Shaila Catherine has been practicing meditation since 1980, with more than eight years of accumulated silent retreat experience. She has taught insight meditation since 1996 in the U.S. and internationally. Shaila has dedicated several years to studying with masters in India, Nepal and Thailand, completed a one-year intensive meditation retreat with the focus on concentration and jhana, and authored Focused and Fearless: A Meditator's Guide to States of Deep Joy, Calm, and Clarity. Shaila Catherine has practiced under the guidance of Venerable Pa-Auk Sayadaw since 2006; she authored Wisdom Wide and Deep: A Practical Handbook for Mastering Jhana and Vipassana to help make this traditional approach to meditative training accessible to Western practitioners. She is the founder of Insight Meditation South Bay, a Buddhist meditation center in Silicon Valley. Lectures, articles, and additional resources can be found atwww.imsb.org.
"Focused and Fearless is a wonderful book. Shaila Catherine
describes the paths of deep concentration and transforming insight
in a way that both inspires and enriches our practice. Her prose
and her understanding are exceptionally lucid. This book is a treat
to read."--Joseph Goldstein, author of A Heart Full of Peace and
One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism
"Focused and Fearless is a beautifully written introduction
to jhana meditation that demonstrates the importance and necessity
of deep concentration."--Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw
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