With the founding of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) by several young Americans in 1975, a fresh expression of Theravada Buddhism began to develop among lay practitioners in the West. Today this flourishing tradition offers a path to liberation suited to our own time and place, amid our own families, communities, and institutions. Here is the first collection of writings by leading teachers of insight meditation who have taught at IMS.


Voices of Insight , Sharon Salzberg, Shambhala Publications, Paperback, 1999, 281 pages, $15.95.

Sharon Salzberg has studied and practiced meditation with Burmese, Indian, and Tibetan teachers for the past twenty-five years. She is cofounder of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and the Insight Meditation Society. Salzberg directs meditation retreats throughout the United States and abroad.

Contributors include:

• Jack Kornfield
• Sharon Salzberg
• Larry Rosenberg
• Sylvia Boorstein
• Christopher Titmuss
• Joseph Goldstein
• Steve Armstrong
• Narayan Liebenson Grady
• Bhante Gunaratana
• Gavin Harrison
• Kamala Masters
• Michele McDonald-Smith
• Rodney Smith
• Steven Smith
• Ajahn Sumedho
• Carol Wilson
• Christina Feldman