights the role of manasikāra (attention) in mental training, suggesting that when misdirected, it perpetuates delusion, but when rightly directed, it leads to liberation.
This work serves as an accessible introduction to the practice of insight meditation, offering readers a pathway to deepen their understanding of the mind’s workings and move towards spiritual freedom.
From the intro:
“Insight meditation paves the way to that penetrative wisdom which delivers the mind from bondage to Sarilsiira. This bondage often baffles the thinker because there is a ‘catch’ in the tools he has to take up to break it. Percepts are subtly elusive and concepts are tacitly delusive. So the insight worker has to forge his own tools to break this bondage, going the Buddha’s Middle Way.”
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