Dear friends! We are delighted to announce that the book by Venerable Rakwane Gnanaseeha, “Bhāvanā — The Art of Mind,” has been published! This book is a gift of Dhamma, and you can download it for free from the monastery’s website in PDF and EPUB formats, available in both Russian and English. We spent more than a year and a half working on this book. There were countless rounds of proofreading. For instance, the most challenging chapter took over 20 hours of discussions with the abbot and Bhante Asankhata Russiave, not to mention the preparatory work on the text carried out by the editors and the initial proofreading sessions with Bhante Asankhata.
Thanks to donations, a small print run was also published in Sri Lanka. Printed copies are available at the monastery.
Venerable Rakwane Gnanaseeha is a Buddhist monk in the Theravada tradition and the abbot of the Chittaviveka forest monastery. He took monastic vows in 2003 in Sri Lanka.
This book is a collection of his public lectures and personal conversations about the Dhamma. Here, the reader will find an in-depth exposition of the Buddhist practice of vipassana, including explanations of the meanings of some Pali terms such as anicca, sankhāra, kāma, saḷāyatana, aṭṭhārasa dhātuyo, yoniso manasikāra, and others.
The book aims to help the reader deepen their understanding, as well as inspire practice and further study of the Buddha’s teachings.
This work is a gift of Dhamma and is intended for free distribution for the benefit of all living beings.
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