--- product_id: 1693233 title: "The Science of Enlightenment: Teachings and Meditations for Awakening Through Self-Investigation" price: "80.75 DT" currency: TND in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1693233-the-science-of-enlightenment-teachings-and-meditations-for-awakening-through store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # The Science of Enlightenment: Teachings and Meditations for Awakening Through Self-Investigation **Price:** 80.75 DT **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Science of Enlightenment: Teachings and Meditations for Awakening Through Self-Investigation - **How much does it cost?** 80.75 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1693233-the-science-of-enlightenment-teachings-and-meditations-for-awakening-through) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description What is enlightenment? Is it a myth or is it real? On The Science of Enlightenment , you will learn that the liberated state is as real as the sensations you are having right now. For it is through the investigation of your own thoughts and feelings that you can awaken to clear insight and a happiness independent of conditions: the state of enlightenment. Through his expertise in both science and spirituality, meditation teacher Shinzen Young demystifies the principles of awakening hidden within the world's great spiritual traditions and shows you how to use them in your own life. Here, in an unequaled 14-CD course covering traditional teachings, scientific insights, and practical instructions, you will test for yourself the discoveries of the great wisdom traditions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Jewish mysticism, Sufism, Hinduism, shamanism, and many others. Why is single-pointed concentration so highly regarded on every contemplative path? How do you move beyond emotional/intellectual blocks and into a state of highest presence? Where do psychic powers and other mystical phenomena fit in the architecture of enlightenment? How do you know if your meditation practice is working? On The Science of Enlightenment , Shinzen Young elucidates these questions with precision and intelligence, demonstrating why he is regarded as one of the Western world's most articulate and understandable teachers of classical mystical experience. The search for awakening is not limited to a chosen few. It is a field open for you to investigate—once you possess the inner technologies to do so. Now you can begin that investigation with The Science of Enlightenment . Includes six complete guided meditation sessions. Learn More About: Six common traps on the path to awakening - and how to avoid them Ancient mystical teachings in clear, modern language Fascinating research about meditation and your brain-wave states, perceptual acuity, oxygen levels, and aging How meditation enhances your learning, athletic performance, relationships, and emotional life Why your body is the greatest mystical teacher How to digest harmful mental blockages through inner work Samadhi—your inner microscope for self-understanding Inner healing techniques you won't learn in psychotherapy What to do if you lack discipline An expansive survey of awakening practices from their tribal roots to the Information Age Course objectives: Discuss the benefits of having a regular meditation practice Recognize the similarities between the world’s oldest and largest spiritual traditions in terms of practices of concentration and ideas of enlightenment Utilize meditation practices that focus on relaxation, the body, thinking, the sense of self, expanding and contracting, and the sensory field Describe the meaning of enlightenment and the Buddhist practices used to reach enlightenment Summarize the Buddhist perspective on the self, "the no-self," and how this is brought into meditation practice Apply Western scientific knowledge to Eastern spiritual practices in order to understand the benefits of both Identify the differences between reaching the source of consciousness/enlightenment, and the realm of power/new age phenomena Review: A Game Changer - Shinzen Young is a rarity among meditation teachers. He is educated as a scholar in Buddhist studies and Asian languages. He lived as a Shingon monk in Japan, a branch of the Vajrayana school (a distant relative of Tibetan Buddhism), and has trained extensively in Zen and Theravadan Vipassana. Combine this with his studies of worldwide meditative traditions and you get a teacher with an extraordinary breadth and depth of experience and training, and decades of teaching experience. Shinzen is very articulate at describing meditation and spiritual practice with exceptional clarity. I have read many books by well-known teachers and I have attended several retreats. Yet, there were a few facets that were vague to me, but I didn't even realize it until Shinzen clarified it. For example, "clear knowing" is a fundamental aspect of vipassana meditation. However, I understood what this meant much better after Shinzen explaining it as meaning a finer grained resolution of experience (e.g. the tiny microsensations that make up any larger bodily sensation), as well as discriminating clearly between the components of experience (seeing, hearing, feeling, mental talk, mental image, etc.). Concentration serves as an awareness-extending tool in the same way a microscope allows a biologist to see what was not apparent to the naked eye. Maybe his most famous formulation is Suffering = Pain x Resistance, where "pain" can be any form of distressing experience (sensations, emotion, or thoughts). Equanimity, then is non-resistance to these experiences. So, as we reduce our resistance, the pain may remain the same, but suffering is progressively reduced. These are classic concepts in meditative traditions, but here they are seamlessly integrated and placed in the broader context. Shinzen further describes more subtle aspects of meditation practice and how these progress toward Enlightenment. Enlightenment is not a magical, mythological fiction, but in fact a real phenomenon, a shift in consciousness that happens to regular people who do sufficient and strategic practice, which greatly enhances a person's resilience, joy, wisdom, and compassion, magnifying their quality of life. Here is where the "science" part of the title really comes in. Shinzen is fascinated by the sciences and has a proficient understanding of them. He sees "spiritual" practice and science as two parallel but complementary human developments, where each can inform the other and collaborate. Ultimately the collaboration between these two endeavors may make enlightenment more accessible to a greater number of people, possibly changing the course of humanity for the better. Much of the content of this book was released from his audio CD series, also called The Science of Enlightenment, which radically changed my understanding and practice. This text version is not a mere transcription of that series, however. It is updated with a lot of newer material. Review: A deep reference to meditation and happiness! - A generous reference of what Shinzen has been teaching for several decades. Thirty minutes into the book I was thinking it was a waste to read this as I have heard it all before the fifteen years I followed him. However, after finishing the book, I see it encompasses all the things he has emphasized in a neat package, including short descriptions of his favorite secular meditation techniques. Also his book balances both the contents across the pages and importance of the different meditation aspects, making me realize that I may have over and under emphasized parts of his teachings. As a sceptic, I have always appreciated to check out Shinzen's scientific and historical claims often originating in Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese or Japanese, which are languages he has known for many decades. Instead of hearing his words I can now get the correct spelling right away and enter into Google! I remember more than a decade ago, spending hours checking his claims about shunya, which was the first word for zero in its original country India. Before the numerical meaning of shunya it had the meaning of empty (within Buddhism), which Shinzen stresses more than other historians. After checking many other things he talks about I have found him both careful and accurate. Knowing how skilled Shinzen is, it has surprised me many times why he doesn't use his skills to make tons of money in many other ways (than to teach meditation). Knowing this has added to my admiration for Shinzen and his message, making me think that he is really happy forwarding the contents within this book, as if his happiness actually is the same as the central pillar of his book, he aims to convey. ## Images ![The Science of Enlightenment: Teachings and Meditations for Awakening Through Self-Investigation - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81v+ytzr+hL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Game Changer *by C***O on April 10, 2017* Shinzen Young is a rarity among meditation teachers. He is educated as a scholar in Buddhist studies and Asian languages. He lived as a Shingon monk in Japan, a branch of the Vajrayana school (a distant relative of Tibetan Buddhism), and has trained extensively in Zen and Theravadan Vipassana. Combine this with his studies of worldwide meditative traditions and you get a teacher with an extraordinary breadth and depth of experience and training, and decades of teaching experience. Shinzen is very articulate at describing meditation and spiritual practice with exceptional clarity. I have read many books by well-known teachers and I have attended several retreats. Yet, there were a few facets that were vague to me, but I didn't even realize it until Shinzen clarified it. For example, "clear knowing" is a fundamental aspect of vipassana meditation. However, I understood what this meant much better after Shinzen explaining it as meaning a finer grained resolution of experience (e.g. the tiny microsensations that make up any larger bodily sensation), as well as discriminating clearly between the components of experience (seeing, hearing, feeling, mental talk, mental image, etc.). Concentration serves as an awareness-extending tool in the same way a microscope allows a biologist to see what was not apparent to the naked eye. Maybe his most famous formulation is Suffering = Pain x Resistance, where "pain" can be any form of distressing experience (sensations, emotion, or thoughts). Equanimity, then is non-resistance to these experiences. So, as we reduce our resistance, the pain may remain the same, but suffering is progressively reduced. These are classic concepts in meditative traditions, but here they are seamlessly integrated and placed in the broader context. Shinzen further describes more subtle aspects of meditation practice and how these progress toward Enlightenment. Enlightenment is not a magical, mythological fiction, but in fact a real phenomenon, a shift in consciousness that happens to regular people who do sufficient and strategic practice, which greatly enhances a person's resilience, joy, wisdom, and compassion, magnifying their quality of life. Here is where the "science" part of the title really comes in. Shinzen is fascinated by the sciences and has a proficient understanding of them. He sees "spiritual" practice and science as two parallel but complementary human developments, where each can inform the other and collaborate. Ultimately the collaboration between these two endeavors may make enlightenment more accessible to a greater number of people, possibly changing the course of humanity for the better. Much of the content of this book was released from his audio CD series, also called The Science of Enlightenment, which radically changed my understanding and practice. This text version is not a mere transcription of that series, however. It is updated with a lot of newer material. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A deep reference to meditation and happiness! *by E***D on September 25, 2016* A generous reference of what Shinzen has been teaching for several decades. Thirty minutes into the book I was thinking it was a waste to read this as I have heard it all before the fifteen years I followed him. However, after finishing the book, I see it encompasses all the things he has emphasized in a neat package, including short descriptions of his favorite secular meditation techniques. Also his book balances both the contents across the pages and importance of the different meditation aspects, making me realize that I may have over and under emphasized parts of his teachings. As a sceptic, I have always appreciated to check out Shinzen's scientific and historical claims often originating in Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese or Japanese, which are languages he has known for many decades. Instead of hearing his words I can now get the correct spelling right away and enter into Google! I remember more than a decade ago, spending hours checking his claims about shunya, which was the first word for zero in its original country India. Before the numerical meaning of shunya it had the meaning of empty (within Buddhism), which Shinzen stresses more than other historians. After checking many other things he talks about I have found him both careful and accurate. Knowing how skilled Shinzen is, it has surprised me many times why he doesn't use his skills to make tons of money in many other ways (than to teach meditation). Knowing this has added to my admiration for Shinzen and his message, making me think that he is really happy forwarding the contents within this book, as if his happiness actually is the same as the central pillar of his book, he aims to convey. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful adjunct to practice instructions. *by M***R on September 7, 2016* This is a very good book with many insights of practical importance for the practice of meditation. A few noteworthy points: 1. This is not a "how-to" manual for meditation. Shinzen Young's system of meditation is concisely and precisely described in his various writings, available for free at his websites. This book should be used in conjunction with specific instruction available from these writings or directly from Young or his students. 2. This book explicates a global, unified, high level viewpoint based on the author's extensive experience in a wide variety of contemplative practices. Though it would be unfair to label it "theoretical" (because it is deeply grounded in practice and application), some people unfamiliar with the author's system may react to its apparent "conceptuality." (Compare to point #1 above.) 3. The book is more infused with philosophical and religious traditions in style and presentation than Young's practical and direct guides to his system of meditation. Strongly secular and materialist minded people may react to this. 4. Warning: this book contains passages of speculation. The author is very clear to delineate when he writes from direct experience and when he engages in speculation. Nonetheless, some readers ignoring this delineation may react. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1693233-the-science-of-enlightenment-teachings-and-meditations-for-awakening-through](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1693233-the-science-of-enlightenment-teachings-and-meditations-for-awakening-through) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-09-03*