
The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works
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Narrated by:
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Edoardo Ballerini
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By:
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Shinzen Young
“Enlightenment” - is it a myth or is it real? In every spiritual tradition, inner explorers have discovered that the liberated state is in fact a natural experience, as real as the sensations you are having right now - and that through the investigation of your own thoughts, feelings, and perceptions you can awaken to clear insight and a happiness independent of conditions.
For decades, one of the most engaging teachers of our time has illuminated the many dimensions of awakening - but solely at his live retreats and on audio recordings. Now, with The Science of Enlightenment, Shinzen Young brings to listeners an uncommonly lucid guide to mindfulness meditation for the first time: how it works and how to use it to enhance your cognitive capacities, your kindness and connection with the world, and the richness of all your experiences.
As thousands of his students and listeners will confirm, Shinzen is like no other teacher you’ve ever encountered. He merges scientific clarity, a rare grasp of source-language teachings East and West, and a gift for sparking insight through unexpected analogies, illustrations, humor, and firsthand accounts that reveal the inner journey to be as wondrous as any geographical expedition. Join him here to explore:
- Universal insights spanning Buddhism, Christian and Jewish mysticism, shamanism, the yogas of India, and many other paths
- How to begin and navigate your own meditation practice
- Concentration, clarity, and equanimity - the core catalysts of awakening
- Impermanence - its many aspects and how to work with them
- Experiencing the “wave” and “particle” natures of self
- Purification and clarification - how we digest mental blockages and habits through inner work
- Emerging neuroscience research, the future of enlightenment, and much more
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BEST EVER!!!
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Absolute must-read for any level Western meditator
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Nothing new
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Excellent, simple and scientific
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Very Profound
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Yet, despite my not getting some ideas, this book does deliver many other ideas that are important and made me think.
Finally, it's very interesting and unusual to see a buddhist practitioner who claims that they are a materialist.
Better for advanced meditators
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brilliant but theoretical, pretentious narrator
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Esclarecedor
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Additionally, the reader is outstanding, and makes it easy and pleasant to follow a theme that could otherwise be more difficult and daunting.
Highly recommended!
Outstanding, provocative book on a critically important subject, presented in a unique way.
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One of the best mediation teachers
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