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#227 — Knowing the Mind

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Meditation - When Was Your First Meditation Retreat?

Sothe: I had been given a book by ramdas, who originally was named richard albert and hewas, along with timothy leary, i led some of those initial experiments at harvard in the sixties. And there he was teaching an eclectic mix of practicesm he was, it was really a kind of buffet of spirituality,. But part of it was buddhist meditation, in particular, vapasna, or mindfulness meditation. That was the practice i mos connected with on that retreat. He then migrated to the tibetan practice of zogchen, but also influenced by some teachers and teachings i encountered outside of buddhism. Sothe:

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