Demystifying Awakening: A Buddhist Path of Realization, Embodiment, and Freedom
About this ebook
With Demystifying Awakening, senior meditation teacher Stephen Snyder skillfully marks the subtle path of the Awakening process. With loving care, personal examples, and gentle suggestions, Stephen plants the seeds of practice and meditation by:
- explaining Awakening in an accessible way that draws on Zen and Theravada Buddhist traditions;
- guiding readers through more than thirty foundational and advanced meditations and practices that support each step on the path of realization;
- offering advice for identifying and working with resistances to Awakening; and
- encouraging the embodiment and lived expression of realization through an exploration of the pāramīs, the Buddhist perfections of behavior.
Demystifying Awakening transmits a practice path for Awakening in this lifetime.
About the author
Stephen Doetsu Snyder began practicing daily meditation in 1976. Since then, he has studied Buddhism extensively—investigating and engaging in Zen, Tibetan, Theravada, and Western non-dual traditions. He was authorized to teach in the Theravada Buddhist tradition in 2007 and the Zen Buddhist schools of Soto and Rinzai in 2022.
Stephen’s resonant and warmhearted teaching style engages students around the globe through in-person and online retreats, as well as one-on-one coaching. He encourages students to turn toward their true nature and, with realization of their true nature, embody their true identity. Stephen is the author of three books, including Demystifying Awakening and Buddha’s Heart. He also co-authored Practicing the Jhānas. For more information, please visit awakeningdharma.org.
