Realising Change: Vipassana Meditation in Action

by Ian Hetherington (Ed.)

"Realising Change: Vipassana Meditation in Action" is a montage of the accounts of many very different people. Accounts about what the experience of Vipassana has been for them, how it has changed them and what momentums it has contributed to their lives.

Although no words can possibly convey the experience of Vipassana meditation, for those who have not yet experienced Vipassana this book will give an inkling through the feelings, observations and insights of others, from many different perspectives.

For those who have already taken at least one course this book will provide material for reflection on how Vipassana meditation has already influenced them and in what other ways it may continue to do so.

Contents: 

• Preface
• Introduction
• Vipassana – Meditating on Change:
  • Challenge and Change
  • What is Vipassana?
  • The Course Experience - Before
  • The Course Experience - During
  • The Course Experience - After
• Vipassana – Changing Everyday Life:
  • On the Path
  • Freedom Behind Bars - Vipassana in Prisons
  • The Compass - Vipassana and the Young
  • Healing Mind - Health and Vipassana
  • Managing Oneself - Vipassana, Work and Social Action
  • One Truth - Vipassana, Science and Spirituality
  • Come and See
• Appendices:
  • Appendix 1 List of Vipassana Meditation Centres
  • Appendix 2 Publications of Vipassana Research Institute