Ergebnis für "The Trap" in Buddhismus

The is the second edition of the Enlightenment Trap which includes two new chapters and photography. In 2012, 38-year-old Ian Thorson's search for spiritual transcendence ended in tragedy on a remote Arizona mountaintop. His wife, a woman anointed as a goddess by an eccentric Buddhist community, held him in her arms as he slowly died from dehydration and dysentery. For Scott Carney, a journalist and anthropologist who lived in India for six years, Thorson's death was just the most recent iteration of an unspoken epidemic that connected intensive meditation and mental instability.

Nondual awakening—the liberating realization of oneness—is the pinnacle state in the world's great contemplative traditions. While the simple beauty of this teaching has captivated many modern spiritual seekers, the social conditioning of our culture often creates barriers for Western...

Drawing from decades of Buddhist practice, teaching, and real-world stories, Rinzler shows how we can reconnect with our innate sense of worthiness and extend that recognition outward—to friends and family, strangers on the street, and even society itself.