Manual of Insight
Errata in the 2016 edition, corrected in the June 2017 second printing
Page xxiii The last sentence on the page, 4 lines from the bottom should read:
Originally published in two volumes in Burmese, Manual of Insight comprises seven chapters that introduce the theory and practice of the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path, which begins with …
Page 46 samathāyānika should be samathayānika
Page 52 Line 4, ie. the first sentence of the first full paragraph should read:
In the method of insight practice based on tranquility, both practices of insight and tranquility are mundane.
Page 110 Line 4 after the quote “Discern only concretely produced matter, not matter characterized as mutable.” The line should read as follows:
One should not observe the space element and the five types of mutable material phenomena (vikārarūpa), which consist of bodily intimation manifested as bodily movement,…”
Page 130 Line 4 of the paragraph that begins with “According to Pali texts,…” should read:
“…or physical phenomena that have arisen based on that mind.”
Page 159 The first full paragraph under Sense experience without impulsion should have a footnote at the end of it, ie. #279 The footnote should read:
Please refer to Appendix #3, Line H12A for the stream of consciousness ending at investigation or determining without any impulsion. This stream is seen by the subsequent insight knowledge stream.
Page 201 Line 4 of The story of Mahasiva needs the 2nd “by” removed.
Page 219 Line #4, 2nd paragraph under Thinking: the word wish should be will
Page 244 Last word of 2nd line (broken to line 3) obedient should be respectful.
Page 327 Footnote # at the end of 3rd paragraph should be 504 instead of 507
Page 366 Line #10 under An insight beginner should read:
gandhabbas (celestial musicians)
Page 389 The topic at the top of the page should read:
Insight Knowledge of Desire for Deliverance
Page 406 Topic should read Insight Knowledge Leading to Emergence
Page 420 Footnote # after Abandonment of defilements should be 654 instead of 651
Page 545 Footnote #236, should read as follows (spelling corrections only, ie. tesaṃ instead of tewaṃ and with dots under the two highlighted words ending in “m”):
Yathā yathā adhimuttānaṃ tesaṃ sappurisānaṃ dassanaṃ suvisuddhaṃ hoti, tathā tathā kho tehi sappurisehi byākataṃ . . .
Page 548 FN #290, add vedanā in 2nd line to read:
…tassa anubhavanalakkhaṇā vedanā, sañjānanalakkhaṇā sannā,
Page 559 Footnote #468 needs a closure at end of 2nd line, ie. “)” after kammam..)
Page 618 Patisevanāpahātabbāsavā is defined as “abandoning taints by using …” should be “abandoning taints by proper use” see p.13
Appendix 1 On fold-out in back cover, #10 should read
“Insight Knowledge of Re-observation”