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Teacher
Sam Harris
Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, five-time New York Times bestselling author—and creator of the Waking Up app. He has practiced meditation for over 30 years and has studied with many Tibetan, Indian, Burmese, and Western meditation teachers, both in the United States and abroad.
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5-Minute Meditations
Sam Harris
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The Eightfold Path
Dan Harris & Joseph Goldstein & Sam Harris
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Fundamentals
Sam Harris
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Mind & Emotion
Sam Harris
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The Illusory Self
Sam Harris
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Mysteries & Paradoxes
Sam Harris
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Free Will
Sam Harris
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Mind & Brain
Jonas Kaplan & Sam Harris
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Doing Good
William MacAskill & Sam Harris
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The Kingdom of Sleep
Matthew Walker & Sam Harris
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Metta (loving-kindness)
Sam Harris
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Longer Meditations
Sam Harris
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Walking Meditations
Sam Harris
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SOS
Sam Harris
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Ethics and Emptiness
Diane Musho Hamilton & Sam Harris
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Health and Longevity
Peter Attia & Sam Harris
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Effort and Freedom
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo & Sam Harris
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Poise and Compassion
Sylvia Boorstein & Sam Harris
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Silence and Pilgrimage
Pico Iyer & Sam Harris
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Wrestling the Paradox
Jim Newman & Sam Harris
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Wisdom of the Masters
Jayasāra & Sam Harris
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Why Wealth Matters
Morgan Housel & Sam Harris
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Where Is Happiness?
Arthur C. Brooks & Sam Harris
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The Wisdom of Uncertainty
Leo Babauta & Sam Harris
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The Whole of Life
Christopher Titmuss & Sam Harris
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The Way of Zen
Henry Shukman & Sam Harris
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The Ultimate Nature of Things
Swami Sarvapriyananda & Sam Harris
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The Stages of Enlightenment
Joseph Goldstein & Sam Harris
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The Seeing of It
Kelly Boys & Sam Harris
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The Science of Happiness
Laurie Santos & Sam Harris
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The Price of Distraction
Adam Gazzaley & Sam Harris
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The Power of Compassion
James R. Doty & Sam Harris
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The Pathless Path
Joan Tollifson & Sam Harris
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The Nature of Awareness
Rupert Spira & Sam Harris
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The Most Important Thing
Loch Kelly & Sam Harris
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The Long Game
Robert Waldinger & Sam Harris
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The Limits of Self-Knowledge
Stephen Fleming & Sam Harris
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The Limits of Pleasure
Paul Bloom & Sam Harris
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The Illusory Self
Richard Lang & Sam Harris
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The Divided Mind
Iain McGilchrist & Sam Harris
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The Direct Path
Stephan Bodian & Sam Harris
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The Dark Side of Meditation
Willoughby Britton & Jared Lindahl & Sam Harris
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The Bridge to Compassion
Tara Brach & Sam Harris
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The Boundaries of Self
David Whyte & Sam Harris
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The Art of Living
William B. Irvine & Sam Harris
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Steps in the Right Direction
Russ Roberts & Sam Harris
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Status Games
Will Storr & Sam Harris
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Skeptical Buddhism
Stephen Batchelor & Sam Harris
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Science in Solitude
Evan Thompson & Sam Harris
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Reflections on the Path
Jack Kornfield & Sam Harris
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Psychedelics and the Self
James Fadiman & Sam Harris
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Psychedelics and Mortality
Roland Griffiths & Sam Harris
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Psychedelic Science
Roland Griffiths & Sam Harris
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Preparing for the End
BJ Miller & Shoshana Berger & Sam Harris
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Practicing with Ease
Nikki Mirghafori & Sam Harris
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Philosophy and the Good Life
Kieran Setiya & Sam Harris
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Nondual Mindfulness
Loch Kelly & Sam Harris
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Natural Awareness
Diana Winston & Sam Harris
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Mindfulness and Addiction
Judson Brewer & Sam Harris
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Meditation and Trauma
David Treleaven & Sam Harris
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Live at the Wiltern
Mingyur Rinpoche & Sam Harris
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Life in the Shadow of Death
Jason Rosenthal & Miles Rosenthal & Sam Harris
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Knowing the Mind
Steven Laureys & Sam Harris
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Investigating the Nature of Experience
John Astin & Sam Harris
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Identity and Conversation
David Whyte & Sam Harris
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Freedom from the Known
Michael Pollan & Sam Harris
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Effort and Effortlessness
Adyashanti & Sam Harris
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Do You Really Have a Self?
Jay Garfield & Sam Harris
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Distance and Arrival
David Whyte & Sam Harris
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Deep Time
Oliver Burkeman & Sam Harris
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Death and Dying
Frank Ostaseski & Sam Harris
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Being Still
Gangaji & Sam Harris
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Being Good and Doing Good
William MacAskill & Sam Harris
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Anger and Forgiveness
David Whyte & Sam Harris
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A Good Life
Scott Barry Kaufman & Sam Harris
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A Cautionary Tale
Andrew Cohen & Sam Harris
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Creatures of Habit
James Clear & Sam Harris
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The Natural State
Mark Coleman & Sam Harris
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Predicting Reality
Andy Clark & Sam Harris
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Knowledge Work
Cal Newport & Sam Harris
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We Really Don’t Have Free Will?
Robert Sapolsky & Sam Harris
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Constructing Self and World
Shamil Chandaria & Sam Harris
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Life and Work
George Saunders & Sam Harris
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Dimensions of Practice
Shinzen Young & Sam Harris
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Cutting Through Illusion
Tami Simon & Sam Harris
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Consciousness and the Physical World
Christof Koch & Sam Harris
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What Is Nonduality?
Dan Harris & Joseph Goldstein & Sam Harris
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Transformative Experiences
L.A. Paul & Sam Harris
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Vocabularies of Being
Jane Hirshfield & Sam Harris
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Edges of Freedom
Shinzen Young & Sam Harris
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The Roots of Attention
Amishi Jha & Sam Harris
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Where Is the Mind?
Andrew Holecek & Sam Harris
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Just This
Peter Fenner & Sam Harris
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Freedom from Seeking
Dan Harris & Sam Harris
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Stages of Practice
Henry Shukman & Sam Harris
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The Fundamental Insight
Michael W. Taft & Sam Harris
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Escaping Death
Sebastian Junger & Sam Harris
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Better Things & Better People
Rutger Bregman & Sam Harris
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What If Consciousness Is Fundamental?
Annaka Harris & Sam Harris
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The Psychedelic Brain
Robin Carhart-Harris & Sam Harris
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Truth and Freedom
Jitindriyā & Sam Harris
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Philosophy for Life
Donald Robertson & Sam Harris
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The Sufi Way
Elias Amidon & Sam Harris
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Writing as Practice
Natalie Goldberg & Sam Harris
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The Mirror of Consciousness
André Duqum & Sam Harris
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The Landscape of Wisdom
Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho & Sam Harris
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Patterns of Emptiness
James Low & Sam Harris
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The Factors of Awakening
Rick Hanson & Sam Harris