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Shinzen Young



Shinzen Young is an American mindfulness practitioner in the Vipassana (insight) tradition of Buddhism and teacher, author, speaker, and consultant in the field of neuroscience research.

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Enlightenment "Downsides" ~ Shinzen Young

There's no informed consent to enlightenment. Shinzen talks about how people tend to overestimate and underestimate "enlightenment". He shares how wonderful the "experience" is, and then talks about "certain, peculiar downsides"

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Meditation and the Search for Meaning - Charles Tart

The Future of Meditation Research (FOMR) is an IONS project exploring the deeper aspects of meditation and transformational experiences.

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Shaktipat or Energy Transmission in Buddhism ~ Shinzen Young

At a recent residential retreat, Shinzen answered a question, "Is there Shaktipat in Buddhism?" Shaktipat is the notion that teachers have an energy that gets transmitted to the student in some way. Shinzen discusses this in depth.

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After Enlightenment, What’s Left, What’s the Point? —Shinzen Young

Shinzen responds to the questions, “What’s left after enlightenment? What’s the point?” Filmed in April 2009, at Mt. Carmel Spiritual Centre in Niagara Falls.

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