New Horizons: Innovative Teachers of Awakening - Part 1: Shinzen Young

craving, identification, and avijjā – are ‘builders of the self and the world’. In contrast, mettā, compassion, samādhi, equanimity, and even generosity, build less self and less world. Thus

As I explored the writings of some of these esoteric schools, including the Mahayana school (Buddhism) and Sufism (Islam), it gradually dawned on me that through interacting with people’s parts in ways that allowed the individuals to separate from their emotions and beliefs, I had accidentally come upon a simple way to help people access the state