The Mind Illuminated

Written on October 13, 2019. Written by .

This is probably the best book I’ve read for practical meditation advice. It’s pretty slow and feels repetitive, but it really seems like a thorough guide to the stages of meditation progress. It goes on at length about the kinds of challenges you will face in each stage and techniques for dealing with these challenges. The techniques mostly boil down to just keep focusing on the breath, but I still think it’s helpful to have the path laid out like this so that you have a mental schema for it. It was motivational because it made the goal seem more attainable.


