4. Interview with Ajahn Amaro

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Interview with Shinzen Young 21
7. 2. Interview with John Tarrant 33
8. 3. Interview with Ken McLeod 49
9. 4. Interview with Ajahn Amaro 69
10. 5. Interview with Martine Batchelor 91
11. 6. Interview with Shaila Catherine 105
12. 7. Interview with Gil Fronsdal 121
13. 8. Interview with Stephen Batchelor 137
14. 9. Interview with Pat Enkyo O’Hara 149
15. 10. Interview with Bernie Glassman 163
16. 11. Interview with Joseph Goldstein 177
17. 12. Developing Capacities Necessary for Awakening 191
18. 13. Properties of Awakening Experiences 205
19. 14. Evolution of Ordinary and Awakened Consciousness 227
20. 15. The Awakened Baby? 244
21. 16. The Human Condition and How We Got Into It 249
22. 17. Modeling Consciousness, Awakened and Ordinary 273
23. APPENDIX. Interview with James Austin, Neuroscientist 293
24. Notes 303
25. Glossary of Buddhist Terms 317
26. References 323
27. Index 337