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If you wish,  \nyou may donate and help us continue offering our services. May you be happy!  \nTo make a donation, please visit:  \n[www.pariyatti.org](www.pariyatti.org)  \nPARIYATTI  \n867 Larmon Road Onalaska, Washington 98570 USA 360.978.4998  \n[www.pariyatti.org](www.pariyatti.org)  \nPariyatti is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the world by:  \n􀀡 Disseminating the words of the Buddha  \n􀀡 Providing sustenance for the seeker’s journey  \n􀀡 Illuminating the meditator’s path  \nVipassana Research Publications  \nan imprint of  \nPariyatti Publishing  \n867 Larmon Road, Onalaska, WA 98570  \n[www.pariyatti.org](www.pariyatti.org)  \nGrateful acknowledgement is made for permission to adapt from“Pure Mind: Exploring the path of Enlightenment,” interview with S.N. Goenka conducted by Steve Minkin, copyright © 1982 by East West Journal, reprinted by permission of the publisher.  \nTHE ART OF LIVING. Copyright © 1987 by William Hart. All rights reserved. First published in the United States of America by Harper & Row, 1987.  \nISBN: 978-1-928706-73-1 E-book PDF  \nWisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.  \nProverbs, iv. 7. (KJV)  \nCONTENTS  \nForeword by S. N. Goenka iv  \nPreface 1  \nIntroduction 5  \nStory: Swimology 10  \n1. The Search 13  \nStory: To Walk on the Path 22  \n2. The Starting Point 25  \nStory: The Buddha and the Scientist 32  \n3. The Immediate Cause 34  \nStory: Seed and Fruit 41  \n4. The Root of the Problem 42  \nStory: The Pebbles and the Ghee 52  \n5. The Training of Moral Conduct 54  \nStory: The Doctor's Prescription 65  \n6. The Training of Concentration 67  \nStory: The Crooked Milk Pudding 79  \n7. The Training of Wisdom 81  \nStory: The Two Rings 98  \n8. Awareness and Equanimity 100  \nStory: Nothing But Seeing 111  \n9. The Goal 113  \nStory: Filling the Bottle of Oil 125  \n10. The Art of Living 126  \nStory: The Striking of the Clock 134  \nAppendix A: The Importance of Vedanā in the Teaching of the Buddha 139  \nAppendix B: Passages on Vedanā from the Suttas 146  \nGlossary 148  \nNotes 154  \nFOREWORD  \nI am forever grateful for the change that Vipassana meditation has wrought in my life. When I first learned this technique I felt as though I had been wandering in a maze of blind alleys and now at last had found the royal road. In the years since then I have kept following this road, and with every step the goal has become clearer: liberation from all suffering, full enlightenment. I cannot claim to have reached the final goal, but I have no doubt that this way leads directly there.  \nFor showing me this way I am always indebted to Sayagyi U Ba Khin and to the chain of teachers who kept the technique alive through millennia from the time of the Buddha. On behalf of them all I encourage others to take this road, so that they also may find the way out of suffering.  \nAlthough many thousands of people from Western countries have learned it, up to now no book has appeared that accurately describes this form of Vipassana at length. I am pleased that at last a serious meditator has undertaken to fill this gap.  \nMay this book deepen the understanding of those who practice Vipassana meditation, and may it encourage others to try this technique so that they too may experience the happiness of liberation. May every reader learn the art of living in order to find peace and harmony within and to generate peace and harmony for others.  \nMay all beings be happy!  \nS. N. GOENKA  \nBombay: April 1986  \nPREFACE  \nAmong the various types of meditation in the world today, the Vipassana method taught by S. N. Goenka is unique. This technique is a simple, logical way to achieve real peace of mind and to lead a happy, useful life. 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