Would you order Mahasi's "Manual of Insight"?

Greetings. Some of you might remember this article I wrote a couple of years ago for the now-defunct Buddhist Geeks magazine.

www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/the-practi...a-of-mahasi-sayadaw/

Steve e-mailed me recently to say that a potential publisher wants to get a sense for whether there's really a market for this book. If you'd buy it--and let's go ahead and assume it'll be a little more expensive than your usual feel-good dharma book as it's a longish translation with lots of footnotes and even a section in Pali--if you could respond to this thread with an "I'll buy it," I'd appreciate it. Steve says a head count sample of interested readers like this could help get the book published.

Lastly, the 5th chapter of the translation is available as a PDF on the DhO at the link below. Just look through the thread and you'll see the links in there.
dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/discussio...5#_19_message_476414

When it comes out I'm gonna buy it, definitely. Don Loristo posted something about "the Manual" a while back at this thread:

kennethfolkdharma.wetpaint.com/thread/48...si+Lecture%22%29+mp3

As you can see there's an appetite for more on/from the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw.

Would buy.

Yes!

I'm in.

From your article:

"Western dharma students have long been accustomed to Buddhist books and talks that amount to an admixture of inspirational poetry, psychological analysis, riffs on current events, and freestyle borrowing from any number of spiritual traditions."

Sounds exactly like my experience with MBSR.

I'll buy it.

This is something I would have loved to have use of earlier in my practice. I remember downloading chapter 5 from your link and the instructions for mindfulness in daily activities were very helpful. Thanks for posting that! Funny (sad?) thing is that my teacher at that time (who was a long time student of U Pandita), discouraged me from following those instructions because "that's really just for monastics and people on retreat." WTH? I ignored her suggestion and practiced it anyway.

This is a book I have a strong interest in, and would consider buying, but I wonder how useful it would be for people on the middle paths.

Hell's yes I would buy it! I'd even support a Kickstarter campaign for it.

Joel, I re-read your fantastic BG article on the train coming back from my last retreat, and it really fired me up about continuing the momentum of practice. I can't wait to read the book.

A good source for free, and legal, meditation books that I've been using for a while is :
WWW.holybooks.com

It has several books by Mahasi Sayadaw.
They have a lot of books on different subjects of a spiritual nature.

And to answer the question, no, I wouldn't buy the book.

I'd buy it...

That's one of those 1 millisecond decisions... YES!

Put me down for one.

Yes! I'll buy it.

I would buy it, assuming it's no more than $30 or so.

i would buy it right away as its in the chapters following the fifth that he explains how you reach third and fourth path with all the citations from the pali canon.

I'd buy it too, if its reasonably priced.
any ETA?

Count me IN

yes please!

Sign me up! I've been waiting to buy it since I read Chapter Five via Buddhist Geeks!

P

Yes! And sit by the mailbox waiting!

Also tell other danes who might be interested

Yes