Adyashanti: Waking Up: What does it really mean?

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2016

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Adyashanti is a widely beloved, American-born spiritual teacher whose practice is rooted in Zen Buddhism but has expanded beyond any one path or perspective. He has created many books and audio programs through Sounds True, including Resurrecting Jesus, Emptiness Dancing, and Healing the Core Wound of Unworthiness. In this episode of Insights of the Edge—which previously appeared as part of the provocative interview series Waking Up: What Does It Really Mean?—Tami Simon and Adyashanti inquire deeply into what exactly constitutes “awakening.” Adya describes his own experiences of awakening, vividly comparing and contrasting his felt sensation of each of these life-changing experiences. Tami and Adya also discuss whether awakening is a sudden or gradual process, and what one can and cannot expect from these moments of profound epiphany. Finally, Adya shares his pith instructions on how to encourage such a spiritual awakening. (57 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio
0:08.0	learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.
0:14.3	At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.2	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:20.2	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, guest is Adjia Shanti. Adjishanti, where Adia, as his friends
0:47.4	and students call him, is an American-born spiritual teacher devoted to serving the awakening of all beings. He offers
0:55.6	teachings that are free of any tradition or ideology. His teachings are an
1:01.3	open invitation to stop, inquire, and recognize what is true and liberating
1:07.5	at the core of all existence.
1:10.1	Together with his wife Mukti, Adje has founded the nonprofit organization, the Open Gate Saga.
1:16.5	His books and audio programs with Sounds True include The End of Your World, Un uncensored straight talk on the nature of
1:25.0	Enlightenment and falling into grace. With sounds true, Adia has also just
1:30.8	launched a new digital subscription called Adyashanti Weekly, Moments of Grace.
1:38.4	You can visit sounds true.com for more information.
1:42.1	This episode of Insights at the Edge was originally broadcast
1:45.7	as part of an online series called Waking Up. What does it really mean? In this
1:52.0	conversation Adi and I spoke about how he defines spiritual
1:56.9	awakening. His view of the age-old debate about whether or not awakening is sudden or gradual or both.
2:05.0	What spiritual awakening does and doesn't deliver,
2:10.0	and most importantly, his pith instructions on how to wake up.
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