Har-Prakash Khalsa
Author Biography:
Har-Prakash Khalsa, a long-time student of Yogi Bhajan and Kundalini Yoga, has also trained with various Vipassana, Jhana, and Zen Buddhist teachers since 1983. For the past decade Shinzen Young has been his primary Vipassana meditation teacher. Har-Prakash is also the producer of the expandcontract YouTube channel featuring the teachings of Shinzen Young. Website: harprakashkhalsa.wordpress.com
On Enlightenment: An Interview with Shinzen Young

On Enlightenment: An Interview with Shinzen Young

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Har-Prakash Khalsa: Given that, in your own words, “enlightenment is a multi-faceted jewel”, is there a description of enlightenment that you like?
Shinzen Young: In this regard I tend to go towards my Buddhist background. Scholastic Theravada Buddhism says that three things go away at the initial experience of enlightenment. It’s very significant that it’s put in terms of an elimination process; something goes away, rather than an attainment, a “getting” of something. So enlightenment is not yet another thing that you have to get. And meditation as a path to enlightenment could be described as merely setting [...]

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