num_pages: 272
description: A no-nonsense guide to the evolution of meditation mindfulness and enlightenment in modern-day societyfrom their religious origins in the East to their more secular incarnations in the WestEvolving Dharma is the definitive guide to the meditation revolution. Fearless unorthodox and irreverent scholar and activist Jay Michaelson shows how meditation and mindfulness have moved from ashrams and self-help groups to classrooms and hospitals and offers unusually straight talk about the Big E enlightenment. Michaelson introduces us to maverick brain hackers postmodern Buddhist monks and cutting-edge neuroscientists and shares his own stories of months-long silent retreats powerful mystical experiences and many pitfalls along the way. Evolving Dharma is a must-read for the next-generation meditator the spiritually cynical and the curious adventurer in all of us.
language: English
title: Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment
publisher: EVOLVER EDITIONS