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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. --- 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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Jun 7, 2015, 03:39 PM
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