Awakening

A Paradigm Shift of the Heart

Rodney Smith

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Shambhala Publications Inc
01 March 2014

Buddhism

"An amazingly succinct and accessible answer to the question ""What is enlightenment?""-from one of America's most prominent teachers of Insight Meditation

Former Buddhist monk and highly regarded Insight Meditation teacher Rodney Smith describes the process of enlightenment in a way anyone can understand-demonstrating in clear language why we operate with the illusion of separation, how we can move out of it to the realization of emptiness and no-self, and how we can live from that state of awakening.

He provides brief, powerful exercises that enable us to challenge the reality of our thoughts in order to free ourselves from the illusion they keep us bound to-all the while steering us away from the temptation to regard spiritual practice as a process of self-improvement or a goal to be obtained.

""With systematic precision, and with subtle wisdom born of a lifetime of practice, Rodney Smith uses science, psychology, and traditional Buddhism to explain the unexplainable- the how and why of authentic spiritual awakening . . . an original work by a contemporary spiritual master at the height of his powers."" -Norman Fischer, author of Training in Compassion"

By: Rodney Smith
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9781611801262
ISBN 10: 1611801265
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 March 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rodney Smith has recently retired as a guiding teacher for the Insight Meditation Society and from the Seattle Insight Meditation Society, which he founded in 1993. He is the author of Lessons from the Dying, Stepping Out of Self-Deception- The Buddha's Liberating Teaching of No-Self,and Awakening- A Paradigm Shift of the Heart.

Reviews for Awakening: A Paradigm Shift of the Heart

With systematic precision, and with subtle wisdom born of a lifetime of practice, Rodney Smith uses science, psychology, and traditional Buddhism to explain the unexplainable: the how and why of authentic spiritual awakening. The book's thorough and remarkable argument is bolstered throughout with subtle exercises that guide the reader to experiential appreciation. Radically simple, but never facile or easy, Awakening is an original work by a contemporary spiritual master at the height of his powers. --Norman Fischer, author of Training in Compassion Rodney Smith presents the results of the shift of view that spiritual practices aim for. This approach helps the reader to review his/her spiritual path from a fresh perspective and to avoid effort based on the self-paradigm that is the main obstacle to awakening. This book has much to offer and can be read and reread many times for wise reflection. --Ajahn Sucitto, author of Turning the Wheel of Truth