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Number of CDs: 8
Release Date: 20-09-2006
Label: Sounds True
Catalog Number: AW00471D
Barcode: 600835047128
Musical Style: Spoken Word / Buddhism
Description:
When does enlightenment come? At the end of the spiritual journey? Or the beginning? On After the Ecstasy, the Laundry, Jack Kornfield brings into focus the truth about enlightenment practices through the stories of people today who have tasted satori, the Buddhist term for the awakened state of consciousness. Taking us from the first stage of sacred longing, and through the gates of awakening, Kornfield for the first time makes sense out of the paradoxes, joys, and failings we inevitably face, even after years of meditation and spiritual practices. Perfect enlightenment appears in many texts, Kornfield begins. But how is it viewed among Western teachers and practitioners? What is the truth about enlightenment today? To find out, Kornfield talked to more than 100 Zen masters, rabbis, nuns, lamas, monks, and senior meditation students from all walks of life. The result is this extraordinary look at the hard work we all must do, the laundry, no matter how often we experience ecstatic states of consciousness through meditation and other disciplines. Warmly told by one of American Buddhism's most trusted voices, After the Ecstasy, the Laundry cuts through the confusion about what enlightenment really is, who it comes to, and how it continues to inform and guide our spiritual lives.
Biography:
Jack Kornfield is a therapist, author, and meditation instructor. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1967, he joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to northeast Thailand. There, he began his studies in meditation and Buddhism, living as a monk in Thailand, Burma, and India until his return to the United States. In 1975, Kornfield co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Mass. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology.
Additional Attributes:
| Relaxing | Uplifting | Meditative | Exercise | Healing | Chant |
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