CHADE-MENG TAN IS PERCHED ON A CHAIR, his lanky body folded into a half-lotus position. “Close your eyes,” he says. His voice is a hypnotic baritone, slow and rhythmic, seductive and gentle. “Allow your attention to rest on your breath: The in-breath, the out-breath,...
Yesterday, I wrote about arriving at the mind of voluntarily quieting all narrative thoughts. I sent it to one of my main teachers, the great Shinzen Young, for his comment. As usual, he blows my mind with the depth of his wisdom. In his reply to me (quoted below),...
In the weeks leading to December 2012, I begun having increasingly frequent moments during meditation where I voluntarily stopped thinking (at least the narrative / chattering mind became completely quiet) and the mind had enough clarity to abide in that space of...
The Chinese (Traditional) edition of Search Inside Yourself was launched on 27 May 2013! As of today (10 June 2013), it is #5 on the bestsellers list in the “Psychological Inspirational” sub-category at books.com.tw (link). It is also #21 on the overall...
The Chinese (Simplified) edition of Search Inside Yourself was launched on 1 June 2013! You can find it on dangdang.com (here) or Amazon.cn (here) or china-pub.com (here).
