Shaila Catherine

Shaila Catherine is a Buddhist author and the founder of Bodhi Courses, an online Dhamma classroom, and Insight Meditation South Bay, a center for mindfulness, compassion, and wisdom in Silicon Valley, California. She has meditated since 1980, studied with masters in India, Thailand, and Nepal, dedicated more than nine years to silent retreat, taught meditation internationally since 1996, and authored three books on mindfulness, concentration, jhana, and insight. Shaila draws inspiration from the Discourses of the Buddha and is known for her expertise in guiding practitioners to cultivate concentration and the deep absorption states of jhāna. Her books include: The Jhanas: A Practical Guide to Deep Meditative States; Wisdom Wide and Deep: A Practical Handbook for Mastering Jhāna and Vipassanā; and Beyond Distraction: Five Practical Ways to Focus the Mind.

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