Mindfulness: The Skill of Release : A Practical Guide to Breath Meditation and Detachment

This book is a collection of essential teachings from a respected master within the Southeast Asian Forest Monastic tradition. It fundamentally frames the path to ultimate happiness and spiritual awakening not as a matter of belief, but as a practical skill or craft that must be consciously cultivated.
The core instruction centers around the meticulous development of mindfulness of the breath. It offers detailed, precise guidance on how to use this concentration technique as the foundational tool for integrating tranquility and penetrating insight.
The overarching theme is the pursuit of complete inner freedom—a state of 'release' or 'detachment' from suffering. The instructions explain how the unskillful mind creates its own burdens, and provides the necessary methods to observe these mental formations, skillfully loosen the grip of attachment, and achieve a permanent state of stability and non-affliction.
Compiled from a series of direct, practical talks, the book offers clear, actionable guidance on ethical living, stages of meditative development, and applying these spiritual techniques to the challenges of daily life.