(Lời nói đầu của ấn bản mới 2012 dành cho nhiều đối tượng độc giả hiện đại. Đây cũng là ấn bản kỷ niệm 20 năm của quyển sách).

Theo kinh nghiệm của tôi, tôi nhận ra rằng cách hiệu quả nhất để làm cho người khác hiểu một điều gì là dùng những ngôn từ giản dị nhất. Tương tự, tôi cũng học được rằng nếu giảng dạy mà càng dùng những từ ngữ nghiêm cách thì sự giảng dạy càng ít hiệu quả hơn, không linh động đối với sự trải nghiệm khác nhau của con người. Ai cần những gặp những ngôn từ nghiêm cách và cứng nhắc?. Đặc biệt, khi học hỏi cái gì mới, người ta thường không thích ứng được với những ngôn từ nghiêm cách, đặc biệt là khi chúng ta cố giảng bày những điều mà họ chưa từng đụng đến trong đời họ. Nếu cứ giảng luận theo ngôn ngữ hàn lâm, thì sẽ làm cho thiền, sự thực hành 'chánh niệm', có vẻ là một cái gì khó mà làm được đối với họ. Quyển sách này trình bày cách giải tỏa cho khó khăn đó!. Đây là một quyển sách được viết một cách thẳng thắn, trực diện bằng ngôn ngữ mà chúng ta sử dụng hàng ngày – bạn sẽ tìm thấy trong những trang sách này những hướng dẫn phong phú để bạn bắt đầu tự khám phá sức mạnh của sự chánh niệm trong đời sống, và những lợi ích mà nó mang lại cho bản thân mình. Tôi viết quyển sách này vì nhiều sự yêu cầu của nhiều thiền sinh. Bạn có thể thấy đây là một cẩm nang hữu ích để bạn tự mình thực hành thiền, khi không có một người thầy hay người chỉ dẫn nhiều kinh nghiệm.

Trong 20 năm kể từ lần đầu tiên quyển sách này được ấn hành bởi Wisdom Publications (một nhà ấn hành sách phi lợi nhuận), chúng tôi nhận

thấy được sự 'Chánh Niệm' ảnh hưởng ngày càng nhiều trong những lĩnh vực của xã hội hiện đại – văn hóa, tâm lý trị liệu, nghệ thuật, yoga, y học, và khoa học về não đang được phát triển. Và ngày càng có nhiều người tìm đến phương pháp chánh niệm vì nhiều lý do – giảm stress; cải thiện sức khỏe thể chất và tâm thần; phát huy thêm hiệu quả, kỹ năng và những mối quan hệ, trong công việc, và trong suốt đời sống của họ.

Và tôi hy vọng rằng, vì bất cứ lý do nào đã đưa bạn đến với quyển sách này, hay đã đưa quyển sách này đến với bạn, bạn sẽ tìm thấy những gợi ý hướng dẫn rõ ràng để bước đi trên con đường mang lại nhiều lợi lạc nhất cho các bạn.

Bhante Gunaratana


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