Vipassana Group Current Book Discussion
Our current book for discussion is Phillip Moffitt's Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering, first published in 2008 by Rodale Books.
Reflecting on his own journey from editor-in-chief of Esquire magazine to Buddhist meditation teacher, Phillip Moffitt provides a fresh perspective on the Buddha's teachings on the Four Noble Truths, showing how to move from suffering to a new awareness and unanticipated joy.
In this book, Moffitt explores the twelve insights that underlie the Four Noble Truths, and uses these insights to guide the reader to a more meaningful relationship to suffering. Moffitt writes: "These twelve insights teach you to dance with both the joy and pain, finding peace in a balanced mind and calm spirit. As the most specific, practical life instructions I have ever encountered, they serve as an invaluable tool for anyone who seeks a life filled with meaning and well-being." Practicing these twelve insights, as Moffitt suggests, will help practioners experience life's difficulties without being filled with stress and anguish, and they will enhance their moments of happiness.
As with all of our book discussions, you do not have to have read the book ahead of time. Each week, we take turns reading aloud a section of the book before discussion begins. In addition, Phillip Moffitt has available FREE online study materials for this book at www.dancingwithlife.org.