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Sharon Salzberg (born August 5, 1952) is an author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practice in the West. [1] In 1974, she co-founded the Insight Meditation Society at Barre, Massachusetts, with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein.
In late September 2014, the book reached #5 on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers list. [1] In September 2018 Harris released a meditation app entitled "Waking Up with Sam Harris." [2] Harris' podcast had previously been titled Waking Up, but he retitled it Making Sense to differentiate it from his meditation app. [2]
Joseph Goldstein (born May 20, 1944) is one of the first American vipassana teachers, [1] [2] co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) with Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg, [2] [3] a contemporary author of numerous popular books on Buddhism (see publications below), a resident guiding teacher at IMS, and a leader of retreats worldwide on insight (vipassana) and lovingkindness ...
Epstein went to a Buddhist summer camp in Boulder, Colorado, where he met his first Buddhist teachers, Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield.In his early 20s, he traveled to Ajahn Chah's forest Buddhist monastery near Bangkok, Thailand, together with these teachers as well as with Richard Alpert. [1]
A meditation (derived from the Latin meditatio, from a verb meditari, meaning "to think, contemplate, devise, ponder") is a written work or discourse intended to express its author's reflections, or to guide others in contemplation. Often they are an author's musings or extended thoughts on deeper philosophical or religious questions.
The book is intended to be read one page per day with each page featuring a quote from a stoic philosopher along with commentary. It is organized temporally and thematically across the twelve months of the year. [3] [4] The audiobook version of The Daily Stoic was published by Tim Ferriss. [5]
Joel Solomon Goldsmith (March 10, 1892 – June 17, 1964) was an American spiritual teacher, author, spiritual healer and modern-day mystic. His teachings, in the form of dozens of books and more than 1,300 hours of recorded class instruction we're known as the Message of The Infinite Way, which became the basis of a worldwide spiritual path, practice and community.
Joseph Chilton Pearce (January 14, 1926 – August 23, 2016) was an American author of a number of books on human development and child development and is best known for his books, The Crack in the Cosmic Egg (1971), Magical Child (1977) and The Bond of Power: Meditation and Wholeness (1981). [1] He preferred the name "Joe". [2]