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Description of  Inward: Vipassana Meditation and the Embodiment of the Self (Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries)

Western society has never been more interested in interiority. Indeed, it seems more and more people are deliberately looking inwardtoward the mind, the body, or both. Michal Pagiss Inward focuses on one increasingly popular channel for the introverted gaze: vipassana meditation, which has spread from Burma to more than forty countries and counting. Lacing her account with vivid anecdotes and personal stories, Pagis turns our attention not only to the practice of vipassana but to the communities that have sprung up around it. Read more