Tracing the Untraceable Buddha: The Vipassana Meditator's Journey to Enlightenment

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Uffe Damborg Joseph Goldstein

Tracing the Untraceable Buddha

Name: Tracing the Untraceable Buddha
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The Vipassana Meditator's Journey to Enlightenment

Uffe Damborg, Joseph Goldstein

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Shambhala Publications Inc
01 September 2026

Religion & beliefs

The essential teachings of the Buddha for students of vipassana meditation.

Born into a Bengali Buddhist family in 1915 and trained in Buddhist practice by the Burmese master Mahasi Sayadaw, Anagarika Munindra became a beloved and influential meditation teacher who contributed significantly to the dawn of Western Buddhism and the insight (vipassana) meditation movement. He taught many Western students in the 1960s and 1970s, and among them was Uffe Damborg, who lived with Munindra-ji in Bodh Gaya, India, for six years. Here, Damborg distills everything he learned from Munindra-ji and from his subsequent decades of practice and teaching to present the Theravada path of vipassana meditation in modern language.

Damborg unpacks the story of the Buddha's spiritual journey and his core teachings on non-self, karma, perception, meditation, and the four noble truths-not as ideas to be intellectually understood but as meditative insights to be cultivated as one approaches the Buddhist goal of stream entry, a profound shift in consciousness that orients one's life toward nibbana, or enlightenment. With reflections on Damborg's formative years with Munindra-ji, whose teaching style emphasized direct experience over dogma, this uniquely personal work illuminates the path of vipassana meditation for beginners and experienced practitioners alike.

By: Uffe Damborg
Foreword by: Joseph Goldstein
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781645473954
ISBN 10: 1645473953
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 September 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

UFFE DAMBORG holds a M.Sc. in psychology from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. In the 1960s and 1970s, he studied Buddhism and meditation in monasteries and hermitages in the East and lived for six years with renowned vipassana teacher Anagarika Munindra-ji in Bodh Gaya, North India. He lives in Sweden and regularly teaches vipassana meditation at Scandinavian retreats.

Reviews for Tracing the Untraceable Buddha: The Vipassana Meditator's Journey to Enlightenment

“A good and clear exposition of the classic Theravada and Burmese meditation tradition.” —Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology