Sayadaw U. Jotika Book order (chronological)

Your whole life is a spiritual lesson we are here to learn. We are here in this world, in this human life, at this time of history to learn what we need to learn. When I read about people who tell about their past lives, many of them express similar ideas. One of them is that they are here to fulfill something, to learn something and I feel the same way about my life. I am here in this human life to learn something, to fulfill some duties or obligations or whatever you might call it. When you understand your life from that perspective, from that angle, then everything in your life becomes meaningful.

A Map of the Journey by Sayādaw U Jotika is a nearly 400 pages long introduction to insight meditation. A Map of the Journey is an orginial, never previously published work. It is a transcript of a series of eleven preparatory talks given by Sayādaw U Jotika of Burma prior to a meditation retreat held in Australia. This book gives a thorough background to the Path with much detail about the various insight stages. The Sayādaw illustrates this with many stories from his own practice and from his many teachers.