Any advice for beginners about Vipassana traditions?
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There are many Theravada Vipassana traditions according to this wikipedia page and more according to this answer .
My questions are:
- Are any, or all, of these traditions suited to ***beginners***?
And why?
- Are any of them ***more*** especially suited for beginners?
- If you recommend a tradition for beginner, ***how*** can one begin it: books; weekly lessons with a teacher; ten-day retreats; Youtube; ... ?
- Please ***reference*** (i.e. quote, cite, or link to) advice, from any of them, that's especially intended for beginners.
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Some of the traditions include:
- Ledi Lineage (Ledi Sayadaw, U Ba Khin, S.N.Goenka, Anagarika Munindra, Dipa Ma)
- Mahasi Lineage (U Narada, Mahasi Sayadaw, Nyanaponika Thera, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Goldstein, Salzberg)
- Thai Forest Tradition (Ajahn Chah, Ajahn Sumedho, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Kornfield)
- Pa Auk Sayadaw Lineage (based on Visuddhimagga)
- Mogok Sayadaw
- Anagarika Munindra (combined Goenka and Mahasi methods)
- and more
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