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name: Richard Shankman
about: Richard Shankman lives in Oakland, CA. He has been a meditator since 1970 and teaches classes and meditation retreats at dharma centers and groups nationally and internationally. Richard is the guiding teacher of the  Metta Dharma Foundation , and co-founder of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies and of Mindful Schools. He has sat many silent, intensive meditation retreats for periods up to eleven months long.Richard has been active in bringing dharma and meditation practice into prisons, jails and drug rehabilitation programs in California. Richard is the author of  The Experience of Samadhi: An In-Depth Investigation of Buddhist Meditation and  The Art and Skill of Buddhist Meditation: Mindfulness, Concentration and Insight.Richard holds Richard Shankman lives in Oakland, CA. He has been a meditator since 1970 and teaches classes and meditation retreats at dharma centers and groups nationally and internationally. Richard is the guiding teacher of the  Metta Dharma Foundation , and co-founder of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies and of Mindful Schools. He has sat many silent, intensive meditation retreats for periods up to eleven months long.Richard has been active in bringing dharma and meditation practice into prisons, jails and drug rehabilitation programs in California. Richard is the author of  The Experience of Samadhi: An In-Depth Investigation of Buddhist Meditation and  The Art and Skill of Buddhist Meditation: Mindfulness, Concentration and Insight.Richard holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and an MA degree in Philosophy and Religion, with an emphasis in Buddhist Studies. ...more