Books on TWIM
by Ven. Vimalaramsi, Delson Armstrong and David Johnson
by Ven. Vimalaramsi, Delson Armstrong and David Johnson
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A GUIDE TO TRANQUIL WISDOM INSIGHT MEDITATION (T.W.I.M.) (Re-Released Sept. 2017)
In this booklet are the instructions for Metta and the Practice of the Brahma Viharas (T.W.I.M.), which is based on the earliest Buddhist suttas. This practice leads to the supreme goal of Nibbana in this lifetime.
This 50+ page book gives you very detailed instructions and was created from many students experiences. Hopefully every question on how to do this important meditation practice is answered with detail and clarity. Bhante's method of "The 6Rs", based on Right Effort, is the key to the cessation of craving and the elimination of Ignorance.
This guide has now also been integrated into The Path to NIbbana. Available in Paper and Kindle.
You can get this book from Amazon and other booksellers in either kindle and paperback HERE.
Now available as a pdf download- see below this section.
English PDF below
In Russian - Руководство по Медитации Безмятежной Мудрости or download a pdf -Russian Translations
In Turkish - Sakin Bilgelik İçgörü Meditasyonu Kılavuzu
In German- Ein Leitfaden zur Ruhigen Weisheits Meditation by Bhante Vimalaramsi
In Spanish- Guía para la práctica de la Meditación de Insight de la Sabiduría Tranquila
In French - Go to the French Site
In Hungarian Go to the Hungary Site
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Bhante Vimalaramsi's Method described in detail "The Path to Nibbana"
New complete 314 page meditation guidebook by senior student David Johnson describes Bhante's method. Explains in detail the progress through the eight jhanas up to and including the experience of Awakening. It can be your complete meditation instruction guide to TWIM. It also describes why TWIM works and compares it to other methods. (Released Feb, 2017; updated 2022
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Book Website www.thepathtonibbana.com
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In English
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In Spanish "El Camino a Nibbana"
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DELSON ARMSTRONG
Mind Without Craving Revised 2021 version
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Dependent Origination 12 book Series - 4 released available on Amazon
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Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation by Mark Edsel Johnson Phd
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What if you were able to sit at the foot of the BuddhaWhat if you could go back and sit under a tree with the Buddha and listen to him giving his original meditation instructions? What did he teach over 2500 years ago, and are those original instructions valid for today’s practitioners?
Most of us cannot travel through time, but we do have the records of the Buddha’s teachings in the Pali suttas. In this book, Mark Edsel Johnson, Ph.D., demonstrates that by following a meditation practice called Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation or TWIM, which is directly based on the records of the Buddha’s teachings, practitioners quickly experience the positive and profound uplifting of mind that matches the Buddha’s own words. When the American Buddhist monk Bhante Vimalaraṁsi began to read the suttas and put into practice the original teachings of the Buddha, he found the Buddha’s promises of the transformation of suffering, stress, confusion, and depression into peace, joy, and liberating wisdom to be true. From the sutta teachings, Bhante Vimalaraṁsi reconstructed the Buddha’s original method, which he has named Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation (TWIM). Mark Edsel Johnson holds TWIM up to the light of the teachings of the Buddha as recorded in the Pali suttas and demonstrates the TWIM method is in keeping with those teachings. Using the actual experiences of TWIM meditators, he demonstrates TWIM’s effectiveness. At the least, it is a method of personal growth and at the most, one of profound spiritual attainment. | ||
A GUIDE TO FORGIVENESS MEDITATION (Released May 2015-revised 2022)
From the book, "In truth, this simple meditation is probably the most powerful meditation practice that there is. It can clear away mental blocks that pop up from old attachments or dislikes towards various people or events that happened to you in your past life experiences. If you follow directions closely, and you are patient when you practice, then pain and suffering will gradually dissolve away any hard-heartedness you still carry in your mind." With Forgiveness, all things are possible. Learn how to let go of the past with the clear and simple technique spelled out here. Bhante Vimalaramsi, with 40 years of meditation experience, has traveled the world teaching his unique meditation methods based on the earliest Buddhist teachings, with great success. You can get this book from Amazon and other booksellers on kindle and paperback HERE. |
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LIFE IS MEDITATION, MEDITATION IS LIFE
This book is a well thought out follow on to Bhante's original book "The Anapanasati Sutta: Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation". Bhante gives more Sutta references and talks about Lovingkindness meditation and its practice and how all the above leads to Nibbana. 334 pges
Paper Back
Kindle Edition
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This book is a well thought out follow on to Bhante's original book "The Anapanasati Sutta: Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation". Bhante gives more Sutta references and talks about Lovingkindness meditation and its practice and how all the above leads to Nibbana. 334 pges
Paper Back
Kindle Edition
If you unable to purchase on your local country Amazon account just get it here to be shipped to your own country, free.
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"Dhamma Leaf Series" in Paper and Kindle
Available: MN36, MN9, MN 148 (unavailable)
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MOVING DHAMMA VOLUME 1
This book is an organized selection of 9 talks from Bhante's retreats. These are the most important talks that he gives. Bhante reads the sutta (bolded) and then he explains the meaning . When he does a 10 day retreat these are the talks that are presented as the basic material that students need to know. Pick up a copy from Amazon so you can take it with you and study the talks on the go. Paper Back from Amazon Kindle Edition |
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Breath of Love
The main portion of this book is an update of The Anapanasati Sutta (Second Edition 2006) with added sections covering Loving-Kindness meditation, Forgiveness Meditation, and Walking Meditation. Printed 2012.
PDF
Paperback and Kindle copies now available from Amazon
Published Elsewhere for Free on the Web https://livingbreath.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/index/
The main portion of this book is an update of The Anapanasati Sutta (Second Edition 2006) with added sections covering Loving-Kindness meditation, Forgiveness Meditation, and Walking Meditation. Printed 2012.
Paperback and Kindle copies now available from Amazon
Published Elsewhere for Free on the Web https://livingbreath.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/index/
The Anapanasati Sutta Second Edition (Nov. 2006)
The Anapanasati Sutta : A Practical Guide to Mindfulness of Breathing and Tranquil Wisdom Meditation by Ven. U Vimalaramsi When the Bodhisattva sat under the Bodhi tree to meditate on the full moon night of May and made his great effort to attain the supreme nibbana, he recalled that not all forms of pleasure are unwholesome. He realized that there could be pleasurable feelings arising in the mind and body although there was not any attachment to anything. That very night, the Bodhisattva practiced "Tranquil Wisdom Meditation" through the method of opening and expanding the mind. In short, he practiced the "Anapanasati" or "Mindfulness of Breathing". And as we all know, he became the Buddha or the supremely enlightened one.
The Anapanasati Sutta gives the most profound meditation instructions available today. It includes the "Four Foundations of Mindfulness" and the "Seven Enlightenment Factors" and shows how they are fulfilled through the practice of "Mindfulness of Breathing" . This is done by attaining all of the meditation stages (jhanas). This sutta shows the direct way to practice "Tranquil Wisdom Meditation" and does not categorize meditation practices.
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Read Russian Online
Note: This book is included in the above book "Breath of Love" and Meditation is Life above Breath of Love and Meditation is Life are updated versions of this book.
Note: A talk giving mindfulness of breathing instructions in English is available: Breath Meditation Talk
German Translation (PDF)
The Anapanasati Sutta : A Practical Guide to Mindfulness of Breathing and Tranquil Wisdom Meditation by Ven. U Vimalaramsi When the Bodhisattva sat under the Bodhi tree to meditate on the full moon night of May and made his great effort to attain the supreme nibbana, he recalled that not all forms of pleasure are unwholesome. He realized that there could be pleasurable feelings arising in the mind and body although there was not any attachment to anything. That very night, the Bodhisattva practiced "Tranquil Wisdom Meditation" through the method of opening and expanding the mind. In short, he practiced the "Anapanasati" or "Mindfulness of Breathing". And as we all know, he became the Buddha or the supremely enlightened one.
The Anapanasati Sutta gives the most profound meditation instructions available today. It includes the "Four Foundations of Mindfulness" and the "Seven Enlightenment Factors" and shows how they are fulfilled through the practice of "Mindfulness of Breathing" . This is done by attaining all of the meditation stages (jhanas). This sutta shows the direct way to practice "Tranquil Wisdom Meditation" and does not categorize meditation practices.
Read Russian Online
Note: This book is included in the above book "Breath of Love" and Meditation is Life above Breath of Love and Meditation is Life are updated versions of this book.
Note: A talk giving mindfulness of breathing instructions in English is available: Breath Meditation Talk
German Translation (PDF)
Only in German
Dieses Buch enthält die deutsche Übersetzung von "Die Anupanasati Sutta: A Practical Guide to Achtsamkeit von Atmung und Meditation Tranquil Weisheit" (2. Auflage, Nov. 2006) und "A Practical Bare Bones-Leitfaden für die Herzensgüte Meditation" (2. Auflage , Nov. 2006)
This book contains the German translation of both "The Anupanasati Sutta: A Practical Guide to Mindfulness of Breathing and Tranquil Wisdom Meditation" (2nd edition, Nov. 2006) and "A Practical Bare-Bones Guide to Loving-Kindness Meditation" (Nov. 2006 Printed Edition)
Dieses Buch enthält die deutsche Übersetzung von "Die Anupanasati Sutta: A Practical Guide to Achtsamkeit von Atmung und Meditation Tranquil Weisheit" (2. Auflage, Nov. 2006) und "A Practical Bare Bones-Leitfaden für die Herzensgüte Meditation" (2. Auflage , Nov. 2006)
This book contains the German translation of both "The Anupanasati Sutta: A Practical Guide to Mindfulness of Breathing and Tranquil Wisdom Meditation" (2nd edition, Nov. 2006) and "A Practical Bare-Bones Guide to Loving-Kindness Meditation" (Nov. 2006 Printed Edition)
Indonesian Translation:
A PDF of the Indonesian translation combined with other material can be downloaded from the
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Spanish Translation
A PDF of the Indonesian translation combined with other material can be downloaded from the
Indonesian Page
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Spanish Translation
First Edition:
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Used copies currently available from Amazon. These are out of print. Breath of Love above replaces all of these.
Translations of of First Edition:
Translations of of First Edition:
Korean Translation:
English and Korean
Images only (photocopy of book) - includes Loving-Kindness Booklet
PDF (31.1 MB)
English and Korean
Images only (photocopy of book) - includes Loving-Kindness Booklet
PDF (31.1 MB)
Russian Translation:
Āнāпāнасати Сутта
The Barebones Books:
A Series of Instruction Booklets
These small little booklets contain barebones information on Buddhist Meditation.
1. Mindfulness of Breathing Instructions:
Full page format (PDF)
Pocket size format (PDF)
Dutch translation (PDF)
Spanish translation (HTML)
Note: Talks giving mindfulness of breathing instructions in English are available: Breath Meditation Talks
2. Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation Instructions:
SECOND EDITION (Contains 6Rs) - August 06
SECOND EDITION OF THIS BOOKLET IS ON-LINE ONLY. AUG 2006. NOT IN PRINT.
Dutch translation (HTML)
Dutch Booklet (for printing in duplex A-4 and then folded to A5 brochure.)
De kaft en twee binnenpagina's:
Metta_V2_kaft.doc Word Doc (ed 12-May-10)
De binnenpagina's:
Metta_V2_binnen.doc Word Doc (ed 13-May-10)
Instructie om brochure te printen:
Printen van boekje.doc Word Doc
Norwegian translation
Russian translation
Āнāпāнасати Сутта
The Barebones Books:
A Series of Instruction Booklets
These small little booklets contain barebones information on Buddhist Meditation.
1. Mindfulness of Breathing Instructions:
Full page format (PDF)
Pocket size format (PDF)
Dutch translation (PDF)
Spanish translation (HTML)
Note: Talks giving mindfulness of breathing instructions in English are available: Breath Meditation Talks
2. Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation Instructions:
SECOND EDITION (Contains 6Rs) - August 06
SECOND EDITION OF THIS BOOKLET IS ON-LINE ONLY. AUG 2006. NOT IN PRINT.
Dutch translation (HTML)
Dutch Booklet (for printing in duplex A-4 and then folded to A5 brochure.)
De kaft en twee binnenpagina's:
Metta_V2_kaft.doc Word Doc (ed 12-May-10)
De binnenpagina's:
Metta_V2_binnen.doc Word Doc (ed 13-May-10)
Instructie om brochure te printen:
Printen van boekje.doc Word Doc
Norwegian translation
Russian translation
November 2006 Edition
Note: Although the book was printed November 2006, its content predates the second edition and lacks material included in the second edition.
For the entire content of the booklet click here. It is still up to date and valid.
Note: Although the book was printed November 2006, its content predates the second edition and lacks material included in the second edition.
For the entire content of the booklet click here. It is still up to date and valid.
German translation
Translations of Earlier Unprinted Edition - 2003
Burmese translation
Korean translation: 2nd part of PDF (same PDF as Korean Book listed above)
Spanish translation
Note: Talks giving Loving-Kindness meditation instructions in English are available: Metta
6 Rs Presentation
A short pdf booklet:
