Practical Insight Meditation (Basic and Progressive Stages)

At the request of numerous students who had received benefits from him, the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw wrote a treatise in two volumes on insight or vipassana meditation.This simple introductory work is an English translation of the second volume of that work, and it focuses mainly on Satipatthana insight meditation. In plain language, his words are mental preparation for the basic and progressive practice.The first volume of his explanatory work is contained in the Progress of Insight, another Buddhist Publication Society book.