Hi All.

This channel features the meditation teachings of Shinzen Young. Shinzen is a Westerner who has trained extensively in Asian monasteries. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk at Mt. Koya, Japan. He lectures and leads retreats across the United States and Canada. His deep understanding of both eastern philosophy and western science makes his teaching of Vipassana unique and easily accessible to the western mind.

You can select Uploads for the most recent Shinzen videos, Playlists for videos organized into topics, and Favorites (all at the top of the page) which are videos that I have chosen for their varied and complementary nature with Shinzen's teachings on this channel. These are my picks, not Shinzen's, just to be clear.

Go to http://www.youtube.com/user... for more Shinzen Q & A's with Stephanie Nash.

See also "On Enlightenment: An Interview with Shinzen Young" at http://bit.ly/on-enlightenm...

Go to http://www.shinzen.org where you'll find info on Shinzen's retreat schedule, many excellent articles and other resources, and http://www.BasicMindfulness... for a Home Practice Program that provides phone-based meditation classes and support.

*Please note, Shinzen does not respond to questions sent to this channel. The best manner in which to have questions answered is:

1) check out Shinzen's mountain of written material at the above linked websites
2) listen to Shinzen's Science of Enlightenment audio series
3) check out the playlist topics at the top of this page
4) Try Shinzen's Home Based Practice Program (see link above) and ask Shinzen when there's a question period.

Shinzen Young videos on this channel produced and posted by Har-Prakash Khalsa, with on-site production assistance from Hans Burgschmidt and Philip Wei - thanks guys. "Charles Tart on Meditation" playlist courtesy of Charles Tart.

Blessings and a deep gassho, Har-Prakash.