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Frits Koster
(1957) began practising insight meditation 23 years ago. He ordained as a
Buddhist monk for six years, practising vipassana meditation and studying
Buddhist scriptures in meditation centres and monasteries in Thailand and Burma.
In 1988 he returned to the Netherlands, where he has been facilitating
meditation retreats ever since. He disrobed, and now works part-time in
psychiatric health care, as well as offering courses in Buddhist psychology and
philosophy. Frits has written several books. Two of these books have been translated into English, namely Liberating Insight (2004) and Buddhist Meditation as Stress Management (2006). Both books are published by Silkwormbooks; see www.silkwormbooks.info for more information. Frits is a trainer in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). As a teachter he is connected to MBSR Training Institutes in the Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland. |
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