THE PATH OF FREEDOM: VIMUTTIMAGGA
Publisher: Published by Buddhist Publication Society Inc., 54 Sangharaja Mawatha, Kandy, Sri Lanka.  www.bps.lk
Published: 1995, 1998, 2010
Place of publication: Sri Lanka
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9789552400544
Description: The Path of Freedom: Vimuttimagga 
Author: Upatissa Thera
Translated from the Chinese by: N.R.M. Ehara, Soma Thera, Kheminda Thera  
Subject: Theravada Buddhism, Meditation  (Book ID: BP 208 S) 
Language: English and Pali & Chinese text in English translation.
 
The Vimuttimagga is a manual of meditation, evidently based on the experience of Buddhist monks in ancient times and compiled for the guidance of those intent on a contemplative life. The work is compiled in accordance with the classical Buddhist division of the path into the three stages of virtue, concentration, and wisdom, culminating in the goal of liberation. It is widely believed that the Vimuttimagga may have been the model used by Acariya Buddhaghosa to compose his magnum opus, the Visuddhimagga, several centuries later. The older work is marked by a leaner style and a more lively sense of urgency stemming from its primarily practical orientation.