Shinzen Young: The Science of Enlightenment, Part 2

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2016

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Shinzen Young is a renowned mindfulness teacher known for his live gatherings, where he uses a scientific, "algorithmic" approach to explain the many aspects of meditation. With Sounds True, he has published the decades-in-the-making book The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works. In the second half of an extensive interview on Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon and Shinzen talk about how to bring equanimity to both pleasurable and painful sensory experiences and how that has a purifying effect on consciousness. In order to ground this experience, Shinzen leads Tami and the audience on a guided practice to help give a "taste of purification." Finally, Shinzen shares a quick, powerful technique for starting on the path to enlightenment and something intensely personal—his happiest thought. (75 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, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the edge. Today my guest is Shenzhen Young for part two of our
0:45.6	conversation about his new book, The Science of Enlightenment.
0:50.4	Shenzhen is an American mindfulness teacher and neuroscience research consultant who is known for his algorithmic approach to mindfulness,
0:59.0	and he often uses mathematical metaphors to illustrate meditative phenomena.
1:05.8	Shenzhen leads meditation retreats throughout North America and has helped establish
1:11.4	numerous mindfulness centers and programs,
1:14.0	including the Home Practice Program.
1:16.8	Which sounds true, Shenzhen has written a new book, The Science of Enlightenment,
1:21.8	where he merges scientific clarity, a hybrid of eastern and
1:26.5	Western teachings, and offers readers an uncommonly lucid guide to mindfulness meditation.
1:34.4	In this episode of Insights at the Edge,
1:36.8	Shinsen and I spoke about bringing equanimity
1:40.4	to both pain and pleasure,
1:42.4	and how that purifies consciousness.
1:45.0	Shinsen also led us through a guided practice to help us have an experience of what he calls the taste of purification and he explained how once you learn
1:57.4	to taste purification your growth goes exponential.
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