Host Michael Taft speaks with meditation master and neuroscience consultant Shinzen Young on the background and history of Zen Master LinJi (aka Rinzai, in Japanese), the meaning of his famous phrase “the authentic person,” various features of nonduality, an unpacking of LinJi’s 4-fold Evaluation, in addition to cessations, the present state of Shinzen’s research, using ultrasound to vary the brain, and methods to equanimize the most important curveballs life can throw at you.
Shinzen Young is an American mindfulness teacher and neuroscience research consultant. His systematic approach to categorizing, adapting and teaching meditation, referred to as Unified Mindfulness, has resulted in collaborations with Harvard Medical School, Carnegie-Mellon University, and the University of Vermont within the burgeoning field of contemplative neuroscience.
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