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<br>All of us in our lives need to find the ways to cultivate a mind which is a friend--calm, clear, insightful and pervaded with kindness. In this book Shaila Catherine has outlined an ancient way to train the mind in stillness and wise attention. This book can be a guide for cultivating the inner calm we long for.<br>--Christina Feldman, author of Compassion: Listening to the Cries of the World <br>Wisdom Wide and Deep is a clear and comprehensive account of a path of meditation leading to profound levels of concentration and insight. Based primarily on the teachings of the Burmese master Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw, it also includes a helpful collection of references from classical Theravadan sources. Shaila Catherine has clearly done her meditative homework and here she shares it with us in a systematic way that is easy to understand. This is a valuable work as both a practice guide and a reference manual for this tradition.<br>--Guy Armstrong, teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Catherine has managed a difficult feat--to be simultaneously encyclopedic and charming. --Kate Wheeler, editor of In This Very Life: Liberation Teachings of the Buddha

<br> Shaila Catherine has outlined an ancient way to train the mind in stillness and wise attention. This book can be a guide for cultivating the inner calm we long for. --Christina Feldman, author of Compassion: Listening to the Cries of the World <br><br> Wisdom Wide and Deep is a clear and comprehensive account of a path of meditation leading to profound levels of concentration and insight. --Guy Armstrong, teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center<br><br> Shaila's new book converts theory to practice, ideas to application, knowledge about meditation to direct experience. She has written a manual in clear, practical language. The West needs such manuals. -- Christopher Titmuss, author of Mindfulness for Everyday Living <br><br> If you are interested in dharma study, then Shaila's book belongs in your library. --Phillip Moffitt, author of Dancing With Life <br><br> This book is a powerful inspiration both for those who would like a glimpse of what's possible and for those intrepid explorers of the mind who want to bring these teachings to fulfillment. Highly recommended. --Joseph Goldstein, author of A Heart Full of Peace and One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism <br><br> Catherine has managed a difficult feat--to be simultaneously encyclopedic and charming.. -- Kate Wheeler, editor of In This Very Life: Liberation Teachings of the Buddha <br>

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Buddhist author Shaila Catherine is the founder of Bodhi Courses, an online Dhamma classroom, and Insight Meditation South Bay, a center for mindfulness, compassion, and wisdom in Silicon Valley, in California. She has taught insight meditation since 1996 in the USA, Europe, Israel, New Zealand, and Canada. Shaila draws inspiration from the Discourses of the Buddha and maintains an unwavering dedication to awakening. She is known for her expertise in guiding practitioners to cultivate concentration and the deep absorption states of jhana, and for her enthusiasm for sutta study. From 2006-2014 Shaila trained in samadhi and vipassana under the direction of Venerable Pa-Auk Sayadaw. She authored Wisdom Wide and Deep: A Practical Handbook for Mastering Jhana and Vipassana (Wisdom Publications, 2011) to help make his traditional approach to meditative training accessible to western practitioners. Her latest book, Beyond Distraction: Five Practical Ways to Focus the Mind (Wisdom Publications, 2022) shares practical Buddhist strategies for overcoming restlessness and distraction.

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