“The higher your baseline Concentration, Clarity, and Equanimity, the broader and deeper your happiness…. that’s pretty much the E=MC² of human happiness.”

-Shinzen Young

This is an interview I’m very excited about!

Shinzen Young is a very skillful Vipassana (mindfulness meditation) teacher, who has been practicing meditation for about 40 years, now.

He has taken powerful Eastern concepts and not only made them more palatable to the Western mind… but also created simple and powerful methods of training that can make a meditative lifestyle a reality for anyone who is willing to take up the practice.

And recently, he agreed to do an interview…

Some of the powerful concepts covered in this recording:

• 3 crucial principles for human happiness
• How to enjoy the sublime benefits of a retreat in your own home
• 2 common pitfalls for meditation beginners and how to avoid them
• How to separate powerful spiritual wisdom from hype and B.S.
• How Shinzen got started
• The odd manner in which I found my way to Shinzen’s teachings
• and quite a bit more…

Interview with Shinzen Young

Download audio file (shinzenyoung_27_Feb_2010.mp3)

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BasicMindfulness.org

This is where you can sign up for retreats guided by phone.  I signed up for the March retreat (just the beginner’s portion).  The March retreat is open for registration until the 10th.

Shinzen.org

Shinzen.org is my personal favorite.  A ridiculous amount of free audio and written information (including the pdf image of circuminsession, which I mentioned in the interview).

Youtube.com/user/ShinzenInterviews

Youtube.com/user/ExpandContract

All of these sites are awesome.  The YouTube channels will probably give you the most information the most quickly… but I highly encourage you to visit them all.

Take a moment to tell me what you think in a comment below!

keep smiling,

Ben