Dimensions of Practice

In Dimensions of Practice, Sam speaks with mindfulness teacher Shinzen Young. They discuss Shinzen’s “backward history” of Buddhist practice; his use of psychedelics; his system of meditation, Unified Mindfulness; monks who don’t meditate; self and no-self; effort vs. ease; phases of spiritual development; duality and non-duality; distinct conceptions of nirvana in early Buddhism; the paradoxical nature of enlightenment; the challenges of stabilizing non-dual insight; the compatibility of emptiness with everyday activities; and other topics.