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About the Author

Paul R. Fleischman, MD, is a retired psychiatrist who has practiced Vipassana mediation for 40 years. He is the former chief resident at the Yale University School of Medicine and the author of numerous articles and nine books, including Cultivating Inner Peace and Karma and Chaos. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.

36:T49e, The author is a psychiatrist but also a practitioner and lecturer of Vipassana Meditation who was trained by S.N. Goenka. S.N. Goenka became an influential teacher and played an important role in establishing non-commercial centers throughout the world. The author gives a unique insight and presentation of Vipassana Meditation from a mental healthy prospective but you do not have to be a mental health professional to benefit from this book. I believe the author alleviates many of the fears and concerns that one might have in attending a 10 day Vipassana Retreat. The teac